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Originally Posted by the urban politician
And frankly, I feel that your response leaves a lot to be desired.
First of all, I reject this notion that the Tribune is some sort of fringe, highly opinionated newspaper. That's BS, you may not agree with them but it's Chicago's flagship newspaper for 150 damn years, dude, they know Chicago. They've got Clarence Page, Dahleen Glanton, and yes, John Kass as contributors. That's what a newspaper does--different viewpoints.
Secondly, I don't give 2 shits if Texas has oil and gas. They have their financial house in order, period. Illinois has industry too. Lots of it. Lots of wealth generators. But we've pissed it away in shitty decision making. Perhaps that's why we sold off our parking meters and have considered selling off other public assets to pay the bills.
The higher TX insurance rates have nothing to do with wasteful Government spending. TX can't help being located on the gulf coast.
Also, TX having 4 metropolitan areas versus Illinois having Chicagoland still has little to do with wasteful spending. Government lives within its means.
Point being, the issue isn't necessarily the higher taxes per se, the issue is the fact that the taxes are higher (and only going up) due to irresponsibility, corruption, and backroom dealing. Illinois owns this.
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That fact that you believe your own words that I bolded is hilarious.
Texas is essentially killing it's residents in a deep freeze right now (that will probably be more common than not in the future) because of deregulation, and a false promise of energy independence. Deregulation has only helped a handful of corporate entities, while forcing regular people to fend for themselves.
You are most definitely NOT the arbiter of what is fair and balanced, and the fact that you mention John Kass is laughable, considering he is an out-of-touch, less than reputable opinion columnist.
If Texas is so great, have you considered moving there?