re: #221 thedopefishlives

Illinois, whose governors have spent more time in prison than they have in the governor’s mansions these past few years. A state whose big cities have suffered because GOP intransigence over tightening up lax gun laws in neighboring states (and nationally) so that the guns flow freely into Chicago. Yeah, I see why he thinks that Democrats shouldn’t be in power there.

But for all that, Illinois is still in decent shape. In fact, it’s still better than a bunch of GOP run states, although some measures suggest that the state’s economy shrank in 4Q2015 while most other states saw growth. And some of the states ahead of it are now suffering due to the energy market upheaval.