IL Tobacco Taxes

[Richmond B. Funkenhouser]

You’re like a white male Harriet Tubman.

Hairytubbyman

 

[olkofri]

IL in his case is ISRAEL.

Yeah, I was gonna mention that.

 

[brian64]

IL in his case is ISRAEL.

 

[3rdguy]

One is a land of war, constant violence and people just trying to survive.

Can’t tell you much on Israel.

 

[3rdguy]

Public boards are a poor choice for organizing international smuggling syndicates.

And yet....I sleep well at night.

 

[mso489]

I knew there was some reason I didn't go back to Illinois where I grew up. I saw that fifty years later tobacco prices would be absurd. Still worse in Europe, etc. etc.

 

[mingc]

IL in his case is ISRAEL.

For some reason, I thought it was Iceland!

 

[olkofri]

For some reason, I thought it was Iceland!

That's IS.

 

[BROBS]

FUCK ICELAND.
WHY'D YOU HAVE TO BRING UP ICELAND?

 

[olkofri]

Such wrath against Islendiga.

 

[BROBS]

they lost our baggage there on the way TO and FROM Europe.

but apparently a great place if you like shit weather and dried fish.

 

[ron123]

Net population loss in many states, actually, is 100% real: "Twenty-seven states and the District of Columbia lost population through net domestic migration between 2018 and 2019, six of which had losses over 25,000, and three of which experienced losses greater than 100,000. The top states with net domestic migration loss were California (-203,414), New York (-180,649), Illinois (-104,986), New Jersey (-48,946), Massachusetts (-30,274) and Louisiana (-26,045)."

LINK: Population Estimates Continue to Show the Nation’s Growth Is Slowing - https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2019/popest-nation.html

Although CA has lost twice as many people between 2018 and 2019 as has IL, CA has 3x's the population of IL, so proportionally IL is winning the game...doh! Not new news, though. It's been going on for a while, and states like FL and TX are the biggest recipients of these people fleeing the taxes, and at least in IL's case, the weather. Pundits have been pondering what will happen politically to these states, because the transplants often arrive and continue to vote in favor of the same issues/policies that led to the reasons why they just left their old home-states...so FL and TX might be getting a mixed blessing while growing their tax bases.

 

[olkofri]

Pundits have been pondering what will happen politically to these states, because the transplants often arrive and continue to vote in favor of the same issues/policies that led to the reasons why they just left their old home-states

Guess you really can't fix stupid.

 

[perdurabo]

I’ve got the solution!

Move!

 

[ron123]

I’ve got the solution!
Move!

Based on what's happening, as you can see, many people have already concluded that that's the answer LOL
Personally, I wouldn't mind moving some place warmer, but my and my wife's family are all in the area.

 

[weezell]

but apparently a great place if you like shit weather and dried fish.

How ya really feel Brother...

 

[didimauw]

I don't even remember what this thread was about any more....

Oh well...

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