Illinois residents feel the lure of states with fewer rules
Mark Guarino, The Washington Post Published 4:06 pm PDT, Friday, May 22, 2020CHICAGO - Last weekend Quincy, Illinois, Mayor Kyle Moore drove across the Mississippi River to Hannibal, Missouri. He pulled into a popular brewery, the parking lot crammed with familiar cars, all with Illinois plates.
"You can't get into the place," he said. "They've been running out of food."
Watching the taillights fade across the border is a common source of aggravation for public officials in communities throughout Illinois. For many, it has only gotten more worrisome as limits put in place to contain the novel coronavirus are loosening in every surrounding state, while Illinois remains mostly closed.
Five neighboring states - Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri, Indiana and Kentucky - have all in recent weeks relaxed or abolished restrictions while Gov. J.B. Pritzker, a Democrat, has twice extended Illinois's stay-at-home order.
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Illinois-residents-feel-the-lure-of-states-with-15290030.php
Basically, you have businesses in Iowa, Missouri, Wisconsin, and Indiana benefiting from a Chicago shutdown that covers the entire state. And you have leftist nut jobs complaining that Illinois residents crossing into other states puts Illinois at risk, not the other way around. I hope Illinois does not receive another federal dime while they continue to be stuck on stupid.