IL lost people, but more importantly IL lost taxpayers

IL has steadily lost population over the past decade.  Over past ten years, over 800,000 people have left the state.

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Population growth comes at a cost

Almost all net growth in population in IL is due to illegal migrants who become dependents on the state for food, shelter, schooling and health care.

The talent pool of IL Residents is changing, along with tax receipts

The disparity of people leaving IL versus new residents creates major problems for the state.  Issues include loss of valuable talent and skills, people who engaged with the community, continuity of local culture and potential loss of taxable income.

Taxpayer flight from IL is real and long-term

For the past two decades, IL has lost billions of tax dollars due to medium and high-income people leaving IL.

Census Bureau estimates of IL

IL population breakdown looks like America.   An analysis of IL population via Grok reports that no major changes are expected for year 2025.  No growth, no decline. Within the numbers there are an estimated 500,000+ illegal migrants.

Do people of faith and their views of political issues matter?

Perception of issues by voters is shaped by a variety of inputs from daily life and reality.   People of faith may tend to vote in accordance with their views of how a just society should conduct itself in relation to the citizenry.

The SAVE Act has massive support of the Voters

Solid majorities of Americans support the requirements of voter identification with photo and verification of citizenship to be allowed to vote in all elections.