Getting to the underlying issue.

Highly productive people want to earn and keep more money.

Residents are cutting their loses.

Why are people leaving some places?

It’s not just people that move.

People are leaving blue states and moving to red states.

There is a lot of data to support the notion that Illinois is in a downward spiral.

It’s quite likely that more Americans will be giving up their citizenship.

People are choosing states with lower fiscal burdens.

There’s a continuing shift of political power from blue states to red states.