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“The problem in Springfield is that there’s a classic case of
denier syndrome,” Miller told The Center Square of the Democrats
now running the state. “Anything that's uncomfortable, they just
deny that it's true. They make themselves feel better about it,
but the bottom line everyday working people out in the state
know that the inflation is real. They know bad public policy is
real.”
A new WalletHub study also finds that over the last two months
the city suffered a price-index change hit of 0.9% to trial only
Minnesota at 1.3% for largest in the country. Researchers
reached their findings by comparing 23 Metropolitan Statistical
Areas across two key metrics related to the CPI, with Chicago
zooming to an overall score 77.71.
“It's piling on the things that we're already experiencing
because of bad public policy,” Miller added. “When you combine
some of the things that the Pritzker regime has done, it’s like
putting a multiplier on the inflation rate. All of the inflation
has been driven by bad public policy.”
Given all Springfield’s dysfunction, Miller adds its little
wonder so many residents across the state are reacting the way
that they are, including a growing number of them deciding to
leave the state altogether.
“I think that the velocity of the exodus is increasing with bad
public policy,” he said. “When you can go live in a free state
and you can save $40,000 a year and you have the ability to work
remotely of have a job that is conducive to that, those people
have mobility and they're hitting the dusty trail. I think that
bad public policy is going to increase the velocity of the
exodus of Illinois. You always hear people talk about they're
voting in their pocketbook.”
Miller argues things could easily change if lawmakers advanced
policy that plays more to the state’s strengths.
“We have more BTUs of coal in the state of Illinois than Saudi
Arabia,” he said. “One of the reasons why we enjoy the quality
of life we have had in the past is because of cheap, affordable,
reliable energy and we've taken all that off the table. We need
to mine our own coal and we need to drill our own oil and we
need to open up all the coal fire plants that they shut down.”
Chicago was joined on the top five list of cities experiencing
the biggest problems with inflation by Minneapolis (overall
score 83.33), Detroit (70.18), Honolulu (65.79) and New York
(65.61).
With remnants of the pandemic still being felt in some parts,
the U.S. inflation rate recently clipped a 40-year high at 2.5%,
with factors such as the a series of Federal Reserve rate hikes,
the war in Ukraine and domestic labor shortages all contributing
to the overall rise in inflation.
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