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And apparently in Chicago you can be thrown in jail for years without trial. http://www.suntimes.com/news/crime/20320674-418/time-stands-still-in-cook-county-j

• mikeyouse 12y ago
  And in Texas, they execute the innocent and the mentally ill.. basing your view of an entire state on a few extreme outlier situations doesn't make much sense.
  • toomuchtodo 12y ago
    Would you define Illinois as a business friendly state? Of course not (compared to Texas). With that said, would you define it as a citizen friendly state? Again, clearly not! The only class of people Illinois is friendly to are politicians, the politically connected, and unionized labor in its death throes (note: I'm not against unions, but don't choke the golden goose to death. If you have to increase taxes to unsustainable levels to fund pensions to the point where people leave your state, you've already lost).