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A Stampede

I am originally from Illinois. Thankfully I was able to escape before the stampede. “What stampede?” you might ask. Well let’s just say that it’s the beginning of a stampede very similar to what has been occurring in that other Democrat-run liberal bastion here on the west coast. Out in my west coast state you can only rent a U-Haul if go are coming into, but not going out of California, as there are no more U-Hauls left in California. Now to be honest, I do not know what the U-Haul balance is in Illinois. However, based upon some things I have just read, if you are thinking of leaving Illinois soon, do it before the state runs out of U-Hauls.

The richest person in Illinois announced on 6/23/22  that he’s moving his hedge fund firm’s headquarters from Chicago to Miami, Florida, commenting that crime in the Windy City is far too high.

“Chicago will continue to be important to the future of Citadel, as many of our colleagues have deep ties to Illinois,” billionaire Ken Griffin wrote in a note Thursday to Citadel’s employees. “Over the past year, however, many of our Chicago teams have asked to relocate to Miami, New York, and our other offices around the world.”

From Epoch Share:

Griffin has provided more than $600 million in gifts to educational, cultural, medical, and civic organizations in Chicago over the years, his spokesman, Zia Ahmed, told the Wall Street Journal. Who, if anybody will take up this slack when Ken Griffin moves to Florida?

Hmmm … how many U-Hauls will leave Illinois with Citadel stampede?

Boeing, which moved to Chicago from Seattle more than 20 years ago, announced in May that it would move its headquarters from Chicago to Arlington, Virginia.

Hmmm … how many U-Hauls will leave Illinois with Boeing stampede?

And Caterpillar, the construction firm, said it was moving out of the Chicago area to Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas.

“We believe it’s in the best strategic interest of the company to make this move, which supports Caterpillar’s strategy for profitable growth as we help our customers build a better, more sustainable world,” Caterpillar’s CEO Jim Umpleby said in a statement in June.

Hmmm … how many U-Hauls will leave Illinois with Caterpillar stampede?

In reality, these big companies will probably provide for moving companies to move these management type employees to the new locations. However, the continuing stampede out of Illinois is and will be mostly made up of lower and middle class families, and they will be renting U-Hauls!

7/21/22

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