(The Center Square) – Illinois Republican state Rep. Chris Miller says there’s a name for the sickness he argues has long permeated Springfield, resulting in the city of Chicago now being home to second-biggest inflation problem among all metro areas.
“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.”