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[–] pwnicholson@lemmy.world 10 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Federal funding wouldn't stop. But shared state tax revenue from Chicago would

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 16 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The federal funding is provided to the state of Illinois, so the counties need the state treasury to provide federal funding to them.

[–] pwnicholson@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)

If they were granted secession by the federal Congress they would be a state and get federal funding. That's the only way they'd leave.

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

Yes but that circumstance could happen regardless of actions taken by the state of Illinois so it doesn't have any impact on the plans I laid out.