[hsalaw]

To paraphrase Margaret Thatcher, the New York dem/socialist party is soon going to run out of people to tax.

[Cicero]

Governor Pataki was first elected on a promise to cut taxes, too. But first, he had to straighten a few things out . . . .

[thoughtomator]

I'm one of them. It's too damned expensive to build a life in the NYC area unless you come from serious money and get it handed to you. And the quality of life compared with, say, Virginia, is not so good. Plus the government is sickeningly corrupt, it makes Louisiana look clean.

[CROSSHIGHWAYMAN]

I pity the poor bums who stay and have to listen to Chuckie Schumer pander to whatever neanderthals might be listening.

[asp1]

I would have guessed that having TWO repulsive and moronic Senators would have had something to do with the mass migration from the Big Apple, but it's not listed in the article. Go figure! :0)

[akorahil]

New York State is losing more residents than any other state in the country

Brings a whole new meaning to "Start spreadin' the news...I'm leaving today.."

[Michael Goldsberry]

¡Bienvenido a Texas!

[The Mayor]

YUP! It's no wonder why... Taxes, taxes, taxes and oh yes, Taxes!

[Urbane_Guerilla]

There are three reasons people are leaving: taxes, taxes, and taxes," a Republican candidate for governor, John Faso, said.

Yes and no. More to the point, is that New Yorkers are sick of the routine corruption of state and local politics. NY at every level is run strictly for the politicians, their families and their friends. Republican or Democrat, makes no difference. People are moving out, because they can see how futile it is to expect any honesty in NY.

The taxes are high because they fund the payoffs necessary to the personal enrichment of politicians here, and the sky's the limit.

In NY, "legal" corruption has been perfected, and there will be no change any time in the near future.

[kara37]

They love to come to Florida because we have no state tax. However, they keep voting democrat, so they can raise our taxes.
Makes sense to me.....NOT!

[Incorrigible]

Yep. They leave New York and come to central New Jersey.

Then they vote for the same types of politicos that drove them out of New York. Turning New Jersey from a moderate Republican state 20 years ago to a flaming Lib state that it is today.

I wish they would all just move to Florida.

[kabar]

Based on the official census figures, the number of foreign born residents in NY rose from 2,882,756 in 1990 to 3,804,431. The biggest foreign born group is the Dominicans who went from 235,790 in 1990 to 415,026 in 2000. The next largest groups are from China, former USSR, Jamaica, and Mexico. The number of Mexicans increased almost fourfold from 43,570 in 1990 to 170,386 in 2000.

In 1990 Mexicans were the largest group of foreign born residents in 18 states. In 2000, they were the largest group in 30 states.

[Jorge]

I can just picture the poor masses of NY running to escape the gargantuous clutches of Hitlary.......

[only1percent]

To regard New York Republicans as any kind of solution to high taxes is a triumph of hope over experience. There are many reasons to prefer NY Republicans over NY Democrats, but a commitment to reduce the cost of government isn't one of them.

The real fiscal power in NY is held, and exercised, on a thoroughly bipartisan basis by public employee unions and by hospitals, real estate developers, and government contractors and all of their workers' unions.

Short of a true political revolution, the only change which is possible is change which doesn't impact the power base. And that political revolution will never occur so long as the finance and media firms stay around. Those are the ur-source of all real money in the metropolitan area: with them, enough people still make more money in the metropolitan area, after tax, than they could make anywhere else.

[Concentrate]

I'm glad that people are leaving New York. Again. It's more for me to have.

Remember New York: High crime, rude people and extremely high taxes!

[Windcatcher]

NY Republicans are welcome here in PA as long as they remember that, except for Philly, our state is very, very, red (and would be if we can con NJ into taking the city off our hands). You don't have to "play RINO" here, and we'll be happy to help you break the habit (hmmm...sounds like a 12-step anti-smoking program). One thing is for sure: our state is a tax haven by comparison, and let's keep it that way.

[doc30]

And I swear they are all moving to FL! It's estimated that 1000 people per day move here.

[Fury]

Thanks for posting this...

[Doc91678]

Can you blame them? Their taxes are the highest in the country, crime is rampant and all the Democratically controlled cities are illegal alien sanctuary cities. Crime is up no matter what the politicos say. The politicians have taken away the rights of the individual to protect themselves and the felons are having a field day because the politicians have decriminalized many violent crimes.

[Biblebelter]

The political, media, and business elites along with the race pimps for whom the present system is empowering would respond "middle class, we don't need no stinkin' middle class".