Posted on 09/04/2015 5:40:17 AM PDT by Arcy
In 2013, more than 200,000 people on net fled states with Democrat governors for ones run by Republicans, according to an analysis of newly released IRS data by Americans for Tax Reform.
"People move away from high tax states to low tax states. Every tax refugee is sending a powerful message to politicians," said ATR President Grover Norquist. "They are voting with their feet. Leaders in Texas and Florida are listening. New York and California are not."
That year, Democrat-run states lost a net 226,763 taxpayers, bringing with them nearly $15.7 billion in adjusted gross income (AGI). That same year, states with Republican governors gained nearly 220,000 new taxpayers, who brought more than $14.1 billion in AGI with them.
Only one-third of states with Democrat governors gained taxpayers, compared to three-fifths of states with Republican governors.
Top 5 loser states for Democrat governors in 2013:
· New York (114,929 people with $5.7 billion in AGI)
· Illinois (68,943 people with $3.8 billion in AGI)
· California (47,458 people with 3.8 billion in AGI)
· Connecticut (14,453 people with $1.8 billion in AGI)
· Massachusetts (11,915 people with $1 billion in AGI)
Top 5 winner states for Republican governors in 2013:
· Texas (152,912 people with $6 billion in AGI)
· Florida (74,094 people with 8.3 billion in AGI)
· South Carolina (29,176 people with 1.6 billion in AGI)
· North Carolina (26,207 people with $1.5 billion in AGI)
· Arizona (16,549 people with $1.5 billion in AGI)
The single largest net migration from one state to another took place between New York and Florida (17,355 people).
I witness the phenomenon I mentioned every single day.
Like termites who flee when there’s no more wood to eat.
ahhhh....the “snowbird”....
You know those lights were bright on Broadway-
But that was so many years ago...
Before we all lived here in Florida-
Before the Mafia took over Mexico.
There are not many who remember-
They say a handful still survive...
To tell the world about...
The way the lights went out,
And keep the memory alive....
Billy Joel - Miami 2017
You’re presuming that those moving are liberals. Who do think is more likely to move to a red state, an unproductive lib or a taxpaying productive conservative?
I’d say the latter makes up most of the movers
I witness the phenomenon I mentioned every single day.
The current government of the Commonwealth in which I have resided for virtually my entire life is a lib-dem-prog Yankee carpetbagger.
Darn that "autocorrect". Darn it to heck!
...and my failure to proofread, too.
Well, then I witness the opposite in the red state I reside. For every numbskulled lib that moves here, many more conservatives arrive. Only immigration keeps it from being a landslide.
these IMO are mostly retired govt workers....they got their obscene govt pension after a hard, hard 20-30 yrs of “public service” and are not cashing in on lower taxed states so they can really enjoy their “winnings”.
> It’s funny - I never found the average Californian to be a jerk at all. They are either politically indifferent or just have no clue how their voting choices affect their economy and quality of life.
I don’t really place Californians into the Yank category. The Northern half is completely different type of state than the Southern half per my own experience. The only type I have a hard time getting along with there are the liberals and the hippies. Its really different than most other states.
I meant to say is that they made their states BLUE and allowed their freedoms to be wrecked.... Sorry, don’t want blue states down South.
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