Posted on 04/23/2018 7:49:16 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
There has been a vast, largely unheralded migration in the U.S. over the past decade. Not because of weather, or amenities. But because of taxes.
Recently, Wallet Hub published a list of states ranked by their tax burden, based on property taxes, income taxes and sales taxes as a share of personal income.
The five states that impose the biggest tax burden on their residents are, in order: New York, Hawaii, Maine, Vermont and Minnesota.
The five states with the lowest tax rates: Alaska, Delaware, Tennessee, Florida and New Hampshire.
Right away there are some obvious similarities between the groups.
None of the 10 highest-tax states has voted for a Republican president in recent elections, for example. On the other hand, only three of the 10 lowest-tax states voted for Hillary Clinton in 2016 — Delaware, Virginia and New Hampshire.
But there's a far more important similarity among high-tax states, and one that should be sounding alarm bells there. They are steadily losing population.
We split the Wallet Hub list in half, and then looked at net migration for all the states from 2007-2016, based on census data. That is, where have people already living in the country moved over those years?
The findings are eye opening.
Between 2007 and 2016, all but three of the 25 highest-tax states lost population. The 5 biggest losers: New York (which lost 1.3 million), California (-928,627), Illinois (-717,445), and New Jersey (-516,326), and Ohio (-346,792).
At the other end of the spectrum, all but five low-tax states gained population. The biggest winners: Texas (1.4 million), Florida (845,239), North Carolina (549,148), South Carolina (361,117), Washington (313,722).
All told, the 25 high-tax states saw a net loss of 4.9 million people to states with lower tax burdens.
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Then voting for politicians that promise more spending leading to higher taxes?
And note: The states with the highest tax burdens are also states with massive unfunded State worker pension obligations ready to melt down. Any attempt to raise taxes to deal with this will simply increase the flight from these states. They are in a death spiral.
Liberal utopian overlords are nothing but overpaid Jello squeezers with too much grip.
ping for later (later being this afternoon and also my senior years)
|
Overall Rank |
State |
Total Tax Burden |
Property Tax Burden |
Individual Income Tax Burden |
Total Sales & Excise Tax Burden |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York | 13.04% | 4.62% | 4.78% | 3.64% |
| 2 | Hawaii | 11.57% | 2.20% | 2.85% | 6.52% |
| 3 | Maine | 11.02% | 4.80% | 2.69% | 3.53% |
| 4 | Vermont | 10.94% | 5.20% | 2.32% | 3.42% |
| 5 | Minnesota | 10.37% | 3.00% | 3.70% | 3.67% |
| 6 | Connecticut | 10.19% | 4.17% | 3.34% | 2.68% |
| 7 | Rhode Island | 10.14% | 4.70% | 2.31% | 3.13% |
| 8 | Illinois | 10.08% | 4.11% | 2.44% | 3.53% |
| 9 | New Jersey | 10.02% | 5.12% | 2.46% | 2.44% |
| 10 | California | 9.57% | 2.66% | 3.65% | 3.26% |
| 11 | Ohio | 9.48% | 2.90% | 2.71% | 3.87% |
| 12 | Maryland | 9.45% | 2.77% | 3.92% | 2.76% |
| 13 | West Virginia | 9.40% | 2.43% | 2.87% | 4.10% |
| 14 | Iowa | 9.32% | 3.43% | 2.50% | 3.39% |
| 14 | Mississippi | 9.32% | 2.80% | 1.72% | 4.80% |
| 16 | Wisconsin | 9.26% | 3.52% | 2.67% | 3.07% |
| 17 | Nebraska | 9.17% | 3.83% | 2.39% | 2.95% |
| 18 | Massachusetts | 9.03% | 3.60% | 3.40% | 2.03% |
| 19 | Arkansas | 8.99% | 1.79% | 2.29% | 4.91% |
| 20 | New Mexico | 8.94% | 2.03% | 1.75% | 5.16% |
| 21 | Kentucky | 8.79% | 2.03% | 3.16% | 3.60% |
| 22 | North Dakota | 8.69% | 2.20% | 1.28% | 5.21% |
| 23 | Pennsylvania | 8.66% | 2.98% | 2.56% | 3.12% |
| 24 | Indiana | 8.56% | 2.33% | 2.33% | 3.90% |
| 25 | Kansas | 8.54% | 3.07% | 1.66% | 3.81% |
| 26 | Michigan | 8.53% | 3.21% | 2.18% | 3.14% |
| 27 | Louisiana | 8.43% | 2.03% | 1.49% | 4.91% |
| 28 | Oregon | 8.38% | 3.17% | 4.10% | 1.11% |
| 29 | Utah | 8.36% | 2.46% | 2.66% | 3.24% |
| 30 | North Carolina | 8.32% | 2.30% | 2.70% | 3.32% |
| 31 | Arizona | 8.21% | 2.62% | 1.39% | 4.20% |
| 31 | Nevada | 8.21% | 2.23% | 0.00% | 5.98% |
| 33 | Texas | 8.15% | 3.70% | 0.00% | 4.45% |
| 33 | Washington | 8.15% | 2.66% | 0.00% | 5.49% |
| 35 | Colorado | 8.10% | 2.67% | 2.26% | 3.17% |
| 36 | Georgia | 8.09% | 2.75% | 2.31% | 3.03% |
| 37 | Wyoming | 8.03% | 4.17% | 0.00% | 3.86% |
| 38 | Missouri | 7.95% | 2.34% | 2.42% | 3.19% |
| 39 | South Carolina | 7.88% | 2.91% | 1.97% | 3.00% |
| 40 | Idaho | 7.87% | 2.48% | 2.30% | 3.09% |
| 41 | Virginia | 7.77% | 2.92% | 2.73% | 2.12% |
| 42 | Montana | 7.64% | 3.55% | 2.69% | 1.40% |
| 43 | Alabama | 7.24% | 1.41% | 1.86% | 3.97% |
| 44 | South Dakota | 7.22% | 2.90% | 0.00% | 4.32% |
| 45 | Oklahoma | 7.17% | 1.54% | 1.89% | 3.74% |
| 46 | New Hampshire | 7.07% | 5.60% | 0.13% | 1.34% |
| 47 | Florida | 6.64% | 2.72% | 0.00% | 3.92% |
| 48 | Tennessee | 6.47% | 2.05% | 0.11% | 4.31% |
| 49 | Delaware | 5.68% | 1.82% | 2.70% | 1.16% |
| 50 | Alaska | 4.94% | 3.54% | 0.00% | 1.40% |
The problem is many of those who leave are hypocritical or myopic Leftists who having fouled their own nests move to other states and immediately start voting for the very same policies that caused them to have to move in the first place.
Mixed blessing. Higher representation in the legislature, but leftist bleed-over with their imported politics.
People are so stupid it hurts. Yes, a portion of thid exodus consists of conservatives fleeing their ravaged home states. But many are idiot liberals who, having intentionally moved to a low tax state, will immediately set to work making their new state feel like home.
Sounds fair, no?
/s
Unfortunately, even conservatives (relatively) who migrate bring a small measure of their nanny-state expectations with them, many times unwittingly. A Massachusetts "conservative" is more comparable to a Texas "moderate."
Sadly, they are probably bringing their so-called “progressivism” with them.
It is an inherent defect that progressives cannot see that they are the ones regressing from real advancement in matters of Liberty, politics and economics and that they have been since the beginning.
News Flash! In Obama care or any other government run healthcare system, the people are an expense when under 18 and over 50.
A serious moment aside: if States like New York could find a way to transfer some the cost of their so-called “progressivism” over to the federal, say by making State Taxes deductible, and make all the several States foot the bill don’t you think they would in a heart beat?
*nudge*wink*
That’s what liberals do best.
Alaska - expensive, cold and isolated.
As a bonus, Anchorage is rated one of the most violent cites in the US. (per capita, of course)
Unemployment is 2X the National average, so if you move here, bring lots of money....jobs are hard to come by.
They find another nest to foul.
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