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New England may see exodus of young talent, study warns (1 more thing in common with France)
Boston Globe ^
| June 29, 2006
| Ross Kerber
Posted on 06/29/2006 9:42:37 AM PDT by presidio9
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posted on
06/29/2006 9:42:40 AM PDT
by
presidio9
To: presidio9
So are these red people upping the Congressional delegations of the red states, or blue people making the red states bluer?
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posted on
06/29/2006 9:47:45 AM PDT
by
untenured
To: presidio9
The Globe can't seem to understand the real reason is the brutal tax system in New England. Connect the dots.
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posted on
06/29/2006 9:49:56 AM PDT
by
ncountylee
(Dead terrorists smell like victory)
To: presidio9
"New England states will face a shortage of educated young workers ..."
Not just will, but are now, and have been leaving for decades.
The hard working, smart, trained...can leave.
The young do leave.
Mass and New York state have been losing their congressional seats for decades.
Mass and New York also have been losing their votes for President.
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posted on
06/29/2006 9:50:58 AM PDT
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: presidio9
Everyone in New England, who should know about such things, has known about this trend for years and years as the article reports...and there's nothing anyone can do about it...unless they wish to. Every state in New England ,save NH, makes its terribly expensive to do business. That's the problem. And as we all know, New England is far above such mundane things as accommodating business. They are there to TAX business, not make it productive.
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posted on
06/29/2006 9:51:19 AM PDT
by
RexBeach
("There is no substitute for victory." -Douglas MacArthur)
To: untenured
Maine saw a net flight of the young in the 90's that was 4-5 time greater than teh national average.
As socialism destroys economies and Maine is socialist (the only industry growing in Maine is government)folk flee when they are presented with the resulting combination of #1 tax burden for income and #37 wages paid.
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posted on
06/29/2006 9:52:11 AM PDT
by
Jim Verdolini
(We had it all, but the RINOs stalked the land and everything they touched was as dung and ashes!)
To: untenured
New Englanders who experience reality, and decide that they will be better off in a Red State will, I am sure, become good Conservatives if they are not already.
For myself, I'm no longer in the "young" category, but my Mass. roots go back 300 years. Lived here all my life. Never considered going anywhere else -- until about a year ago. It just plain sucks to live here.
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posted on
06/29/2006 9:52:12 AM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(Without a monkey, "You are nothing, absolutely zero. Absolutely nothing.")
To: untenured
So are these red people upping the Congressional delegations of the red states, or blue people making the red states bluer? I think they are running off young heterosexual adults. Bush-Cheney carried 97 of the 100 fastest growing counties in the US. I bet most of the people leaving New England are moving to those counties. Massachussetts has the lowest birth rates in the country. I think they will actually lose population in the next census not just lose representation.
To: ncountylee
Yep. Any whose source of wealth is an "income" is a fool to live in NE.
Great place for established wealthy, not so for those starting out.
Remember, Rockerfeller was quoted favoring the income tax because "it would keep the damn doctors and lawyers out of [his] neighborhood."
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posted on
06/29/2006 9:53:53 AM PDT
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MeanWestTexan
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posted on
06/29/2006 9:55:26 AM PDT
by
qam1
(There's been a huge party. All plates and the bottles are empty, all that's left is the bill to pay)
To: untenured
Unfortunately it looks like the Locust Liberals have turned New Jersey solid blue and are in the process of doing the same to Colorado.
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posted on
06/29/2006 9:59:19 AM PDT
by
qam1
(There's been a huge party. All plates and the bottles are empty, all that's left is the bill to pay)
To: untenured
Unfortunately it looks like the Locust Liberals have turned New Jersey solid blue and are in the process of doing the same to Colorado.
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posted on
06/29/2006 9:59:22 AM PDT
by
qam1
(There's been a huge party. All plates and the bottles are empty, all that's left is the bill to pay)
To: presidio9
Memo to ALL levels of government, EVERYWHERE:
First Law of Political Economics: If you tax it, you get less of it. If you subsidize it you get more of it.
Refusal to accept this simple truth will be the proximate cause of the collapse of any political entity; no matter how "great" its glory or empire may have been.
To: george76
I'll thank you very much to keep in mind that NY is definitely NOT part of New England...
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posted on
06/29/2006 10:05:21 AM PDT
by
presidio9
("Bird Flu" is the new Y2K virus -only without the inconvenient deadline.)
To: ClearCase_guy
You said it. Not 300 years, but my own Massachusetts roots go back 150 and I've never wished to live anywhere else until I witnessed developments of the past few years. The state government is a sinkhole of Marxist blather and outright, bare-faced corruption. And yet a substantial number of Volvo driving, soccer watching, ecoloonie watermelon, UN one-world, Utopian socialist, secular humanist residents love their "governing elite" and vote them into office repeatedly. As you said, "It just plain sucks to live here."
To: Paleo Conservative
Massachussetts has the lowest birth rates in the country. I think they will actually lose population in the next census not just lose representation Bruce whined that he and Albert Do It all the time and are baffled as to why there are no children yet.
To: presidio9
These wonderful places can continue to declare themselves "sanctuaries" for illegals while educated Americans leave in droves. Soon they will have a great workforce of uneducated, non-English speaking people who cannot begin to perform the necessary technical and white-collar jobs.
Lawns will look great. Businesses will move out or die.
To: ncountylee
The Globe can't seem to understand the real reason is the brutal tax system in New England. Connect the dots.
That's part of it, but it goes much deeper. I made the mistake of taking a job in Boston after I graduated (youthful indiscretion, thinking the career-related prestige would be worth it). I'm leaving soon. While taxes are an annoyance, the real reason I'm leaving is the oppressive philosophy here. Women "joke" about how men are stupid, annoying, and should be the ones to have to have babies. Schools teach first graders about gay sex. People live together for years before getting married, if they do at all, and mock "old-fashioned" ideals. Homosexuality is celebrated. Just a couple days ago I had to walk by Boston Common, and there was a gay and anti-war rally. That is almost a daily event here. Weirdos exist in all parts of the world, but here the difference is that it pervades society. Weirdos are normal here. The taxes are annoying but I'm leaving because I have come to the conclusion that it is immoral for me to stay here, which would implicitly support them economically. I would pay higher taxes elsewhere to not support that.
To: qam1
Gee, that's too bad.
It will get cleaned up. May take the X'ers a few decades. Of course we'll all be dead and won't get to see it.
But, hey, our grandkids might.
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posted on
06/29/2006 10:21:30 AM PDT
by
LubyGee
(Insert something witty)
To: presidio9
New England may see exodus of young talent Phew! For a minute there, I thought the headline was talking about the Patriots.
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posted on
06/29/2006 10:25:07 AM PDT
by
GLDNGUN
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