How about a picture.
Posted on 03/30/2009 10:59:44 AM PDT by Young Werther
I humbly suggest the Nashville TN area. No state income tax, low property taxes and he could thumb his nose at Al Gore more often.
60 miles north and south of the red river is Tornado Alley. Dallas - Fort Worth are about 75 miles south of the red river and have experienced few tornadoes.
He could set up shop in Searchlight! And talk to Dingy Harry as a constituent. So delicious, it’s almost worth the cost of the avgas.
Thanks.
I believe she is referring to the attempt to tax people who were retired and left the state. The argument was if they earned their retirement in CA then they should have to pay taxes regardless of where they went to live and regardless of where the retirement money came from. It failed of course, but the fact that dems even tried it shows you what a**hats they are!
Bass Hall is wonderful. We get tickets during the week for the Van Cliburn (that’s all we can afford.)
The sound is SOOOO much better there than when they had to play at TCU.
I think Janine lives here in the DFW area.
And who's brilliant idea was that? Names....
It would be kinda cool if he went to Gatlinburg. No Income Tax and quite a change from the beach.
Yep. Professional athletes, for example, have to pay income tax in each state they “earn” income by playing a game if required by the state tax codes. (NY of course!!)
It’s outrageous—the taxes should attach where the club is headquartered and the contract signed. The Tampa Bay Rays, for example, don’t cut a check specifically for the NY games, the contract is executed in FL and the club is headquartered in FL. Those guys should not have to pay taxes to other states.
Rush deserves better than New York. Being from Florida, I hope he stays in Florida... maybe his second home could be Texas?
How about a picture.
It’s called by a couple of names: “Departure Tax” and “Exit Tax”. Both can be Googled. I think it was hot and heavy a while ago, but hanging in limbo right now. If high producers continue to leave the state, though, I expect they’ll dust it off and try again.
You’re right; it is illegal. Isn’t “mobility” to move among states one of our rights? Not that anyone in D.C. or California has a clue as to what’s in our Constitution or other documents.
Here’s one:
http://politicalpistachio.blogspot.com/2008/08/exit-stage-left-californias-proposed.html
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Exit - Stage Left: California’s Proposed Departure Tax
Ronald Reagan knew that government was (and still is) the problem, not the solution, to the problem. He once said, “Government’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And, if it stops moving, subsidize it.”
In California the economic and social environment has become so hostile to many, that a mass exodus has begun. People are leaving California in droves, as the illegal aliens gladly move in to set up their squatter villages.
The left has taken control of California, and the state has become a battleground in America’s war over values. Californians have been pushed with their kindness, their willingness, their openness, their leniency toward aberrant behavior, government control, and out of control taxation. When is enough enough?
The Liberals in California act upon all of their urges in all situations, letting it all hang out, following their guiding principle: If it feels good, do it. Anyone who disagrees is labeled a bigot, and then is run out of town, or at least pressured to do so if they don’t wish to participate in the antics of Hollywood and San Francisco, California’s own Sodom and Gomorrah.
Those that have self-respect and want better for their families, neighbors, and the sake of the country, are leaving. Those of the Right have values that keep them from taking a drink, lighting up a joint, or hopping in the sack with anyone that wants them to. Conservatives, more often than not, are the kind of people that drop to their knees and pray for strength, rather than give in to the worldly debauchery.
And as these people of values do what they can to escape California, as well as owners of successful businesses who have found it more and more difficult to conduct business in California because of all of the regulations and fees and taxes, the Liberal Left is doing what it can to take what it can from them as they leave.
A ballot proposal is underway in California that would amend the State Constitution with a Wealth Tax. Specifically, this is an additional tax to be levied against high valued property, and high income (between 36.5% - 54.3% one-time tax) should a resident die, or decide to leave the State of California.
The writer of the proposal is a CPA and liberal activist by the name of Paul McCauley. In addition to taxing folks for trying to get out of California (or simply dying, for that matter), the proposal imposes an additional 17.5% tax on total incomes of taxpayers with income exceeding $150,000 (which, considering the cost of living here in California, that is not really that high of an income) if single, or $250,000 if married; imposes an additional 35% tax if income exceeds $350,000 for a single person or $500,000 for a married couple, and requires the State to acquire shares of specified corporations to influence environmental policies and practices.
No wonder right-minded people are trying to get out of this idiotic State.
“Aiming for Tennessee.
You’ll love it...”
We already do love it! We’ve taken two “house hunting” trips during the past year, and will do one more before August. Love the people, the landscape, the attitude.
Are you in the Binghamton (Outer Bingolia) area? I lived in Endicott and worked in Johnson City for several years.
Rush has a Gulfstream, I believe. G-V.
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