And sadly, a good number of them will bring their Welfare State voting habits with them and do their best to turn nice prosperous Red States into Blue States.
Interesting article. Thanks for posting.
A previous generation of state sovereignty-respecting justices had put it this way.
“Congress is not empowered to tax for those purposes which are within the exclusive province of the States.” —Justice John Marshall, Gibbons v. Ogden, 1824.
Once unconstitutional federal taxes are stopped then the states will probaby find a tsunami of new revenues that they won’t know what to do with and won’t have to harrass the taxpayers (as much) to raise revenues.
If you own and operate a small business, you simply have no choice. If you are an employee of a large company, state taxes and regulations won’t matter much until they lay you off in your mid-40’s.
Texas always shows up as one of the top states to move to with a good economy. Problem is they never consider Texas is #12 for the highest property tax. Property taxes are raised religiously 10% each year.
In Oregon we don’t have sales tax but we make up for it with property taxes and income taxes.
Those moving to Oregon are in for a surprise, if they thought they were going to a low-tax state.