I don't want the feds to have more money, I want to starve the beast. One way to do that is to make more tax haters. One way to make more tax haters is to cost them money because their local spend thriftyness would no longer be tax deductible.
I'm not sold on this idea, but it does seem to me to have at least some strategic thinking behind it.
The only people who would see that are Republicans still living in hopelessly communist states, for some reason. Which of them do you live in?
I understand that it’s sometimes hard to pick up and leave logistically, but if it’s more just an emotional/pride thing, you should get over it and move - vote with you wallet and your feet.
I used to be a proud NYer, but I saw my state become a dumping ground for the nation’s freaks and kooks and left. I’m now proud to have zero association with that craphole and happy that I only have to set foot in there to visit family on special occasions.