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
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.
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.
Libs from the Northeast and West Coast should NOT come here. We are an Open Carry state and EVERYONE has those big scary military grade, fully, semi-automatic, belt fed 50 cal AK-1000's. Or something.
Stay in your Safe State places where you are completely protected by "This is a gun free zone" signs.
Let’s hope they are really ‘Americans’ and not just Liberals posing as Americans.................
Yeah, people are just flockin’ to Chickenland...
Is it really a tax issue or freedom issue? There may be a correction, but I think it is really about freedom.
Freedom is not absolute but relative. There is more freedom in certain places.
Want absolute freedom, be an anarchist....................
Kentucky has an income tax. However, they don’t tax SS, and if you made good money all your life (i.e. your SS monthly payment is over $2500), you can live here pretty comfortably on SS alone. They even cut your property taxes at age 65.
Just heard on FoxBiz that the job increase rate in blue/high tax states, is now FIFTY PERCENT LESS, than red state/low tax states.
That is incredible.