{"id":32417,"date":"2018-01-14T21:29:41","date_gmt":"2018-01-15T02:29:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=32417"},"modified":"2018-01-14T21:29:41","modified_gmt":"2018-01-15T02:29:41","slug":"more-taxpayers-voting-with-their-feet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=32417","title":{"rendered":"More Taxpayers Voting With Their Feet"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Washington Free Beacon<\/a> posted a story today about migration within the United States<\/a>. The states that lost the most population in 2017 were Illinois<\/a>, New Jersey<\/a>, and New York<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

United Van Lines<\/a>, which tracks state-to-state migration patterns, found that Illinois was the top state for outbound migration with 63 percent of moves going out of state.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“The Northeast continues to experience a moving deficit with New Jersey (63 percent outbound), New York (61 percent) and Connecticut (57 percent) making the list of top outbound states for the third consecutive year,” the report states. “Massachusetts (56 percent) also joined the top outbound list this year.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

The other states that led the nation for the highest outbound migration were Kansas, Ohio<\/a>, Kentucky, Utah, and Wisconsin.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It is interesting that the top four states are controlled by the Democratic party and have high taxes (also cold weather).<\/p>\n

The states that grew in population were also listed in the article:<\/p>\n

The 10 states with the highest inbound migration were Vermont, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, South Dakota<\/a>, Washington, South Carolina, North Carolina, Colorado, and Alabama. The data find that more Americans are moving to the Mountain West and the South.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The article concludes:<\/p>\n

According to the Tax Foundation<\/a>, there<\/a> is a relationship between taxes and migration.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Individuals move for a variety of factors,” the group states. “Climate, job opportunities, family, among others, impact the decision to relocate. Taxes can influence the decision too.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Tax rates and structure affect a state\u2019s economy; states with less burdensome tax structures and lower rates tend to have better economic growth,” the foundation explains. “Increased job opportunities can result from the better economic growth.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Someone moving to Chicago for a new job could decide to live in Illinois or commute from Indiana,” the group says. “Indiana’s 3.3 percent individual income tax rate could be an encouragement to locate in that state over Illinois’ 3.75 percent rate. An individual moving to the Washington, D.C.<\/a>, area could decide to live in Virginia instead of the District because income taxes are lower.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

As more people leave the higher-tax states, the tax burden on the people remaining will increase. That is going to create situations like Detroit, where people simply leave their homes because they can’t afford the taxes. In some of these high-tax states, elderly people on fixed incomes are being forced out of their homes because they cannot afford the taxes.<\/p>\n

Voting with your feet is a great idea as long as the people moving to lower-tax states don’t bring their high-tax ideas with them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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