Exodus from high tax states just beginning

[LittleLebowski]

I drove across North Dakota in a van with the steering wheel cranked a quarter turn due to the wind. Every overpass was a chance to drive off the road. I asked a local if it was always that windy and got the, “you’re an idiot” look.

Driving west through Theodore Roosevelt National Park at sunset was amazing.

Never leave a car door open when it’s windy in the west.

[Gray01]

If it was not so tragic I would find it mildly amusing that the overall consensus omits a specific forecast: “It will all eventually improve.”

The only variable, it seems, is how long before it goes over the edge, and not the eventuality of it.

[fixer]

I got a blank look. I told him he might want to look up what happened about 180 years ago when a bunch of Texans, with the help of some friends from Tennessee and Virginia, decided they had been pushed far enough. It might be instructive for him and his friends to consider.

He rolled his eyes and said "Oh yeah, history".

I told him that probably one of the most horrible things that could happen to this country would be his progressive friends provoking Texas past a tipping point. That it would be a calamity of Biblical proportions, that would be a terrible loss for all involved. And that we might not survive as a nation or even a people. That there would be no winners at all in that scenario, and probably not even many survivors.

He just shrugged, and said "Yeah, folks like you just stay buried in the past."

He'll be gone soon...I wouldn't worry.

Between the heat, come and take it stickers, college football, billboards for gun shows, and everything else, I can guarandamntee you he is on indeed right now looking for work elsewhere.

[mtnbkr]

He'll be gone soon...I wouldn't worry.

Between the heat, come and take it stickers, college football, billboards for gun shows, and everything else, I can guarandamntee you he is on indeed right now looking for work elsewhere.

Virginia has all of those (maybe not as much heat, but 100deg with 100% humidity is pretty damn sucky) and it isn't working for us. Hell, we even tried with traffic, yet the SOBs keep coming.

Chris

[LittleLebowski]

Virginia has all of those (maybe not as much heat, but 100deg with 100% humidity is pretty damn sucky) and it isn't working for us. Hell, we even tried with traffic, yet the SOBs keep coming.

Chris

I fucking hate DC.

[JohnO]

The Democratic super majority in Connecticut (governor, senate & house) is doing everything possible to drive people and businesses out. The tax situation keeps getting worse. One interesting phenomenon in and around the tri-state area is the disproportionate impact one taxpayer can have. One taxpayer being for example a Billionaire Hedge Fund manager. One person like that leaving can put a serious dent in tax revenue collected and it already happened in CT.

Conn. Lost $2.6 Billion in 2016 Revenue Due to High Earners Leaving State https://www.nationalreview.com/news/...leaving-state/

[LittleLebowski]

The Democratic super majority in Connecticut (governor, senate & house) is doing everything possible to drive people and businesses out. The tax situation keeps getting worse. One interesting phenomenon in and around the tri-state area is the disproportionate impact one taxpayer can have. One taxpayer being for example a Billionaire Hedge Fund manager. One person like that leaving can put a serious dent in tax revenue collected and it already happened in CT.

Conn. Lost $2.6 Billion in 2016 Revenue Due to High Earners Leaving State https://www.nationalreview.com/news/...leaving-state/

NY says "Hold my beer and watch this!"

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news...-law-new-york/

Greg Biryla, New York state director of the National Federation of Independent Business, cited estimates showing that the plan will require about $8 billion in new taxes on existing energy sources to pay for the transition to renewables.

The bill’s supporters argue that the economic impact will be offset by the creation of green jobs and a focus on boosting “disadvantaged communities,” which are to receive at least 35% of the clean energy investment.

[JohnO]

NY says "Hold my beer and watch this!"

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news...-law-new-york/

Thinly veiled income redistribution!

[Borderland]

That's what's going to be the downfall of Florida. People fleeing 3rd world socialist governments like Haiti, Venezuela, New York, Puerto Rico, Cuba, California, etc and then try to install the same type of assholes they run away from.

One of many reasons I'm trying like hell to go back to Alabama. I know I can't outrun demographics, but I'm hoping AL's "reputation" survives long enough to keep all the assholes at bay.

I spent a few years in Alabama in the late 60's. My kind of place. At least it was in the 60's, not sure what goes on there these days.

[Borderland]

If you start describing them as desolatte states, this may change.

Of course, there are probably enclaves within each of those states which are deep blue and filled with residents from other states that came with deep pockets. I know I've come across the like in my travels across the west by motorcycle or four wheels.

Bozeman MT is like that. So is Moab UT.