Wednesday, August 03, 2011

Stunner: Overtaxed New Yorkers Flee in Droves

Heck, I fled two decades ago and I wasn't even making much money back then. Sadly, too many of these folks export their Democratic Party registration and start dragging down the states they flee to.
Taxed-out New Yorkers are voting with their feet, with a staggering 1.6 million residents fleeing the state over the last decade.

For the second consecutive decade, New York led the nation in the percentage of residents leaving for other states, according to the report by the Empire Center for State Policy.

The population loss is "the ultimate barometer of New York's attractiveness as a place to work, live and do business," the report's co-author, E.J. McMahon, said. "It's the ultimate indication that we've been doing things wrong."

Most analysts blamed New York's high taxes and skyrocketing cost of living for the mass exodus.

The Tax Foundation ranked New York highest in the nation in the combined state and local tax burden in 2008. And as small-business lobbyist Mike Durant noted, New York has also "consistently ranked worst or in the top three worst in business climate. You can't suck every penny out of people and expect them to remain in New York."

Since 1960, New York has lost 7.3 million residents to other states -- a net loss of 2.5 million people after adding in an influx of 4.8 million new immigrants, the study found.

3 comments:

RamblingMother said...

That's right, it is the "taxes for thee but not for me" philosophy most democrats live by.

Ken Moore said...

Original report from the Institute here: http://www.empirecenter.org/pb/2011/08/migration1080311.cfm
The outflow has been going on for half a century and was worse in the '70's and currently is worse in upstate NY.    The story about taxes and regulation driving people out still applies.

southernsue said...

please don't let them come down south and start voting for their democratic overlords.

they may flee their state's taxes, however, they can't flee brain dead if they continue voting democrat.