But after looking at the outrageous income tax, sales tax, and property tax (all types of property) ... yikes!!!
I thought SC was a conservative state? SC taxes make taxes Massachusetts look tame by comparison!
Why would a local tea party get involved with this and take the side of higher taxation in a state with way to few jobs?
Some years back, we were paying a very substantial five-figure number on a primary residence in NJ and similar killer taxes on various unnecessary properties in NY and NJ. We shrugged and headed for PA.
Our property tax on a very large home on the Susquehanna is under $1000/yr.
PA doesn't have the ocean, the beaches, and the proximity to Manhattan that made life so interesting...nor the crime rates, nor the taxes. It's got lots of Aunt Bea, Floyd, and Goober, and that's a GOOD thing. It's got guns, too; they think you're normal if you keep guns.
But enough bragging on PA. In the larger picture, we conservatives may have to accept the inevitability of a Galt's Gulch scenario. We might be well advised to explore the options for "back-up" property in the countryside. Because we might, at the rate things are going, be backed into a conservative reservation whether we like it or not; and because when societies collapse, individuals can do little more than join the pockets of survivors and stand by ready to rebuild. I say we should do it on our own terms, our own schedule, in our own interests.
Recommended: Wyoming and Alaska. Sadly not recommended: Texas.