Posted on 06/24/2018 5:26:04 PM PDT by Hojczyk
States with high taxes are at risk of losing people, business and money. In fact, conservative economists Arthur Laffer and Stephen Moore argue that up to 1.3 million people will leave California, Connecticut, New Jersey, Minnesota and New York over the next three years and move to states with lower taxes.
The impact of tax migration is particularly interesting to examine in a state such as Florida, a low-tax swing state that is expected to pick up two Electoral College votes. While the northern area around Orlando contains large communities of conservative-leaning Midwestern migrants, Fort Lauderdale and Boca Raton see just as many left-leaning Democrats from the Northeast.
Thus, given the recent population increases in Florida, the new residents’ stances on taxes and on issues in general will be critical for the Democratic Party to examine heading into 2020. Consequently, the party’s overall national perception among voters, specifically with regard to economic policy, should be a primary focus for the Democratic Party.
Democrats are certainly hoping that left-leaning migrants to Florida from New York, Connecticut and New Jersey – who hold liberal beliefs but are looking for a tax break – will offset those moving to the state with conservative beliefs.
Ultimately, in order for Democrats to overcome the issue of tax migration at the ballot this November and in 2020, the party will need to once again define itself as the party with a pro-growth economic platform that benefits all Americans.
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That’s why they are legalizing marijuana
The problem is these fools will vote for democrats.....most are iyi...
Hopefully when they flee the high tax areas they will not bring any liberal voting habits (which causes the problems in the first place) with them. No sense spreading the misery.
South FL is a Yankee colony.
The Panhandle saved the state for Donald Trump.
The problem is that is exactly what they do. Can’t tell you the number of liberals in my area that moved to avoid the taxes and regulations and then vote for the same party that caused their move. Liberalism is a mental disease.
Raise spending! Bigger Government! Reparations Now! And Tax breaks for me but not for thee! .
Liberals move out to take their high tax views to low tax states to transform them and make them like what they fled.
Rinse, cycle and repeat.
The problem is when these fools move and set up shop and ruin their new habitat, like locusts, with their failed policies. Colorado and Northern VA come to mind.
I’m not so sure this is good news. Concentrating like-minded people in enclaves basically reduces their influence in the Electoral College and also in Congress.
Reducing SALT deductibility (especially for high income people in high tax states) is still the right thing to do, and should lead to some real structural reforms which will help these States in the long run BUT the specific electoral consequences of people moving out of true Blue States is probably not great for Republicans.
That’s why the Dems are hell-bent trying to get as many illiterate Central Americans into this country before the 2020 election. All they need are their names on the voter rolls. The Rat Party will supply the votes.
I agree. Keep the lefties in lefty states, for sure. It’s like containing a cancer on the rest of the country.
I believe you’re not incorrect on that one.
A dream: gerrymander the USA into two sovereign states, one conservative and the other libtard.
They don't even need the votes. All they need is for the immigrants to be counted in the next census.
The libs are moving south. But their real problem is that most of those who move are not liberal and when the census is taken in 2020 the Blue States are going to lose seats in Congress.
Yeah, but they are fleeing to red states and bringing their politics and beliefs with them. They’re too stupid to realize this.
Its not all of South Florida. Its Dade, Palm and Broward counties....ie Greater Miami that has been flooded with New Yorkers and New Jerseyites. The rest of the state definitely leans conservative and North Florida as well as significant parts of Central Florida are still very Southern.
Dems dont care, they know this means democrats move to other states to fuch up politics elsewhere.
Its actually a deliberate strategy. Spreading out the libtard wealthy to other states. Not,only for votes, but for campaign donation issues as well.
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