Even though the accusation isn’t true, why shouldn’t a resident of one state move to another state where the taxes are more favorable to them personally? I don’t see a problem with that!
I’m waiting for the first high-tax state to come out with “exit visas”.
An insidious thing that my suburb in IL did was “sellers inspections”, where they somehow were able to inspect your house (no doubt, for illegal upgrades) before you could sell it. It went ok, no problem, but what if there was a $40,000 “fee” for this?
I had that house selling shakedown in a Cleveland suburb with the house I inherited when my brother died. It’s outrageous. Cost me thousands of dollars.