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As people flee their oppressive liberal states to Florida, will they turn their new home into exactly what they left behind? In 2011, the publication 24/7 Wall St. compiled the following list of the ten states doing the "most" and the "least" to "spread the wealth."  A migration study compiled from 2016 to 2017 by the U.S. Census provides some thought-provoking data on these 20 states: Table 1: 2017 Relocation Data on States that Differ in Spreading the Wealth States doing the most in 2011 Migration per 1000 Alaska -13.4 California -3.5 Connecticut -6.2 Hawaii -6.2 Massachusetts -3.4 Minnesota 1.4 New...

Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman, whose party just lost both chambers of Congress, will leave his position in January, and the post as party chief has been offered to Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael S. Steele. "It is true," Mr. Mehlman told The Washington Times when asked about reports last night that he would resign. "It's something I decided over the summer. No one told me I needed to. In fact, folks wanted me to stay." Mr. Mehlman said he "told the White House over the summer it was my decision" to leave the RNC post, "win, lose or draw."...