[SeekAndFind]

Those outflows stem from both people and businesses leaving the state. According to the American Legislative Exchange Council, New York’s top combined state and local business tax rate of 17.2 percent is the worst in the nation.

[unixfox]

They’ve always said “TAX THE RICH!” and now they are getting what they want.

Enjoy the suck New York!

[ADSUM]

FYI, New York and other states do not allow the deduction of federal taxes against their state income tax.

So cry all you want _ NY is not fair to their taxpayers.

[headstamp 2]

Gov. Cujo is depopulating NYS and that’s the way the liberals want it.

The fracking ban consigned upstate NY to continual economic stagnation. People are bailing in record numbers from upstate. Now the people with money are bailing from downstate.

1 million have left during Cujo’s tenure.

Classic liberal run state.

[G Larry]

Lower Tax Withholding results in smaller refunds!!!!

Commentators only miss this because they want to.

[edwinland]

Best comment I heard on this issue (I wish I could give proper credit to the source):

"The Democrats are all for taxing the rich. Just not their rich."

[Theoria]

Another method for making red states purple or blue.

[ChildOfThe60s]

You people are all missing the point.

This is all a carefully planned operation by the leftist politicians. The people they are driving out are going to places like Florida and Texas and then voting Democrat.

Colorado has been turned into a liberal Mecca. Florida is getting very close. Idaho is also. Expat Californians are destroying the West.

Seriously, I don’t think it’s carefully planned but it’s working exactly that way. They are driving people out and those people are ruining the states they go to

[fella]

Glad I live in a state without an income tax.

Unfortunately it is drawing the refugees from over taxed states who want to do things like what they’ve just escaped from.

[AndyJackson]

, the average millionaire living in New York paid $502,191 in state and local taxes compared to $71,113 for the average Texas millionaire.

Not to defend New York, but surely this lying with statistics. If I earn $2M in Texas and pay $71,113 in taxes, but earn $20M in New York and pay $502,191 it's not a fair comparison.

And surely not even in New York does someone earning $1M pay $502

[upchuck]

Ever wonder why Rush Limbaugh left NY for Florida? There ya go.

Plus he can play golf year round. :)