Posted on 08/18/2009 8:25:29 AM PDT by Renkluaf
IT’S A sad testimony to the political state of affairs when elected leaders shrug their shoulders and advance a remarkable “no can do’’ attitude toward the reality of population loss in Massachusetts.
When Representative Michael Capuano states he doesn’t “think there’s anyone around who has figured out how to stop the population flow to the Southwest,’’ one has to wonder what is the value of these long-term incumbents. These are our representatives who are “particularly well positioned with their committee assignments,’’ as Representative Richard Neal stated with a curiously disconnected implication. If they’re so well positioned why are they not at least expressing the efforts they are making to turn things around? Why are they not speaking of all that must be done to change our current predicament? The state will probably lose a congressional seat because of the population shift.
(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...
Texas is full. Full of Mexicans mainly, but full none the less. Don’t move here.
Build a wall and take away their guns seemed to work for previous regimes.
Not to worry. One of these days people will have to get permission to leave their state.
THE FLOGGINGS WILL CEASE WHEN THE MORALE IMPROVES!
Cuttings taxes would be a good start.....Duh!
California at one time had a tax on your home if you moved out of state.
Move away from the state tax!!!
Consider that line about lawyers in Shakespeare’s Henry VI.
preventing people from moving to another state will be in the name of health care...
Do what the IDIOTS in NJ do and charge an “exit Tax” when people move out.I kid you not...it is true! I swear, this state sucks SO MUCH!
Boo Hoo.
Mass. workers file for workman’s Comp then move to Georgia!
| Sadly, the people and leaders in Mass will NEVER take this advice.
Yup....that whole health care bill needs to be stopped. If they get any part of it, it will grow in time.
Executions will continue until morale improves.
(feel free to avail yourselves of the Death Committee program...death taxes help stimulate the ecconomy too.)
"How can we keep people from leaving?"
and not:
"How can we get them to want to stay?".
The answer to the question is in the article but they are too blind by their socialism to see.
First they have to admit socialism can only work at the point of a gun. If you give people any option at all, they will leave (think the boat people of Cuba).
Socialism is taking from a producer to give to a taker. What this does is create more takers, and fewer producers.
Unless they plan on building a “Berlin Wall” they will continue to lose the producers. Sooner or later the state will collaspe upon itself (almost like what is happening in California).
FDR and Johnson has a lot to answer for. FDR began the welfare state and Johnson expanded it.
After 40 years isn’t it time to work that the “war on poverty” is a failure?
Let’s hope they don’t try to keep people there the way Cuba does!
But I believe the idea of some kind of “exit tax” will become popular with governmental officials, if it has not been tried already.
Given the attitude of many serving in government towards their constituents, I’m sure it will be attempted as the next step.
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