Posted on 01/08/2019 8:23:03 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Not surprisingly, Governor Andrew Cuomo of New York reminded everyone that he is a man from the left. This is what he said as he started a third term:
The promise that attracted 5,000 people a day from across the globe to come to this sacred place through this historic portal on Ellis Island is not a faded memory of yesterday, but a shining beacon for a better tomorrow.
Nowhere to be found in Cuomo's energetic homily was the word "legal," an omission clearly calculated to obscure the distinction between controlled lawful immigration – Ellis Island as iconic portal to America – and the unremitting border-dashing that has made immigration an incandescent political and social issue.
Let me recommend to Governor Cuomo that he watch the Ellis Island scene in Godfather 2. My guess is that U.S.-Mexico border agents would love to have the orderly process that those new arrivals had to go through.
As Governor Cuomo runs left, we learned that fewer and fewer New Yorkers were around to hear the speech. According to news reports, New Yorkers want out:
New York's population continues to decline faster than any other state, according to new data released Wednesday by the U.S. Census Bureau.
The report found New York was just one of nine states to see a decrease in population, losing an estimated 48,510 residents between July 1, 2017, and July 1, 2018.
That's more than any state.
Illinois saw the second largest population loss of 45,116.
So why are they leaving?
It's not the weather. Yes, New York has bad winters, but nobody leaves for that reason.
The real reason is taxes and more taxes.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
It’s been ongoing for decades.
Good news for the rest of the nation: Fewer House seats means less juice in the chamber with the power of the purse.
Competing with Gov Moonbeam and Newsom for most incompetent Governor of the century?
The Democrats will ruin everystate in the union...
Only a matter of time..
Went to Colorado in 1980..they ruined that state
Florida in 2001 there on the way to ruining this state..
There's no place left to go..
Maybe North Dakota??
Was at a red light next to a car with New York tags and I rolled down the window and said to the driver, “Welcome to Texas, just don’t vote democrat”.
Every time we decide on a state for our future bugout, OH was the last one, it goes and does something terminally dumb. Sigh. Clock is ticking for us now. And our shortlist is getting shorter.
FWIW, all of the folks we know who have left NYS, not a one has been a lib. All of the people we know, any state getting them will be lucky to have them.
New York City and the surrounding areas are actually gaining people - nobody cares how high taxes are if you can make a huge income.
The people who are leaving are from upstate, where they have the same taxes but no incomes.
downside.. there is a Nor’easter headed to red states..
as they flee the mess they made, they pack up their voting habits and take them with.
We need a state based on principles of liberty and zero government assistance to individuals.
wyoming...
the winters can be harsh though.
See my reply #7. Makers and/or conservatives tend to be the ones bugging. That’s why the state is circling the bowl.
What’s worse is that many of the people leaving are retirees who at age 50-55 are taking their NY Taxpayer funded state pensions with them to Florida to spend in Florida. Talk about wealth transfer.
Don’t New York My Florida!
Same problem is occurring with Illinois. Way more is flooding out than is trickling in.
One more left turn and Cuomo will be going right...everyone knows that 3 left turns is effectively a right turn....
You would be welcome in Missouri. We just kicked McCaskill to the curb, the state’s budget is balanced, our taxes are low. Come on in, the water’s fine.
True. But then those same people fleeing come to our states and still vote Democrat... that's the downside.
Aging baby boomers, not hitting retirement age en masse, are escaping from the left wing nightmare that their votes secured and heading to places that they can corrupt anew with more left wing votes, like Florida.
I see a pattern here. Heavy government regulation communist States losing middle-class citizens at an alarming rate. Communist Global agenda Moving exactly according to plan.
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