Thread: Tax Refugees Staging Escape From New York

Those pesky "unintended consequences".... Life's a b.....

Tax Refugees Staging Escape From New York New York Post By ANDY SOLTIS Last Updated: 6:08 AM, October 27, 2009 Excerpt: New Yorkers are fleeing the state and city in alarming numbers -- and costing a fortune in lost tax dollars, a new study shows. More than 1.5 million state residents left for other parts of the United States from 2000 to 2008, according to the report from the Empire Center for New York State Policy. It was the biggest...

QUOTE (article @ Oct 27 2009, 02:48 PM) What's worse is that the families fleeing New York are being replaced by lower-income newcomers , who consequently pay less in taxes. I guess they'll just have to start taxing this group more (some?)... This post has been edited by MTP Reggie : Today, 02:57 PM

The future of New York (city) is quite clear. Detroit.

(IMG: http://www.rightnation.us/forums/style_emoticons/default/violin.gif ) What's the expression? The chickens have come home to roost? Well, the geese that laid golden eggs got tired of the high taxes, and flew the coop. Now the cheep chickens are moving in, generating lower tax revenues AND demanding more city, county and state services. Life's a beyotch when you try to screw the rich, ain't it? This post has been edited by...

Rush was talking about this a while ago. He said that is exactly why he moved from New York to Florida and why he will never go back to work. The people making the most money, who are paying the way for all those liberal feel good programs are being treated the worst ("tax cuts for the evil rich") so like someone said, screw you, I'm moving.