Surely they will be more than up to the burden of shouldering the tax load:
According to the Daily Caller, three states, in particular, saw a massive departure of Americans to the tune of 450,000, taking their wallets with them as they fled. This is leading to the problem of having no one around to pay the bills in these tax-heavy states.
The Daily Caller reported that taking the lead is New York:
The exodus of residents was most pronounced in New York, which saw about 190,000 people leave the state between July 1, 2016 and July 1, 2017, according to U.S. Census Bureau data released last week.
New York’s domestic out-migration during that time period was about the same as it was in the same time 2015 and 2016. Since 2010, the state’s outflow of just over 1 million residents has exceeded that of every other state, both in absolute terms and as a share of population, according to the free-market think tank Empire Center.Despite the number of people leaving New York, the population did grow due to high immigration from other parts of the world, and a higher birth rate.
California is yet another deep blue state that found itself watching Americans take their money with them as they left:
California was the third deep blue state to experience significant domestic out-migration between July 2016 and July 2017, and it couldn’t blame the outflow on retirees searching for a more agreeable climate. About 138,000 residents left the state during that time period, second only to New York.
But like New York, California’s population only grew due to a heavy flow of international migration to the state:
However, because California was the top receiving state for international migrants, its net migration was actually 27,000. Add to that number a “natural increase” of 214,000 people, and California’s population grew by about just over 240,000, according to the Census Bureau.
Both New York and California’s population growth may or may not help them. The tax status of the immigrants replacing the taxpayers that flee the states may range from completely legitimate, to non-tax paying status depending on the immigrants’ level of income or legality. According to CNN, most new immigrants into the country work lower paying jobs, and with those workers paying little to no taxes, the burden on the high-tax deep blue states could get even worse.
It’s amusing how people suddenly start talking very differently about the tax-paying abilities of immigrants when they realize that the state’s tax revenue is actually going to depend on them.
The problem is that these so-called “blue state” idiots are going to vote for exactly the same thing they’re fleeing now. No state should have ever allowed its new residents to vote on state and local matters for at least two generations, and preferably three.