Escaping Utopia

Escaping Utopia

“In California, we all know people who have bailed out for places where the taxes are low, regulations are light and the cost of living reasonable. But the evidence here is not just anecdotal.

In a recent piece in the Washington Times, economist Stephen Moore presents an amazing statistic: “Of the 10 blue states that Hillary Clinton won by the largest percentage margins — California, Massachusetts, Vermont, Hawaii, Maryland, New York, Illinois, Rhode Island, New Jersey and Connecticut — every single one of them lost domestic migration (excluding immigration) over the last 10 years (2004-14).

But here’s the kicker: The exact opposite is true in those states that supported Donald Trump by the largest margin. Those states – including Wyoming, West Virginia, Oklahoma, North Dakota, Kentucky, Tennessee, South Dakota, and Idaho — saw net domestic in-migration.

So what are the characteristics of those Hillary-supporting states that are bleeding productive citizens? Here, Moore doesn’t mince words: “They are the loser states. They are all progressive. High tax rates. High welfare benefits. Heavy regulation. Environmental extremism. Super minimum wages. Most outlaw energy drilling. The whole left-wing playbook is on display in the Hillary states. And people are leaving in droves.”     here…  via Ace

4 thoughts on “Escaping Utopia

  1. But it seems the people bailing on CA want the same Liberal ideas in their new state. They’re just as bad as Muslims carrying their idiocy with them.

  2. Blue states lose blue populace, which migrates to the red states. Blue states become ultraviolet, red states become purple.

  3. I do promise,as soon as I leave this Liberal shytehole I will never let it slip as to where I was from. This place gets loonier by the day. I only need to max out my PERS and this place will never get a dime back.

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