Better to live in a red state than a blue

Most of the “poor states” states, as the American Legislative Exchange Council calls them, have the highest personal income tax rates and the largest unfunded state pension liabilities.  But instead of taking the red-state approach by lowering taxes and/or cutting spending, the blue states tend to want to raise taxes even higher, just like their White House mentor.

The result of their overpromising and overspending, and their knee-jerk response to solving their fiscal problems by raising taxes, is that people are increasingly fleeing the blue states. 

 

Comments

[Jim]

Great description of Illinois!

[Ron]

Why do you think people are leaving the blue states for the red states?

[Diane]

It's obvious, isn't it? Red states have teams in the world series, blue states do not.

[BRad Greer]

That and lower taxes.