Former Clinton advisor Dick Morris explains how the 2010 census confirmed that high tax states have lost population, while lower taxed states have gained.
People vote with their feet and flee to low tax states. It's not the climate. It's the taxes.
And what better example for Morris to make his point?
While the population of New York City grew from 7.3 million in 1990 to 8.0 million in 2000 to 8.4 million in 2010, the population of upstate New York shrank dramatically.
In the past decade, 1.7 million people left New York State, the largest exodus any state experienced. Upstate New York is dying, killed by high taxes.
The New York City metropolitan area can grow despite high taxes. It is the historical center for new immigration, a glittering attraction for national migration within the United States and the foremost global city. But with no such attractions to offset its high taxes, upstate New York is experiencing catastrophic declines.
Consider the plight of Buffalo. In 1960, it had half a million people. Now it has a quarter of a million! It has lost half its population in 50 years. Yet the politicians in New York state and the other high-tax states, like farmers beating a dying horse to get it to plow one more furlough, raise taxes to squeeze one last bit of revenue from upstate before it dies.
Bold added. Morris is a high profile commentator, but it's hard to believe that even the least visible member of the New York Legislature doesn't understand the situation. They simply don't care. The current status quo provides the good life in Albany, at the expense of staggering Upstate taxpayers.
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