Voting with their feet:
In 2013, more than 200,000 people on net fled states with Democrat governors for ones run by Republicans, according to an analysis of newly released IRS data by Americans for Tax Reform.
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That year, Democrat-run states lost a net 226,763 taxpayers, bringing with them nearly $15.7 billion in adjusted gross income (AGI). That same year, states with Republican governors gained nearly 220,000 new taxpayers, who brought more than $14.1 billion in AGI with them.
Only one-third of states with Democrat governors gained taxpayers, compared to three-fifths of states with Republican governors.
And, as I understand it: the traditional worry that the Right have about these internal immigrants is a bit overblown. A lot of them are leaving because they want to breathe a little easier, which means that they don’t necessarily intend to try to change everything around the second they get to their new digs. Which, you know, makes a certain amount of sense? I mean, they still might have bad habits, but you can break bad habits…
i don’t think it’s a problem at all. it’s like the folks who left someplace in Europe that was oppressive but reasonably safe in favor of a place they could make their own destiny. likewise the pioneers who settled the west. tough, independent, possibly a bit smarter than the average ursine… what’s not to like?
Eh, speaking as a lifelong Texan, I’m not so sanguine. I’ve seen multiple waves of Northeast American immigrants. “Well back home we used to do it this way” is something they say far too frequently.
Frankly, I prefer the South American immmigrants.
Y’all Texans are supposed to have a pretty virulent culture .. get out there and *spread* it!
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When some damn yankee says ‘well back home..’, smile, say “Bless your heart, you’re in Texas now, and we do it *this* way.”
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Repeat enough times and they’ll either leave .. or they’ll learn.
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Mew
It’s just like foreign migration – in reasonable numbers and diffused into the culture, you get integration and cultural compatibility and very American guys named Cruz and Jindal.
In vast waves, you get turmoil.
There are two points in play.
The first is the number of people coming compared to the number of people already there. Idaho has 1.6 million people. Somewhere around 1/3 are interstate immigrants (mostly clustered around our capital city). Add in the number of illegal aliens, and it’s likely natives don’t even have a majority.
The second is that “conservative” is a catch-all term, which encompasses a great many ideologies. It’s true the most of the Californians coming to Idaho are conservative–for California. That doesn’t mean they’re especially conservative, and it certainly doesn’t imply that they follow the same conservative tradition.
Don’t forget, the Blue States still have to balance their budgets without those jobs, and .. they never seem to cut services …
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http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20150903/NEWS02/150909907/chicagos-giant-tax-increase-still-wont-eclipse-the-burbs
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Tax increases ahead, fee increases won’t be too far behind .. followed by more borrowing …
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Mew
As a resident of California, I have no intention of leaving. I also DO NOT WANT any other Californian leaving. I do not want the Blue State poison spreading to Red States. I’m taking one for the team, everyone else should do the same.
Heeeee! Too late!
Besides, California isn’t California anymore.
I mean, they still might have bad habits, but you can break bad habits…
Suuuuure … I mean, look at the way California broke the government-dependency habits of all those immigrants from New York and New Jersey and Mexico and Central America …
… am I the only one who noticed the juxtaposition between this post and the prior ‘Völkerwanderung’ post?
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I mean .. go watch “Grapes of Wrath” (or, if you prefer, read the book) and tell me the Okies weren’t a ‘Völkerwanderung’ .. then look at the successive waves that moved to Cali .. and are now fleeing the beast they have made.
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Mew