Friday, January 04, 2013

Packing Up



A new US Census Bureau report shows that, "About 100,000 more Californians moved to another state in 2011 than California gained from other states," in the summary by the Sacramento Bee. The main destinations of the 562,343 Californians who left: Texas 58,992, Arizona 49,635, Nevada 40,114 and Washington 38,421. Note that, of those four states, three have no state income tax at all. And the fourth, Arizona, has a top rate of 4.54 percent, just under a third of California's top rate.

Read more: http://www.appeal-democrat.com/articles/tax-121854-state-california.html#ixzz2H1Uoovyy


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The Controllers office says it's too early to tell whether the new highest in the nation top rate will actually have an effect.  Riiiight.  

6 comments:

W.C. Varones said...

From the mid-1980s to 2005, California's population grew by 10 million, while Medicaid recipients soared by seven million; tax filers paying income taxes rose by just 150,000; and the prison population swelled by 115,000.

Game over.

Rob Dawg said...

Thanks for the link. Added a graphic from the article.

Cinco-X said...

Condolences to Texas and Arizona...

Rob Dawg said...

It's probably Washington State that is most annoyed.

Cinco-X said...

Rob Dawg said... It's probably Washington State that is most annoyed.

...much to my pleasure...

Rob Dawg said...

They are very nice places but both Portland and Seattle truly annoy me with their "our shit don't stink" attitudes.