"In the past two years, Mark Dayton has moved more people out of Minnesota than United Van Lines."
A great editorial in the paper this morning. It concerns one of my favorite topics. And that topic would be the very unfavorable tax climate in our Land of Sky Blue Waters. This editorial really hit the nail on the head. It addressed the unintended consequences of the 2013 Mark Dayton tax increase. That was the year that our statist Governor said he was only going to tax the top 2% of all wage earners. They can take it. In fact they probably would never notice it. Oh, how wrong he was.
In our land of unintended consequences, this is what happened. For the two years following that tax increase, our tax receipts from tax payers went down almost $1 billion. In other words, in the past two years Mark Dayton has moved more people out of Minnesota than United Van Lines. What statists like Governor Dayton never have quite understood is this - we live in a free country. Even though we are the United States, different states compete against each other states for business and people. And many people in Minnesota the past two years have voted with their feet to live and work elsewhere.
Many on the Loony Left would read this and say "That is not fair!" Maybe not - but it is reality. And it will continue so long as Minnesota insists on making itself non-competitive. There is a line that many people have as to how much they will take. In 2013, Mark Dayton crossed that line for many of our more successful citizens.
These numbers are not just random ramblings. The IRS keeps track of where money goes in this country. Which states gain revenue and which states lose revenue. The author of this morning's editorial used that data and a report done by the Center for the American Experiment entitled, "Minnesotans on the move to lower taxed states - 2016".
The report said that between 2013 and 2014, this state lost $944 million in AGI. That is the largest net loss ever reported for this state.
How is our Governor and his trusty allies on the Left side of the street going to fix this? Just like statists always do - more taxing and spending. For those who want to stay here and watch the collapse, good luck to you all. For those of us who have decided the only way out is through the exit doors which head east, west, or south, time is growing very short. We are leaving, and taking our money with us.
Don't forget he told anybody with epilepsy or cancer to move to Colorado, or buy cannabis off the streets. HE doesn't have to worry , the doctors are unafraid of prescribing him all the opiates he needs
ReplyDeleteI am one of the many that moved
ReplyDeleteI could see it coming, so in 2013 this native Minnesotan got wise and left The People's Republic of Minnesota, the Land of 10,000 Taxes, to become just one of the statistics that are cited in this report.
ReplyDeleteEver since, I have been giddy with glee!
We would love to move back to MN, but are moving to income tax-free Texas. Dayton is squeezing the middle class out of MN. Not rich enough to afford the taxes, not poor or lazy enough to receive the generous freebies. Dayton never worked hard. Born with a sliver spoon, was married to a Rockefeller, and all his money is in South Dakota...because of the lower taxes!
ReplyDeleteI lived in TX for 16 years, now in MN and I can tell you, that MN does a lot more for it's citizens, has better services for the elderly and it takes care of it's state far better than Texas. MN has a surplus in its budget.. how many other states can say that?
DeleteI moved to tax-free Nevada but found they have many other ways to get revenue from you. They call it government services fees. My plates are $20 a year. The government services fee is $130. Then our schools are 5094th in the country as far as quality and graduation rate. Plus, we have NO teaching hospitals so our quality of medical care is abyssmal. Be careful what you wish for. You just might get it.
ReplyDeleteI moved to tax-free Nevada but found they have many other ways to get revenue from you. They call it government services fees. My plates are $20 a year. The government services fee is $130. Then our schools are 5094th in the country as far as quality and graduation rate. Plus, we have NO teaching hospitals so our quality of medical care is abyssmal. Be careful what you wish for. You just might get it.
ReplyDeleteMoved into INCOME tax-free Nevada 2 1/2 years ago, but never expected that there would be NO taxes or fees. The state needs SOME revenue in order to operate.
DeleteWith LOCAL governments, including the MASSIVE Clark County school district controlled by the left, there is waste and inefficiency that can only be mitigated by conservatives stepping up and taking action.
Improvements in medical care systems are underway, but increasing federal control of health care is, to say the least, an impediment to progress. Even so, I find NO justification for the use of the word, "abyssmal." There is a brand new hospital nearing completion less than a mile from my residence. How many new hospitals are being built in the Twin Cities?
The Vegas Valley offers so many pleasant changes from life in the Twin Cities [I've lived in Robbinsdale, Eagan, Bloomington (twice), New Hope, and Minneapolis). I am much happier here!
Careful what you wish for--my job took us away in 2004 to Illinois, then onto AZ and now California. It's all about perspective. Many Minnesotans don't even have a passport let alone know there are other places to live. You get what you pay for, infrastructure, quality schools, arts, education, quality healthcare, community, quality of life. It's worth the cost--If you don't believe me, come live in the most economically and demographically polarized place in the country, where Jerry Brown does everything he can to regulate and tax the haves to pay for the have-nots, a place with more whack job ideologues from hell than grains of sand on the beach. Common sense is 2 people with the same amount of pennies in there pocket. You want to see messed up, come live in this 3rd world orifice for a while and see what really taxation is all about, you'll gladly double your tax payments to MN to keep the quality of life many Minnesotans just can't seem to appreciate, like I said, careful what you wish for, community is very hard to find, and truely needs to be savored.
ReplyDeleteI'm pretty sure most people worried about government hands in their pockets aren't leaving Minnie for the Left Coast.
DeleteI think you may have missed the point of the aeticle. I am sorry for your plight, but a move to California or Arizona was sure to make your tax problems worse, not better. California is hemorrhaging business revenue like a severed limb without a tourniquet. It's even worse than MN in terms of being the Democratic Socialist model that imports poverty and exports growth. Texas for me soon and hoping it's not overrun by Leftists who just leave their failed states only to institute the same asinine policies that ruined their prospects in the first place.
ReplyDeleteI think you may have missed the point of the aeticle. I am sorry for your plight, but a move to California or Arizona was sure to make your tax problems worse, not better. California is hemorrhaging business revenue like a severed limb without a tourniquet. It's even worse than MN in terms of being the Democratic Socialist model that imports poverty and exports growth. Texas for me soon and hoping it's not overrun by Leftists who just leave their failed states only to institute the same asinine policies that ruined their prospects in the first place.
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