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Since living in the highest taxed states and then complaining about taxes... I moved from SF to Nashville TN, couldn't be happier.

rconti 9y ago
People make decisions based on the available information, which does NOT included a looking glass. Imagine if your property taxes quintupled because it turns out your governor misallocated tax revenue and now they need to make up the shortfall. Well, serves you right for moving to TN, right? Wrong.
- abfan1127 9y ago
  CA taxes haven't quintupled in the last year. Its always been high.
- nugget 9y ago
  > People make decisions based on the available information, which does NOT included a looking glass. All the information on underfunded state pensions is public, and has been for some time. I don't know why anyone would move to fiscally-troubled states like Illinois or Kentucky, for example, and expect their taxes not to substantially increase over the next couple decades. Some states are simply better fiscally run than others.
yequalsx 9y ago
Could Tennessee handle an influx of 30 million people? I doubt it. Clearly it is not feasible to say to everyone, “Just move.” There is also the fact that southern states tend to be subsidized by the richer states. The low taxes of Tennessee come, partly, from the generosity of the wealthier states.
- nightski 9y ago
  Maybe they need to get more involved in local government then and try to change things instead of relying on the federal government to bail them out.
  - yequalsx 9y ago
    Are you talking about the southern states or California? California gets less from the federal government than they give to the federal government. The reverse is true for most southern states.
  - unclebucknasty 9y ago
    Asking the federal government not to tax people on income they never see (because of SALT) is not the same as asking for a bailout. In fact, it's the other way around: high SALT states tend to rely less on federal aid and so are actually subsidizing the other states.
  - learc83 9y ago
    The idea behind the SALT deduction is that the Federal government gets their taxes after the states collect theirs. It's traditionally been framed as a conservative states' rights issue.
unclebucknasty 9y ago
Tennessee has lower taxes and happens to be one of the states that depends most on federal assistance. So, yeah...maybe we should all move there. Oh, wait.

rconti 9y ago

People make decisions based on the available information, which does NOT included a looking glass. Imagine if your property taxes quintupled because it turns out your governor misallocated tax revenue and now they need to make up the shortfall. Well, serves you right for moving to TN, right? Wrong.

abfan1127 9y ago
CA taxes haven't quintupled in the last year. Its always been high.
nugget 9y ago
> People make decisions based on the available information, which does NOT included a looking glass. All the information on underfunded state pensions is public, and has been for some time. I don't know why anyone would move to fiscally-troubled states like Illinois or Kentucky, for example, and expect their taxes not to substantially increase over the next couple decades. Some states are simply better fiscally run than others.

yequalsx 9y ago

Could Tennessee handle an influx of 30 million people? I doubt it. Clearly it is not feasible to say to everyone, “Just move.” There is also the fact that southern states tend to be subsidized by the richer states. The low taxes of Tennessee come, partly, from the generosity of the wealthier states.

nightski 9y ago
Maybe they need to get more involved in local government then and try to change things instead of relying on the federal government to bail them out.
- yequalsx 9y ago
  Are you talking about the southern states or California? California gets less from the federal government than they give to the federal government. The reverse is true for most southern states.
- unclebucknasty 9y ago
  Asking the federal government not to tax people on income they never see (because of SALT) is not the same as asking for a bailout. In fact, it's the other way around: high SALT states tend to rely less on federal aid and so are actually subsidizing the other states.
- learc83 9y ago
  The idea behind the SALT deduction is that the Federal government gets their taxes after the states collect theirs. It's traditionally been framed as a conservative states' rights issue.

unclebucknasty 9y ago

Tennessee has lower taxes and happens to be one of the states that depends most on federal assistance. So, yeah...maybe we should all move there. Oh, wait.