Comments on: 1,100 People Per Day Flee High Tax States for Low http://libertypundits.net/article/1-100-people-per-day-flee-high-tax-states-for-low/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=1-100-people-per-day-flee-high-tax-states-for-low Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:15:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Bill Dupray http://libertypundits.net/article/1-100-people-per-day-flee-high-tax-states-for-low/comment-page-1/#comment-6832 Bill Dupray Tue, 19 May 2009 23:24:04 +0000 http://libertypundits.net/?p=4182#comment-6832 Hmmm. Actually, I think I may have seen or been to that store before. Maybe in 1988 or 1989? Did we road trip to Worcester Eddie? Hmmm. Actually, I think I may have seen or been to that store before. Maybe in 1988 or 1989? Did we road trip to Worcester Eddie?

]]> By: Bill Dupray http://libertypundits.net/article/1-100-people-per-day-flee-high-tax-states-for-low/comment-page-1/#comment-27078 Bill Dupray Tue, 19 May 2009 23:24:00 +0000 http://libertypundits.net/?p=4182#comment-27078 Hmmm. Actually, I think I may have seen or been to that store before. Maybe in 1988 or 1989? Did we road trip to Worcester Eddie? Hmmm. Actually, I think I may have seen or been to that store before. Maybe in 1988 or 1989? Did we road trip to Worcester Eddie?

]]> By: Bill Dupray http://libertypundits.net/article/1-100-people-per-day-flee-high-tax-states-for-low/comment-page-1/#comment-27079 Bill Dupray Tue, 19 May 2009 23:24:00 +0000 http://libertypundits.net/?p=4182#comment-27079 Hmmm. Actually, I think I may have seen or been to that store before. Maybe in 1988 or 1989? Did we road trip to Worcester Eddie? Hmmm. Actually, I think I may have seen or been to that store before. Maybe in 1988 or 1989? Did we road trip to Worcester Eddie?

]]> By: Ed C. http://libertypundits.net/article/1-100-people-per-day-flee-high-tax-states-for-low/comment-page-1/#comment-6818 Ed C. Tue, 19 May 2009 17:38:14 +0000 http://libertypundits.net/?p=4182#comment-6818 My Dad was a small business owner in central Mass. Not a huge employer by any means, but our economy is largely built on the mom and pop shops, after all, so while this story may not be statistically significant it is somewhat symbolic of this story. This was a retail furniture store started by my grandfather when my Dad was a young pup. My Dad built it up to a thriving business capable of competing with the larger chains that were beginning to encroach. He bought an old dilapidated factory building in downtown Worcester and fixed it up into one of the largest furniture stores in the state at the time, receiving the Chamber of Commerce Golden Hammer award for the rehab. Fast forward to the early 90's when the city, in its infinite wisdom, thought that kicking out the small business owners (and their not insignificant property and sales tax income) and razing blocks and blocks of buildings to put in a new non-profit (meaning they don't pay taxes, right?) hospital would revitalize a city that is constantly trying to find ways to get out of the 60's. My Dad, and everyone other property owner, sued the city and won. They were consistently being taxed on a property value WAY higher than what the city thought it needed to pay them though the eminent domain process. So of course it ended up costing the city a boat load more than what they originally thought it would. And my Dad took the money and ran to Florida where he maintains his shell company while managing the company's 'assets'. And now he works part-time for H&R Block during tax season advising others how to avoid taxes. :) My Dad was a small business owner in central Mass. Not a huge employer by any means, but our economy is largely built on the mom and pop shops, after all, so while this story may not be statistically significant it is somewhat symbolic of this story.

This was a retail furniture store started by my grandfather when my Dad was a young pup. My Dad built it up to a thriving business capable of competing with the larger chains that were beginning to encroach. He bought an old dilapidated factory building in downtown Worcester and fixed it up into one of the largest furniture stores in the state at the time, receiving the Chamber of Commerce Golden Hammer award for the rehab.

Fast forward to the early 90′s when the city, in its infinite wisdom, thought that kicking out the small business owners (and their not insignificant property and sales tax income) and razing blocks and blocks of buildings to put in a new non-profit (meaning they don’t pay taxes, right?) hospital would revitalize a city that is constantly trying to find ways to get out of the 60′s.

My Dad, and everyone other property owner, sued the city and won. They were consistently being taxed on a property value WAY higher than what the city thought it needed to pay them though the eminent domain process. So of course it ended up costing the city a boat load more than what they originally thought it would. And my Dad took the money and ran to Florida where he maintains his shell company while managing the company’s ‘assets’. And now he works part-time for H&R Block during tax season advising others how to avoid taxes. :)

]]> By: Ed C. http://libertypundits.net/article/1-100-people-per-day-flee-high-tax-states-for-low/comment-page-1/#comment-27076 Ed C. Tue, 19 May 2009 17:38:00 +0000 http://libertypundits.net/?p=4182#comment-27076 My Dad was a small business owner in central Mass. Not a huge employer by any means, but our economy is largely built on the mom and pop shops, after all, so while this story may not be statistically significant it is somewhat symbolic of this story. This was a retail furniture store started by my grandfather when my Dad was a young pup. My Dad built it up to a thriving business capable of competing with the larger chains that were beginning to encroach. He bought an old dilapidated factory building in downtown Worcester and fixed it up into one of the largest furniture stores in the state at the time, receiving the Chamber of Commerce Golden Hammer award for the rehab. Fast forward to the early 90's when the city, in its infinite wisdom, thought that kicking out the small business owners (and their not insignificant property and sales tax income) and razing blocks and blocks of buildings to put in a new non-profit (meaning they don't pay taxes, right?) hospital would revitalize a city that is constantly trying to find ways to get out of the 60's. My Dad, and everyone other property owner, sued the city and won. They were consistently being taxed on a property value WAY higher than what the city thought it needed to pay them though the eminent domain process. So of course it ended up costing the city a boat load more than what they originally thought it would. And my Dad took the money and ran to Florida where he maintains his shell company while managing the company's 'assets'. And now he works part-time for H&R Block during tax season advising others how to avoid taxes. :) My Dad was a small business owner in central Mass. Not a huge employer by any means, but our economy is largely built on the mom and pop shops, after all, so while this story may not be statistically significant it is somewhat symbolic of this story.

This was a retail furniture store started by my grandfather when my Dad was a young pup. My Dad built it up to a thriving business capable of competing with the larger chains that were beginning to encroach. He bought an old dilapidated factory building in downtown Worcester and fixed it up into one of the largest furniture stores in the state at the time, receiving the Chamber of Commerce Golden Hammer award for the rehab.

Fast forward to the early 90′s when the city, in its infinite wisdom, thought that kicking out the small business owners (and their not insignificant property and sales tax income) and razing blocks and blocks of buildings to put in a new non-profit (meaning they don’t pay taxes, right?) hospital would revitalize a city that is constantly trying to find ways to get out of the 60′s.

My Dad, and everyone other property owner, sued the city and won. They were consistently being taxed on a property value WAY higher than what the city thought it needed to pay them though the eminent domain process. So of course it ended up costing the city a boat load more than what they originally thought it would. And my Dad took the money and ran to Florida where he maintains his shell company while managing the company’s ‘assets’. And now he works part-time for H&R Block during tax season advising others how to avoid taxes. :)

]]> By: Ed C. http://libertypundits.net/article/1-100-people-per-day-flee-high-tax-states-for-low/comment-page-1/#comment-27077 Ed C. Tue, 19 May 2009 17:38:00 +0000 http://libertypundits.net/?p=4182#comment-27077 My Dad was a small business owner in central Mass. Not a huge employer by any means, but our economy is largely built on the mom and pop shops, after all, so while this story may not be statistically significant it is somewhat symbolic of this story. This was a retail furniture store started by my grandfather when my Dad was a young pup. My Dad built it up to a thriving business capable of competing with the larger chains that were beginning to encroach. He bought an old dilapidated factory building in downtown Worcester and fixed it up into one of the largest furniture stores in the state at the time, receiving the Chamber of Commerce Golden Hammer award for the rehab. Fast forward to the early 90's when the city, in its infinite wisdom, thought that kicking out the small business owners (and their not insignificant property and sales tax income) and razing blocks and blocks of buildings to put in a new non-profit (meaning they don't pay taxes, right?) hospital would revitalize a city that is constantly trying to find ways to get out of the 60's. My Dad, and everyone other property owner, sued the city and won. They were consistently being taxed on a property value WAY higher than what the city thought it needed to pay them though the eminent domain process. So of course it ended up costing the city a boat load more than what they originally thought it would. And my Dad took the money and ran to Florida where he maintains his shell company while managing the company's 'assets'. And now he works part-time for H&R Block during tax season advising others how to avoid taxes. :) My Dad was a small business owner in central Mass. Not a huge employer by any means, but our economy is largely built on the mom and pop shops, after all, so while this story may not be statistically significant it is somewhat symbolic of this story.

This was a retail furniture store started by my grandfather when my Dad was a young pup. My Dad built it up to a thriving business capable of competing with the larger chains that were beginning to encroach. He bought an old dilapidated factory building in downtown Worcester and fixed it up into one of the largest furniture stores in the state at the time, receiving the Chamber of Commerce Golden Hammer award for the rehab.

Fast forward to the early 90′s when the city, in its infinite wisdom, thought that kicking out the small business owners (and their not insignificant property and sales tax income) and razing blocks and blocks of buildings to put in a new non-profit (meaning they don’t pay taxes, right?) hospital would revitalize a city that is constantly trying to find ways to get out of the 60′s.

My Dad, and everyone other property owner, sued the city and won. They were consistently being taxed on a property value WAY higher than what the city thought it needed to pay them though the eminent domain process. So of course it ended up costing the city a boat load more than what they originally thought it would. And my Dad took the money and ran to Florida where he maintains his shell company while managing the company’s ‘assets’. And now he works part-time for H&R Block during tax season advising others how to avoid taxes. :)

]]> By: kasper http://libertypundits.net/article/1-100-people-per-day-flee-high-tax-states-for-low/comment-page-1/#comment-6809 kasper Tue, 19 May 2009 10:07:08 +0000 http://libertypundits.net/?p=4182#comment-6809 I just hope these "fleeing affluent" stay to h--ll out of my state of NH. We've already lost serious ground. Idiots from NY and MA love to come up up here to foul OUR nests, after they realized they can no longer live in the nests they fouled in their own state. I just hope these “fleeing affluent” stay to h–ll out of my state of NH. We’ve already lost serious ground.

Idiots from NY and MA love to come up up here to foul OUR nests, after they realized they can no longer live in the nests they fouled in their own state.

]]> By: kasper http://libertypundits.net/article/1-100-people-per-day-flee-high-tax-states-for-low/comment-page-1/#comment-27074 kasper Tue, 19 May 2009 10:07:00 +0000 http://libertypundits.net/?p=4182#comment-27074 I just hope these "fleeing affluent" stay to h--ll out of my state of NH. We've already lost serious ground. Idiots from NY and MA love to come up up here to foul OUR nests, after they realized they can no longer live in the nests they fouled in their own state. I just hope these “fleeing affluent” stay to h–ll out of my state of NH. We’ve already lost serious ground.

Idiots from NY and MA love to come up up here to foul OUR nests, after they realized they can no longer live in the nests they fouled in their own state.

]]> By: kasper http://libertypundits.net/article/1-100-people-per-day-flee-high-tax-states-for-low/comment-page-1/#comment-27075 kasper Tue, 19 May 2009 10:07:00 +0000 http://libertypundits.net/?p=4182#comment-27075 I just hope these "fleeing affluent" stay to h--ll out of my state of NH. We've already lost serious ground. Idiots from NY and MA love to come up up here to foul OUR nests, after they realized they can no longer live in the nests they fouled in their own state. I just hope these “fleeing affluent” stay to h–ll out of my state of NH. We’ve already lost serious ground.

Idiots from NY and MA love to come up up here to foul OUR nests, after they realized they can no longer live in the nests they fouled in their own state.

]]> By: Robert http://libertypundits.net/article/1-100-people-per-day-flee-high-tax-states-for-low/comment-page-1/#comment-6807 Robert Tue, 19 May 2009 05:10:19 +0000 http://libertypundits.net/?p=4182#comment-6807 Could there be a clearer illustration of the basic flaw of liberalism? I live in Florida which has no income tax and despite the economic downturn seems to be doing just fine. Liberal states like California have consistently raised taxes and subsequently spending to an unsustainable degree, add in the fleeing affluent and it is a recipe for disaster. No republican strategist could ever articulate a clearer indictment of the liberal agenda than the agenda itself. We just need to wake up the sleeping populace to the truth. Could there be a clearer illustration of the basic flaw of liberalism? I live in Florida which has no income tax and despite the economic downturn seems to be doing just fine. Liberal states like California have consistently raised taxes and subsequently spending to an unsustainable degree, add in the fleeing affluent and it is a recipe for disaster. No republican strategist could ever articulate a clearer indictment of the liberal agenda than the agenda itself. We just need to wake up the sleeping populace to the truth.

]]> By: Robert http://libertypundits.net/article/1-100-people-per-day-flee-high-tax-states-for-low/comment-page-1/#comment-27072 Robert Tue, 19 May 2009 05:10:00 +0000 http://libertypundits.net/?p=4182#comment-27072 Could there be a clearer illustration of the basic flaw of liberalism? I live in Florida which has no income tax and despite the economic downturn seems to be doing just fine. Liberal states like California have consistently raised taxes and subsequently spending to an unsustainable degree, add in the fleeing affluent and it is a recipe for disaster. No republican strategist could ever articulate a clearer indictment of the liberal agenda than the agenda itself. We just need to wake up the sleeping populace to the truth. Could there be a clearer illustration of the basic flaw of liberalism? I live in Florida which has no income tax and despite the economic downturn seems to be doing just fine. Liberal states like California have consistently raised taxes and subsequently spending to an unsustainable degree, add in the fleeing affluent and it is a recipe for disaster. No republican strategist could ever articulate a clearer indictment of the liberal agenda than the agenda itself. We just need to wake up the sleeping populace to the truth.

]]> By: Robert http://libertypundits.net/article/1-100-people-per-day-flee-high-tax-states-for-low/comment-page-1/#comment-27073 Robert Tue, 19 May 2009 05:10:00 +0000 http://libertypundits.net/?p=4182#comment-27073 Could there be a clearer illustration of the basic flaw of liberalism? I live in Florida which has no income tax and despite the economic downturn seems to be doing just fine. Liberal states like California have consistently raised taxes and subsequently spending to an unsustainable degree, add in the fleeing affluent and it is a recipe for disaster. No republican strategist could ever articulate a clearer indictment of the liberal agenda than the agenda itself. We just need to wake up the sleeping populace to the truth. Could there be a clearer illustration of the basic flaw of liberalism? I live in Florida which has no income tax and despite the economic downturn seems to be doing just fine. Liberal states like California have consistently raised taxes and subsequently spending to an unsustainable degree, add in the fleeing affluent and it is a recipe for disaster. No republican strategist could ever articulate a clearer indictment of the liberal agenda than the agenda itself. We just need to wake up the sleeping populace to the truth.

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