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| Low-tax states will gain seats, high-tax states will lose them |
| 2010-11-18 |
| [Washington Examiner] Migration from high-tax states to states with lower taxes and less government spending will dramatically alter the composition of future Congresses, according to a study by Americans for Tax Reform Comes as a surprise, huh? I know. I was floored, too... Eight states are projected to gain at least one congressional seat under reapportionment following the 2010 Census: Texas (four seats), Florida (two seats), Arizona, Georgia, Nevada, South Carolina, Utah and Washington (one seat each). Their average top state personal income tax rate: 2.8 percent. By contrast, New York and Ohio are likely to lose two seats each, while Illinois, Iowa, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania will be down one apiece. The average top state personal income tax rate in these loser states: 6.05 percent. That sucking sound you hear is your state government. All those backs you see belong to your populace. The state and local tax burden is nearly a third lower in states with growing populations, ATR found. As a result, per capita government spending is also lower: $4,008 for states gaining congressional seats, $5,117 for states losing them. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 " GFL on that one, gorb. It's what they do best (along with some of the old Repubs). >:-( |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2010-11-18 17:49 |
| #5 People are voting with their feet. This is what the American people want. Our representatives should figure this out and make it so. Our representatives should not be trying to figure out ways to subvert the will of the American people. |
| Posted by: gorb 2010-11-18 12:34 |
| #4 This will be the first redistricting since Calif became a state in 1850 in which they did not gain representatives. California went from 30 to 53 seats from 1950 to 2000 (but only gained one in the 2000 census). Now the number of immigrants from the far east has slowed and the number of immigrants from the south is balanced by people leaving the state. |
| Posted by: Lord Garth 2010-11-18 09:03 |
| #3 Agreed, Besoker but damn I hate driving 400 with all these new damn yankees. |
| Posted by: Beavis 2010-11-18 08:58 |
| #2 ..and just in time for reapportionment with gains in states that switch to red in the last election. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2010-11-18 08:30 |
| #1 On behalf of all Georgians, I extend a sincere thank you to the states who have chosen to downsize their representation by..... RUNNING HARD WORKING TAXPAYERS OFF! |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2010-11-18 01:46 |