The problem with this is that these people who vote for these liberal idiots are running away from the crap they voted for. Now they will arrive to greener lands to vote in another liberal idiot and crap on us too. Stupidity and craving for handouts is not left at the state line when they move south.

Could web wench just put a "conservatives are crybabies" post up at the beginning of each comment section to spare us from this brain dead moron? And please people, stop responding to and thereby encouraging him. BTW: yes, all three are the same little preteen boy. Duh.

This is simply an eons old fact: Never mess with the achievers-period. Clinton learned this the hard way. California, New York,those states that are heavily unionized are learning this lesson now, and Obama will in the future. But then again liberals never learn.

Yes, they are there now because that is where they started during the boom years, but they are going to be moving out in the near future, many have already started to move out.

Look at what is happening in California, they are having to ADVERTISE to try and get people to move to California. Slicon Valley is slowly becoming a ghost town as tech firms pack up and move to more tax friendly states like Nevada.

One fact that can't be denied is that wherever the productive segment of society goes, the Lamprey eels that suck on them will be close behind.
That's the problem with achievement in America today. The Jimmy Dolans of this country want the benefits of success without having to perform the effort to achieve it.
Just look at what is happening in Atlanta.
Texas is still relatively immune to the Lamprey eel, but the eels haven't yet figured out how to survive long enough there to get attached.

atlas shrugged in NYC... good for them

First of all, my apologies to little people everywhere. Rudy's gone, and Bloomberg has been elf-in-chief for two terms. Rudy was no paragon of virtue, but at least his irresponsibility was predominately limited to his private life. He cleaned up New York, but apparently Bloomie, who has his own set of sordid, personal proclivities, is intent on cleaning OUT New York. Go ahead, New York. Re-elect this bone head.

When this country was WAD (working as designed) these people would move to another state and their talent and abilities were not lost to us as a country. But now where are these people going to go since we have decided that we are a socialist NATION and there is no longer an escape within this country from overbearing, intrusive, overtaxing government?

Under Obama, we are essentially running our best and brightest out of town, and this country is going to regret it. I know liberals out there right now are saying “Yeah, let the greedy, selfish, SOBs leave, who needs them”. Well, you do, because these are the people who actually pay the taxes and start the businesses that make this country work. I’m not just talking about millionaires and billionaires; I’m talking about the people like me, who have highly sought after skills that other countries, countries that are on the rise economically, are willing to pay good money for. And these countries are smart, they see what is going on here in the U.S. and are purposely revamping their tax systems to attract Americans.

Wait and see, it’s been happening with our corporations for years, and it has now started happening with our citizens.

In NJ you are taxed a special tax in order to leave the state, that way they get one last bite out of you for being a resident of the 'garden state'.

Punish achievement, and you get less achievement, reward looting and you get more looting.

Punish Achievers and they move out, reward Looters and they move in.