Pew Center

High taxes kill states. There can be no better evidence than the 2010 Census. The states that lost House seats because they’re shrinking, relative to the nation, had taxes 27 percent higher than the ones that gained seats. Some 1.7 million people left New York State in the last decade, the largest exodus any state experienced. Upstate New York is dying, killed by high taxes. Will Illinois be next?

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