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2026-05-09 Economy

Over $2 trillion in income fled high-tax blue states for low-tax red states in just 11 years.

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Posted by NoMoreBS 2026-05-09 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1781 views ] Top

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Question now is.

Will they bring the Liberal Virus with them, or are they cured of that now?

Posted by NN2N1 2026-05-09 06:00|| 2026-05-09 06:00|| Front Page Top

2 A billionaire is one vote.

Posted by Super Hose 2026-05-09 06:33|| 2026-05-09 06:33|| Front Page Top

3 1 vote yes, but the rest of the roaches are following them.

Posted by chris 2026-05-09 07:20|| 2026-05-09 07:20|| Front Page Top

4 Some of the idea of liberals migrating to red states and changing policies is accurate. In Ohio, we have not been flooded with liberals or an unusual amount of South Americans. Instead, we have been betrayed by GOP politicians who have imported Haitian workers to undercut wages and jack up housing, imported Somalian grifters who are bleeding the state welfare system and are making back room deals to install data centers that overwhelm the power grid and poison our water. No libs needed. Also the Somalis have created myriad fake trucking companies in Columbus, so our roads will be full of uninsured truckers who don’t have any idea how to read.

Posted by Super Hose 2026-05-09 07:40|| 2026-05-09 07:40|| Front Page Top

5 Screw reading, it doesn't take a genius to drive.

Posted by chris 2026-05-09 08:01|| 2026-05-09 08:01|| Front Page Top

6 Not that I disagree with you, just pointing out that they are morons.

Posted by chris 2026-05-09 08:01|| 2026-05-09 08:01|| Front Page Top

7 @1 Probably a mixed group, but likely more moderates to conservatives than liberals.

It takes money to move from CA or NY to one of the red states. A large chunk of the Democratic base doesn't have that much money.

Based on being a long time recreational competitive shooter, I've watched number of them move from the the Northeast to other more gun friendly (red states). A few are snowbirds, most moved permanently.

Posted by Chantry 2026-05-09 08:57|| 2026-05-09 08:57|| Front Page Top

8 Politics is increasingly resembling religion. The very liberal politician believes in their political beliefs no matter what the facts are and they have no choice but to raise taxes to keep their voters happy. They are riding a tiger and don't know how to get off.

And no, the very conservative politicians aren't much better.

Posted by Chantry 2026-05-09 09:02|| 2026-05-09 09:02|| Front Page Top

9 A few are snowbirds, most moved permanently.

Or halfbacks.

Medicaid fraud fears grow amid massive red state [NC] billing spike in sector that also plagued Minnesota

Posted by Skidmark 2026-05-09 09:09|| 2026-05-09 09:09|| Front Page Top

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In North GA and WNC we call them "Half-Backs".

Having left their screwed up Yankee North for Fla., then decided to move 1/2 way back, after again screwing up that area also.

Posted by NN2N1 2026-05-09 09:15|| 2026-05-09 09:15|| Front Page Top

11 Need to revise 'residency' laws requiring a voter be at least living at a local address for two years before voting in local elections.

Posted by Procopius2k 2026-05-09 11:04|| 2026-05-09 11:04|| Front Page Top

12 1 vote yes, but the rest of the roaches are following them.

I live in California but I am not a roach. For many years, especially in the 1970s, I watched New Yorkers migrate to California. Then we were flooded with illegal aliens from Mexico. Then the state that gave you Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan turned blue. It's not my fault. The same thing could happen where you live. You cannot paint all these people with the same brush.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2026-05-09 13:44|| 2026-05-09 13:44|| Front Page Top

13 I would add that many of the people who leave this state are the kind of people you would normally want to keep. They are the nice, hard working, taxpaying, family types who don't like having their tax dollars stolen by Democrats. The kind who are moving here are the illegal aliens, drug addicts, transgenders and mental patients who know they can get away with setting up a tent on Hollywood Boulevard.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2026-05-09 13:51|| 2026-05-09 13:51|| Front Page Top

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