Leaving California? Pack Your Pants, Not Your Tax Policy
Episode 56 January 26, 2021In this episode of Common Sense Soapbox, Seamus explains to Bob and Og why so many people are leaving states like California and New York and moving to states like Texas and Florida. Could you guess that high tax burdens and crippling regulation are to blame? Giddy up and join us on this week’s exploration of failed and successful governance!
CREDITS:
Written by Seamus Coughlin, Tyler Brandt, and Sean W. Malone
Animated by Seamus Coughlin
Produced & Edited by Sean W. Malone
LINKS:
-- Crippling Regulation --
https://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/RentControl.html
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/california-governor-signs-statewide-rent-control-law-2019-10-08
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/business/growth-development/sdut-housing-regulation-cost-nazarene-2015apr29-htmlstory.html
https://fee.org/articles/california-has-the-highest-poverty-rate-in-america-why/
-- State Business Rankings --
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/10/americas-top-states-for-business-2019.html
https://www.businessinsider.com/the-top-10-states-people-are-moving-out-of-us-2019-5
https://www.taxmypropertyfairly.com/issues/taxes-in-upstate-ny
https://www.sfgate.com/expensive-san-francisco/article/move-out-of-bay-area-california-where-to-go-cost-13614119.php
https://taxfoundation.org/2021-state-business-tax-climate-index/
-- Business Leaving California --
https://www.hoover.org/research/california-businesses-leave-state-thousands
https://www.southstarcommunities.com/blog/companies-leave-california-bound-for-texas
https://www.pacificresearch.org/californias-business-climate-continues-to-receive-poor-scores/
https://fee.org/articles/celebrities-besides-joe-rogan-who-said-goodbye-to-california/
https://www.crn.com/news/cloud/oracle-joins-hpe-tesla-in-moving-hq-to-texas
https://fee.org/articles/why-the-movie-industry-is-fleeing-california/
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/01/the-truth-about-the-california-exodus/605833
https://www.southstarcommunities.com/blog/companies-leave-california-bound-for-texas
-- Texas Politics --
https://www.dallasnews.com/business/2019/04/04/the-west-coast-just-might-be-california-ing-your-north-texas-according-to-a-new-study/
https://www.newsweek.com/texas-turning-democrat-white-liberal-voters-moving-states-economy-2020-election-1458363
About the Hosts
Seamus Coughlin is a comedy writer and animator with a deep interest in politics and morality. After graduating high school, he started a small business in animation production and led small teams of animators on various projects while studying at his local community college. Today, Seamus continues producing entertaining animated content for a number of outlets, and a good deal of his work can be…
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Sean W. Malone studied music performance and composition for film and multimedia at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (Bachelor of Music, 2005) and New York University (Master of Arts, 2007), before working in various creative roles in the music and film industries in New York and Los Angeles.
In 2011, he relocated to Washington, DC to develop professional media production capabilities at various…
Jen Maffessanti was a Senior Writer at FEE and is a mother of two. She is now Director of Communications of the Libertas Institute. When she's not advocating for liberty or chasing kids, she can usually be found cooking or maybe racing cars. Check out her website.
