If you are looking for me to defend Ct, you'll be waiting a long time.Mikey wrote:And yet you live in a state with a higher overall tax burden than California (according to WalletHub):smackaholic wrote:The uber-rich won't leave. They are insulated from the 3rd world state it is becoming. I will be the first to admit, I'd likely live there if I had an 8 figure net worth. It really does have unmatched nature beauty and weather. But the middle-class are leaving in droves and will continue to. And that is where the money is.Rooster wrote:I don’t live in California. I left around the time I began contracting because the thought of investing, as tax proponents call it, to the tune of 10.3% of my gross wages was anathema to me. If I got something for my money, like terrific roads on Highway 99 or cheap fuel, I might have stayed, but to see my tax dollars get frittered away to illegal aliens was a step too far.
I’ll admit that there are some things I miss, like flying into Yosemite at treetop level all throughout the year. I miss flying into Chrissy Field at the foot of the Golden Gate Bridge. I miss flying up to the Dardanelles and Kirkwood.
But the bad so far outweighs the good and in such a lopsided fashion that I doubt that I’ll ever return except to visit my kids.
The funny thing is, when we announced that we were leaving our friends expressed amazement that we’d ever leave. When we told them we didn’t wish to pay such exorbitant taxes they told us they thought everyone paid that much. Like the frog in the slowly heating pot of water, they never gave any thought to the crazy high taxes and how it gets spent.
At some point, maybe they'll come to their senses, but I am afraid that 50 years of stuffing the place full of people who think a 3rd world existence is the norm, won't permit this.
https://wallethub.com/edu/states-with-h ... den/20494/
6. Connecticut
Total tax burden: 10.19 percent
Property tax burden: 4.17 percent
Individual income tax burden: 3.34 percent
Total sales and excise tax burden: 2.68 percent
10. California
Total tax burden: 9.57 percent
Property tax burden: 2.66 percent
Individual income tax burden: 3.65 percent
Total sales and excise tax burden: 3.26 percent
Maybe you should consider moving out here. Better yet, forget that we already have enough snowbirds.
And who knows, maybe WalletHub is just another media shill for the Democrats.
This once very wealthy state is swirling the drain. You have the issue of poor fukkers from south of the border swarming in. Over the last half century, we have had a very similar problem. The difference is, our latin invading horde walked right in the front door from Puerto Rico. American citizens, every last one of them. In fact, a number of dominicans come in posing as puerto ricans.
We moved away about 24 years ago. Unfortunately, the OL talked me into coming back 3 years later. Should have stayed in TN. A kid in college, 2 good jobs and a paid off mortgage in a nice semi-rural town are the only things keeping us here. The difference between you and me is that you seem to not have a problem with your state being run into the financial ditch. I hate the hell out of it. Our plan is to either sell and run away in the next 5 years or so, or maybe just say fuggit and ride it out here. At that point the fact that our home will have no market value won't be so important. My kids might argue otherwise, but too fukkin' bad.
