The United Van Lines 2008 migration study, detailing shipments into and out of each state, shows 58% of movement leaving Pennsylvania, ranking as the 4th highest outbound state, POLICY BLOG reports.
The main reason people move is economics. There simply are not enough opportunities for people to support themselves in Pennsylvania, thanks to seven years of fiscal mismanagement by the Rendell administration. High property taxes are also forcing older residents to abandon their homes.
Despite increasing state spending by nearly $8 billion, Pennsylvania is losing thousands of jobs and the state is projecting a $2 billion budget deficit. That's Rendell-onomics for you.
From POLICY BLOG:
"Despite what Governor Rendell may claim about his success restoring Pennsylvania to prosperity, this is the continuation of a long trend in which Pennsylvania's economic and tax climate drive residents and businesses away."Read the full post at POLICY BLOG, which also features links to other articles about the state's economic and tax climate.
1 comment:
It's simple! Someone has to pay for all the victim groups the democrats have created and that would be the working class. It appears that the working class can no longer afford to pay the bills to keep the dems in power. The dems will just take it from states that aren't yet bankrupt and give it to the ones that are, kind of spreading the wealth around. If they can make other states go broke, those states will be dem states too. After a while, the only money left will be the money the feds print.
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