NEW PROOF: Democrats Just Can’t Stop Leaving the States They Ruined!

Blue-state Democrats have spent a decade voting for sky-high taxes, bloated government, and “make-the-rich-pay-more” policies… only to pack their bags and sprint to the very red states they love to lecture. A new analysis shows just how bad the damage really is: New York, New Jersey, California, and Illinois have bled over $1.3 trillion in taxable income since 2013. That’s trillion with a T.

New York alone lost $517.5 billion as residents escaped to saner pastures. California lost $370 billion, Jersey dropped $170 billion, and Illinois took a $315 billion hit. These are the states Democrats swear are “doing it right.” Spoiler: the people living there disagree.

Meanwhile, Florida raked in $1 trillion in income and Texas pulled in $290 billion—all while charging exactly zero state income tax. It turns out when you don’t punish success, successful people actually want to live there. Wild concept.

The population shifts tell the same story: New York lost 1.76 million residents. Florida gained 1.59 million, Texas 1.27 million, and North Carolina 520,000. You’d think Democrats might take the hint, but no— they prefer to vote for crushing tax rates above 10%, complain about the consequences, and then move to a red state where the policies they hate are the ones improving their lives.

Economist Steve Moore summed it up perfectly: this is “one of the greatest wealth losses for one region in American history.” And it was entirely self-inflicted.

The blue-state motto is officially:
Tax it, break it, flee it… then repeat.