The latest Census data is in, and it's another year of bad news for the high tax, high crime, high regulation, high cost of living blue blob cities on America's coasts. New York City lost enough people between 2020 and 2022—468,297—to fill the entire city of Miami. Los Angeles and San Francisco also lost big as residents fled for smaller cities with less crime and better affordability. The Wall Street Journal's editorial board reports: Population loss from big cities slowed last year, the Census Bureau reported last week. Was it trying to bury the lead? The bigger news is how Covid … [Read more...]
Make America Florida
Your Survival Guy can get behind Gov. Ron DeSantis's pushback against ESG investing in Florida. The Wall Street Journal reports that DeSantis's reforms mean that "State and local investment decisions must focus on maximizing returns, not factors related to Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) criteria." The Journal's editors explain some of DeSantis's other legislative achievements in Florida, writing: • Taxes and spending: Florida has no income tax, but it does have a 6% sales tax, and there are new exemptions for such “family-focused” items as “diapers, wipes, children’s clothing, … [Read more...]
Pay Close Attention to State Income Taxes
Your Survival Guy wants you to have your wealth and keep it too. Don’t let taxes wag the dog, but do, dear reader, pay attention. At The Tax Foundation, Janelle Fritts runs down the Foundation's 2023 ranking of individual income taxes among the states. She writes: This week’s map examines states’ rankings on the individual income tax component of our 2023 State Business Tax Climate Index. The individual income tax is important to businesses because states tax sole proprietorships, partnerships, and, in most cases, limited liability companies (LLCs) and S corporations under the individual … [Read more...]
People Fleeing China for Singapore Are Driving Up Rents
Here’s a magnified look at what happens when there’s an end to a pandemic lockdown, and workers flock to where they’re compensated for working. People are flocking to places like Singapore, driving rents there sky-high. Many residents, especially expats in large private condos, have seen their rent go up as much as 100%. One expat living in Singapore, Sally Shoult, whose lease was coming to an end, attempted to renew her lease and found out that her rent would be increased by 75% if she renewed, even with the benefit of a "discount." The Wall Street Journal's Feliz Solomon reports: She’s … [Read more...]
What’s the Best Job Market in America?
Look at this list, and then consider Your Survival Guy’s Super States. It’s an easy way to find your greener pasture. The Wall Street Journal's Sarah Chaney Cambon and Danny Dougherty report: To find the best job markets in America, head to the South. Nashville, Tenn., topped the list of 2022’s hottest job markets, followed by Austin, Texas, and Jacksonville, Fla. Other cities known for tourism—notably Orlando, Las Vegas and New Orleans—climbed the ranks last year. Those Sunbelt cities benefited from a continued recovery in travel and a hiring boom at restaurants, hotels and music … [Read more...]
Western Real Estate: From Zoom to Bust
Your Survival Guy’s takeaway from the decline of home prices in the west and their rise in the east is that it’s all relative. The boom/zoom times of the west were massive. Now affordability rules the roost. Every penny counts. Find your Super State today. Read more about the changing market from Nicole Friedman, who writes in The Wall Street Journal: The United States is a country of two housing markets. In one, home prices are falling from a year ago. In the other, they’re still posting annual gains. That division runs right down the center of the U.S. In all of the 12 major housing … [Read more...]
Gretchen Whitmer Reviving Forced Unionization in Michigan
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer and the state's legislature are working hard to bring back forced unionization in the Wolverine State. Michigan has been a Right to Work state since 2012, and because of that, companies have been busy investing in the state's future. Now, Gretchen Whitmer, who implemented devastating lockdowns on the state in response to COVID-19, plans to bring back the "bad old days." Julia Musto reports for Fox Business: The Michigan Senate approved legislation on Tuesday to repeal the state's right-to-work law. Senators approved the repeal on a 20-17 vote, sending the … [Read more...]
New England Is Starving for Energy
If you live in New England, you have most likely noticed that the cost of heating your home has gone up significantly in recent years. There's no mystery or confusion as to why that's happening, though. Politicians and regulators are slowly starving the region of energy, and as everyone learned in Econ 101, scarcity drives prices higher. Roy Mathew writes in The Wall Street Journal: “Wicked cold” doesn’t begin to describe New England’s weather this winter. In early February temperatures plunged to 42 below zero in Bar Harbor, Maine, and minus 56 and lower in towns farther north. A … [Read more...]
Hey, Where’s Everyone Going? Follow the Money Kid
If you want to know what’s going on in the world, just follow the money. That’s what I do. Take a look at the money exodus from states that treat residents like piggy banks. Remember, money travels to where it’s well treated. Just follow the money. Art Laffer and Stephen Moore, co-founders of the Committee to Unleash Prosperity, share the numbers in this WSJ piece (abridged): Lawmakers in California, Illinois, New York and Washington state have proposed new taxes on wealth, and higher income taxes for the rich are on the table in Connecticut, Maryland and Massachusetts. Residents of … [Read more...]
Blue States Alarmed by Fleeing Residents
COVID-19 and the riots of the summer of 2020 were eye-opening experiences for many Americans living in blue states. When they realized their politicians were willing to hurt their children and businesses with preposterous lockdowns, and to look the other way when mobs of rioters and looters terrorized the cities, residents looking for peaceful lives began to flee in droves. Now states like Massachusetts, which has watched over 100,000 people leave since the beginning of COVID-19 are sounding the alarm. Janelle Nanos reports for the Boston Globe: Sometimes, Amanda Hitchins looks out her … [Read more...]
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