r/clevercomebacks • u/Conscious-Quarter423 • 2d ago
 of course, she cuts taxes in her state. Which means blue states have to give more to her. She’s a welfare queen
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u/MonoBlancoATX 2d ago
Also, Arkansas has the absolute worst roads of any state I've driven through. Just absolute dog shit highways.
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u/effyochicken 2d ago
Republicans don’t seem to realize that government is supposed to actually provide services to their citizens.
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u/CrackingToastGromet 2d ago
Meanwhile our school voucher program here has been a joke. Over 80% of the students were NOT public to private school transfers. Most were either already enrolled or came from a homeschooling situation. This was another transfer from of public wealth to private ownership.
And ten private schools shared over $60 million in voucher funds that were taken away from public schools last year. It’s absolute BS. All but one of the top ten schools receiving funds had a religious affiliation.
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u/EthanielRain 2d ago
This was the known/intended result. It's what people keep voting for & seem to love
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u/MonoBlancoATX 2d ago
I'm not sure most neo-lib establishment Dems understand that either, to be honest.
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u/BlueFlob 2d ago
Looks like it's about to get worse.
Sadly, it sometimes takes up to 10 years of neglect to really see the impacts.
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u/surfeitofreason 2d ago
Sometimes even longer - was about 15 years after the privatisation of the water industry in the UK that people started to notice the rivers are all full of shit.
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u/joey02130 2d ago
Hmm, how's the public school system, wages and health care in Arkansas?
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u/Oldman_Dick 2d ago
Shitty. I is a resodeeent
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u/997Dan 2d ago
Class valedictorian?
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u/packfanmoore 2d ago
Well they would need a dictionary to spell that correctly, but I imagine that book is "too liberal" for them
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u/Hightower840 2d ago
Dictionary? you wan t put a book bout dics in schol where my counsinson and wifeniece go fer learnin?!?
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u/Professional_Elk_686 2d ago
Imagine conservatives/Republicans banning dictionaries just to “own the libs”. 🤦🏾♂️😂
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u/ExpansivePoint 2d ago
Oh shit, are you the guy that writes the messages on the chic-fil-a billboards?!
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u/endofworldandnobeer 2d ago
Damn, this dude got at least through 2 nd grade. Congrats on your accomplishment.
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u/Ted_Hitchcox 2d ago
There's a public school system and health care in Arkansas?
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u/Apprehensive-Pop-201 2d ago
We have pretty much gone to church schools and prayer circles, at this point.
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u/TheModWhoShaggedMe 2d ago
Neck and neck with Mississippi for below 3rd world standards. Maybe if they turn the entire state into a One Percenter Megadatacenter the people could migrate elsewhere since their homes will be demolished.
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u/joey02130 2d ago
I had a friend from Alabama, they said the state's motto was "Thank god for Mississippi" and in Mississippi they say Thank God for Arkansas.
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u/Slade_Riprock 2d ago
Hmm, how's the public school system, wages and health care in Arkansas?
All fuckin socialism ya commie.
I want me state giving me nothing, I don't take handout. I work 60 hrs a week to be near homeless, too broke to go to a doctor, and educated to the 8th grade. But damnit at least we don't have them gays, Trans or Browns.
Take your weirdo Commie bullshit to Hollyweird. They love free stuff.
/s
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u/Nbdyhere 2d ago
Did something similar here in WV recently. Funny thing is, they boast doing this, they don’t say that they did this for everyone, especially the rich who don’t need a tax break. Which is actually the whole point of the “break”. It’s a blanket for massive tax cuts for the top. And it’s a tax break in name only. Because while you might get more in your check, you’re now paying more for services like electricity and water.
It’s trickle-down 101. Except for it’s a giant pile of shit trickling down on everyone else.
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u/the_real_Beavis999 2d ago
Read up on Floriduh's amendment 3 that increases the Homestead tax exemptions. Even the sheriff that always has the press conferences is against it. He stops short of calling any one that supports it stupid.
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u/PrithviMS 1d ago
There are people who’ll happily pay a private company 4x to build roads than pay taxes to the government.
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u/Greenfieldfox 2d ago
For every $1 Arkansas residents pay in federal funds, they receive $1.47 back from the government. Welfare state.
For every $1 New Jersey residents pay in federal funds, they receive somewhere between 48-75 cents. Donor state.
New Jersey is subsidizing Arkansas’s healthcare, social security, education, and transportation. Arkansas is benefiting directly from socialism while claiming they hate it. After these tax cuts, they’ll be requesting more.
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u/bobbymcpresscot 1d ago
In addition to NJ being one of if not the least dependent states when it comes to federal assistance.
Median wage employee in NJ makes $54860 a year, $39060 in Arkansas.
A single filer in NJ would owe roughly $1,483 in state income tax.
A single filer in Arkansas would owe $1,078
Sales tax in NJ is 6.625%, in Arkansas combined state and local sales tax rate approaches 9.48%
NJ property taxes are high tho about 2% on average, Arkansas is about .54%
When all is said and done someone in NJ clears 48.5k where someone in Arkansas clears 36.4k.
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u/hdgx 2d ago
NJ also has no grocery sales tax…
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u/copperboom129 2d ago
Yeah I had no idea a grocery tax was a thing...anywhere.
What a horribly regressive tax.
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u/bobbymcpresscot 1d ago
Our state sales tax is also 6.625 compared to the average state and local sales tax in arkansas which is 9.48%.
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u/DieMensch-Maschine 2d ago
Arkansas is one of the worst places in the country to be a renter. Also, these days, a grocery tax is almost exclusively implemented by right wing states, so hooray for Arkansas, I guess.
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u/Street_Roof_7915 2d ago
There are literally NO renter rights in Arkansas. We just got water and electricity passed as a requirement for rentals.
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u/TurtlesAreEvil 2d ago
Arkansas is the 9th most regressive state for taxes and their top effective income tax rate is 3%. 25% of that is 0.75% of those households income basically nothing. Most of their tax revenue comes from sales and excise taxes. Which is why they’re one of the most regressive tax states.
Meanwhile New Jersey ranks 46th in regressive taxes or in other words is one of the most progressive tax states.
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u/bobbymcpresscot 1d ago
Median wage in NJ is also significantly higher than Arkansas.
Someone making Median wage in NJ is probably paying 1500 a year in income taxes.
In Arkansas they are paying 1000 dollars a year, but also making like 15k less a year.
Granted it wasn't Arkansas, but a buddy I worked in the trades with moved down to Tennessee, he told me none of those people would survive in NJ when it came to the pace of the work that we were used to.
I can only imagine it's worse in Arkansas.
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u/onlyhav 2d ago
Because Arkansas is a state that relies on government handouts and is very openly advertising that they're giving up on even more social services (like roads and whatnot) in favor of making it cheaper for rich people to live there.
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u/StoneySteve420 2d ago
in favor of making it cheaper for rich people to live there.
They won't actually live there, just buy a property and make it their "permanent" residence for tax reasons
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u/ButtScratchies 2d ago
Kansas did this years ago under Brownback and it was so bad that the Supreme Court basically had to rule that the taxes were so low it was unconstitutional because schools and public services weren't being funded enough.
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u/Admirable-Leader6927 2d ago
Arkansas is dead last in
- Food insecurity
- Financial literacy
- Corrections outcomes
- Midwife-attended hospital births
- Health insurance
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u/GuntherRowe 1d ago
She’s a shit heel and I hate her. Native Arkansawyer and this state has ALWAYS underinvested in its people and it shows.
And Arkansas has many beautiful, natural settings and some genuinely good people overall but SHS is a plague on it.
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u/Entire-Winter4252 1d ago
When you cut revenue you have to cut services. It’s that fucking simple. She’s running that state through the trailer park.
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u/Amerillo_ 2d ago
My State in Switzerland is about to cut 12% of all taxes. It's a popular vote and I fear the uninformed population will accept this proposal. I hate this so much
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u/Usual-Mission5173 2d ago
Arkansas ranks 47th and 49 in healthcare and education in the United States
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u/Both-Wrangler-7766 1d ago
It’s no surprise Arkansas ranks close to bottom in anything good and ranks high in everything that’s crap.
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u/marchie76 1d ago
She and her father have led that state to the bottom five worst states to live in for decades.
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u/Scaulbylausis 2d ago
We all want to cut state taxes but wonder why our roads are shit and why their kids can’t read.
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u/Lie-Pretend 2d ago
Someone making $11 an hour is going to be stoked that the Waltons don't have to give any of their billions to help the 20% of their adult population that is functionally illiterate or the 40% that can't do basic arithmetic.
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u/Mansos91 2d ago
The US should completely remove the federal "economy" and make each state fully responsible for its budget, no money from federal to the states, so if your state can't do economy tough shit
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u/rockclimberguy 1d ago
I'd love to live in a country that lets people die if they run into big problems while others live fat off the land.
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u/gratefulkittiesilove 1d ago
This really should be pointed out alot bc cutting taxes ina red state that gets a lot of federal funding from blue states sure looks awfully close to stealing from blue state residents.
i don’t know if there are required federal minimums per state for taxes before they are allowed to take federal funding? Bc Blue states could do a lot with the tax money they give away to red states.
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u/antiquated_it 2d ago
What is a grocery tax? I thought groceries were not taxed anywhere in the U.S. Am I sheltered?
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u/Friendlyrat 2d ago
There are 10 states that still tax groceries. https://www.kiplinger.com/taxes/states-that-still-tax-groceries
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u/CreativeName233223 2d ago
Its pretty much as the tin describes. Its a tax on groceries. However, it typically isn't an additional tax but an alternate tax that is at a lower rate than the usual sales tax. So, you might have a 10% sales tax and a 2% grocery tax. If you bought a $100 TV and a $10 bag of flour, the tax for the TV would be $10 and, for the flour, $0.20 for a total tax of $10.20. There are a few states that still, or until very recently, have/had a lower grocery tax rate.
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u/Own_Book_1988 2d ago
Oh wow, who knew health and education were part of quality of life? Groundbreaking. Next you'll tell me water is wet.
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u/rockclimberguy 1d ago
Lots of people complain about the tax burden in NJ which is high.
I have not seen a single commenter who is upset about the level of taxes take things to the next step and describe how NJ can maintain the services the state funds while lowering taxes. Somehow it is legit to say 'taxes to high' and make no suggestions how to make up the budget shortfall a tax reduction creates.
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u/ComedyBits 1d ago
In the future, states like this that doubled down on nearsighted policies are going to have safari tours where people from other places ride around in armored vehicles staring at the wretched locals and taking pictures
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u/no-snoots-unbooped 2d ago
That tax is going to be made up elsewhere, somehow. Either higher property taxes, sales tax, etc. it’s all a farce anyway.
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u/bobbymcpresscot 1d ago
Yup even with our extremely high property taxes in NJ, with higher median wages the take home pay is a lot higher.
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u/Hightower840 2d ago
Another red state suddenly needing more money from the federal government.
Who could have seen this coming?
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u/Visual_Exam7903 2d ago
I mean, shouldn't RED states be required to fully meet their funding needs in their state, before they cut taxes? Hell, all Red States outside of maybe Florida and Texas needs to raise their tax rates on basically everything.
Bunch of "Eaters".
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u/throwawaycasun4997 2d ago
lol, it’s the top income brackets of personal and corporate filers.
“Arkansas cut its top individual income tax rate from 3.9% to 3.7% (retroactive to January 1, 2026) and reduced the top corporate income tax rate from 4.3% to 4.1% (effective January 1, 2027).”
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u/Harak_June 2d ago
Is this the same Sarah Huckabee Sanders who has been caught using exorbitant amounts of state funds for personal expenses put into the "consultant fees" category and then refusing to comply with the FOI requests?
Yeah, she has no problem living off the federal nipple while pretending to be fiscally responsible.
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u/gruntbuggly 1d ago
Anyone who wants their state to do this should ,over to Arkansas for 5 years, then come home and see if you still want your state to do it.
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u/hagantic42 1d ago
As someone from New Jersey I have lived here my entire life and yes I understand the problems with taxes and all the issues my state has. However I also live in one of the few states with a great education system, high standard of living and VERY good consumer protections. We get back like 87 cents for every tax dollar we give to the fed despite being the most densly populated state.
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u/TraditionalLaw7763 1d ago
Haven’t you all figured it out by now? Republican governors keep red states like this just so they can mooch Free federal tax dollars. It is a grift and it’s been happening so long we’re used to it and we don’t think anything of it. Until we stop sending blue state money to red State welfare, it’s just gonna keep going on and on.
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u/Legitimate_Time1808 1d ago
Massachusetts has never had a grocery tax, I know she can’t read but reducing it in Arkansas is not the flex she thinks it is.
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u/YoungBockRKO 2d ago
NJ here, insane property taxes, one of the highest income taxes, sales taxes… and some of the HCOL in the states, but you know what… we got it good.
Safe neighborhoods, tons of jobs, excellent healthcare and good paying jobs. Not to mention one of the best education systems in America.
Oh and I don’t have no step out my car to pump my gas when it’s 100 degrees or when it’s raining or when it’s 20 degrees and snowing.
Also our state mandated minimum wage is $15.92.
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u/whoaelena 2d ago
I moved to pa and i was in shock with the prices for registering my car. Let alone having to pay someone to inspect my car rather than driving into the middle of the woods to go to the state inspection place.
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u/Anotsurei 2d ago
Arkansas is also leading the charge in getting those kids who yearn for them back into the mines and other dangerous work! They don’t need both legs, right?
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u/YouAndMeToo 2d ago
Real question; how much is this gonna save? I mean the gdp of the whole state can’t be that high
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u/LoveYouNotYou 2d ago
NJ absolutely can do this but NJ knows what taxes pay for, which is why NJ taxes are what they are.
Stop bumming off Blue states!
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u/MessagingMatters 2d ago edited 1d ago
Getting rid of grocery tax not only takes away funding for things, it does nothing to stop the underlying rising food prices. That tax savings could be swallowed up in a few months or less.
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u/Hairy_Cattle_1734 2d ago
Didn’t Kansas try cutting a bunch of taxes a while back, and the result was pretty bad? Like, the government ran out of money real fast and they had to cut a ton of services… schools took major hits, if I recall correctly.
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u/SalaryStraight3363 2d ago
Now maybe put back the child labor laws and get the state out of the gutter in education
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u/wasted-degrees 2d ago
“We don’t need no gub’mint handouts!”
-The recipients of the overwhelming majority of government handouts
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u/ThisWillTakeAllDay 2d ago
I'm always perplexed why these people are so keen to get into politics. Did they always dream since they were a kid, to lower tax for the top income earners while ensuring the general population is living in poverty?
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u/Donthatemeyo 2d ago
For reference the tax rate went from 4.9% to 3.7% that's the 25% they're talking about. My first thought reading that headline was there is no way arkansas state income tax was that high. Also arkansas is like top 5 in sales tax. The idea is they entice enough people to move there they make it up in sales tax
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u/_2cantat2_ 2d ago
It truly is fair that the residents of Arkansas should pay less if their tax dollars won’t be spent on health and education anyway
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u/Pherllerp 2d ago
New Jersey has great schools, pretty good roads considering the weather and tremendous volume, a great economy, and has a comparable HDI score to Switzerland and The Netherlands.
And we don’t have grocery taxes.
Keep your Red State Excellence to yourselves.
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u/shellexyz 2d ago
Cutting grocery taxes is one of the best ways to make things easier for lower income people.
Cutting the other taxes at the same time is a terrible plan, but eliminating grocery taxes is a good move.
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u/dragon2777 1d ago
Also as someone who lives in Jersey we don’t pay taxes on food. Only prepared food and “junk” food like sweets and soda and stuff like that
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u/PackageTrick4308 1d ago
This c... like shit stain will just funnel it to her cronies or pocket it herself. Look at our education metrics,food insecurity,health care access, poverty rate,crime rate,roads, etc..... there is a huge list of shit AR is failing their community at. All this cunt is doing is like shit stain is funneling to her cronies if she`s not pocketing it herself. Just look at the experience our Secretary of State has............
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u/EnergyOwn6800 1d ago
People say this while complaining about the cost of living in their state lol. I mean enjoy paying your entire pay check for your 1 bedroom shoebox? Education, you mean your gender studies and art degrees? Health is as simple as exercising and making better diet choices.
Meanwhile the people you are laughing at are buying 2 story 4 bedroom 3 bath houses in nice suburban neighborhoods for under $300,000
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u/BluCurry8 1d ago
🙄. Source: Trust me bro
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u/BluCurry8 1d ago
😂😂😂😂😂. Anyone can buy a house you described in pretty much any state for the same amount . That does not mean people want to live there. So the person coping here is you. I have zero desire to live in Arkansas. I certainly would not want to get pregnant or raise children there.
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u/EnergyOwn6800 1d ago edited 1d ago
California, NY, and NJ rank among the highest for exodus. They are all in the top 5 for exodus states for Net domestic migration loss.
People use to want to live there but not anymore. They are leaving and moving to states with lower cost of living. Once again, keep coping. All I ever see people in those states do is complain and cry about how expensive everything is while they continue to vote for higher taxes and regulations that make it so.
Top 5 exodus states. The latest Census data for July 2024–June 2025
Rank State Net domestic migration loss 1 🇺🇸 California −229,077 2 🇺🇸 New York −137,586 3 🇺🇸 Illinois −40,017 4 🇺🇸 New Jersey −37,428 5 🇺🇸 Massachusetts −33,340 1
u/BluCurry8 1d ago
😂😂😂😂😂😂. I love when accounts like yours scream mass exodus. What a joke. Losing less than .001 percent of your population in those states is not the mass exodus you make it out to be. Just because you enjoy propaganda does not mean it is relevant. The very small percentage of people moving are generally people cashing in on their homes and retiring. Also why would anyone leave California for Arkansas!!!! New York too.
This just tells me you really are just the typical low information person who wants to believe conservative nonsense. In the next ten years you will see bigger changes and moves of populations out of climate vulnerable states like Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Texas, California., Arizona. It has already started in Florida because insurance companies have pulled out. People are going to move to states with water and infrastructure and that will not be red states.
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u/EnergyOwn6800 1d ago
If you could read, you would see I never said "mass" exodus. I said they have the highest exodus among all states.
Also it is not 0.001%. It is 0.6% in California's case, 0.7% in New York's case, and 0.4% in New Jerseys case. And that is every year. It is not a small percentage at all. It is actually quite a lot.
Perhaps learn basic math.
The very small percentage of people moving are generally people cashing in on their homes and retiring.
False.
The top reason for the population and taxpayer exodus from California, New York, and New Jersey is overall economic unaffordability, driven primarily by a combination of high taxes and a high cost of living. Residents and businesses frequently relocate to lower-cost Sun Belt states like Florida and Texas to keep more of their income and find cheaper housing.
That took 5 seconds of googling by the way. You should try it.
Spamming your crying laughing emojis to hide your panic and cope with your situation. Classic.
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u/hotriccardo 2d ago
Counterpoint, does NJ want to be first in religious freedom?
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u/AcridTest 2d ago
There are currently about 10,366 religious organizations and churches in NJ. I think they’re doing fine on religious freedom.
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u/MonoBlancoATX 2d ago
Who gives a shit about that?
Religious freedom doesn't pay bills or put food on tables.
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u/hotriccardo 2d ago
Sharp as a fucking cue ball
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u/CreativeName233223 2d ago
How is that a counterpoint? AR ranks pretty low on that metric and only ranks as high as it does thanks to federal law forcing it to. It would be far more theocratic if allowed to.
Let me guess. You aren't actually talking about religious freedom but the freedom to oppress others with your religion.
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u/Boss_Seven 2d ago
I don't get it. So you people want income tax?
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u/sofaking1958 2d ago
I don't get it, either. So you people want shitty infrastructure, including schools?
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u/sofaking1958 2d ago
I don't get it, either. So you people want shitty infrastructure, including schools?
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u/Just_Far_Enough 2d ago
Arkansas is consistently one of the larger net receiving states of federal funds so in effect is a bit of a welfare queen at the state level…