Today, the New York State Senate went back into the GOP control after 2 Demnocrats switched their votes and voted for GOP leader ship. One of the biggest reasons was high taxes.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/09/nyregion/09switch.html?hp
Concern over a failure to adopt new Senate rules, coupled with anger over a tax increase included in the recently passed state budget deal, was said to have led to the switch
In addition, billionaire, Tom Golisano is moving to Florida to escape the high taxes of New York taxes. Mr. Golisano recently announced that he was moving his legal residence to Florida out of anger about the budget deal reached in April by Democratic leaders in Albany, which included an increase in taxes on high earners
So, there are consequences for raising taxes. Now, if other Democrats had the guts to do this in other states, say Wisconsin and Nevada, maybe we won't have to pay such high taxes.
With at least Rush Limbaugh and Golisano moving to Florida, how much money did New York lose in tax money? How many rich people are going to move into New York to replace them? My guess, very few if any.
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But what does this say about moderates not being welcome in the Democrat party?
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