Originally posted December 9, 2019. You’re familiar with my piece Rich Grandchild, Poor Grandchild. Now I want you to shift gears and think about which states are the rich states, and which ones are the poor states. “For each of the past 12 years, Arthur Laffer, Jonathan Williams and I have answered that question in […]
Democrats’ New Tax Bill Targets Main Street Small Businesses
Small businesses are the engines of American job growth and wealth creation. They’re the centers of Main Street communities in towns across the nation. Now, Democrats are aiming to take a bigger slice of their profits to spend on the politicians’ own priorities in Washington, D.C. Senator Rand Paul has used a new report to […]
Why Work When Taxes Take It All?
Your Survival Guy witnessed firsthand on my recent fact-gathering trip to Paris just how taxes can impact the labor force. Obviously, the business world is wiping the Covid crust from its eyes, but there’s a fine line between government assistance that creates value, and that which does not. When taxes are high, and assistance discourages […]
Guess Which States Are Growing the Fastest
You know that Your Survival Guy recommends you live in a Super State. One where politicians care about residents enough to let them keep their own hard-earned money and to leave them alone. There are some state politicians who just don’t get it though, and a new analysis from the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) […]
Mississippi Keeps Pace in Tax Cut Race
You know that the states in America’s growth corridors are focused on what they can do to help citizens raise their standard of living and prosper in business and retirement. Mississippi’s legislature has taken the next step in making their state a better place for constituents by sending a bill to Governor Tate Reeves that […]
Americans Fleeing High Tax States for Growth Corridors
UPDATE 1.24.22: For decades, each year a trickle of Americans decided they had had enough of the liberal politics of their states, and of being treated more like a piggy bank by politicians than as constituents. In 2020, that trickle turned into a torrent, spurred by Americans who saw Democrats encourage deadly riots and looting, […]
The Truth About the Nordic Countries: It’s Not What Bernie Sanders Told You
In Foreign Policy, Nima Sanandaji explains that, contrary to what you may have heard from Bernie Sanders, the Nordic countries are anything but socialist, and in fact are thriving capitalist democracies. He writes (abridged): Today, Nordic nations still have higher taxes and more generous welfare systems than most parts of the world. But since the […]
LIVING FREE: Riding Through Crawford Notch in Autumn
You want to live somewhere your hard work is respected. In a state like New Hampshire, with no income tax, you can be sure politicians aren’t treating you like a piggy bank. But you can also enjoy some of the most beautiful country in America. Every year droves of tourists flock to New Hampshire for […]
GET OUT: The Escape from California is Accelerating
Last year, Americans in blue states and cities across the country fled the violence and disease in their cities, buying homes in places like Florida, Texas, New Hampshire, and Wyoming. The truth is, many of them had been looking for the chance to get out for years, but until remote work gave them the opportunity, […]
Could Biden and Cuomo Kill New York Forever?
Originally posted May 22, 2021. You may never see another migration like you saw in 2020. The number of people leaving New York City in 2020 was breathtaking. Between January 1, and December 17, 2020, about 3.57 million mostly wealthy people left New York City. The lost income caused by all those wealthy New Yorkers […]
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