Juliegrace Brufke reports for the Daily Caller on the interesting results of a new poll targeting tax rates.
A recent poll found those living in states with higher tax burdens are more likely to say they want to move than residents of states with lower taxes.
According to Gallup, 46 percent of those living in Connecticut and New Jersey – which have some of the highest state and local rates in the nation – wanted to leave, followed by 42 percent in Illinois, 41 percent in Rhode Island and 40 percent in Maryland.
Just 13 percent of Montana residents – which is in the bottom three states in the country for state and local tax rates – wanted to leave, followed by 17 percent in Oregon and 19 percent in Washington state. …
… The findings said states with growing populations had advantages when it comes to economic growth and larger tax bases, but areas with the highest rates could be in jeopardy of losing out on these gains due to residents migrating to states with lower tax burdens.
“States in the first, second and third quintiles have similar percentages of residents reporting they would like to leave their state; however, this percentage increases for residents living in states composing the fourth and fifth quintiles,” Gallup said. “These data suggest that even moderate reductions in the tax burden in these states could alleviate residents’ desire to leave the state.”
