Sacramento Bee: Wealthy exodus to escape new tax rules worries California Democrats

They should be worried. Why would someone who is wealthy stick around in California (at least officially) the way it’s going?

(From The Sacramento Bee)

The Republican-backed federal tax bill flipped the tables on a never-ending question for California politicians: Will high taxes lead the state’s wealthiest residents to flee the Golden State for the comparable tax havens of Florida, Nevada and Texas?

Republicans reliably raise that alarm when Democrats advocate for tax increases, like the 2012 and 2016 ballot initiatives that levied a new income tax on very high-earning residents.

But now, with the federal tax bill cutting off deductions that benefited well-off Californians, the state’s Democrats suddenly are singing the GOP song about a potential millionaire exodus.

“People with higher incomes pay a lot more money, and some of them may be tempted to leave,” Gov. Jerry Brown said when he unveiled his 2018-19 budget proposal last week. “This was an assault by the Republicans in Congress against California.”

Jerry, Jerry, Jerry, I thought high taxes were a good thing? Remember, it takes a village.  But I guess only when you and your crew get to spend the money.

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