Northeast loses 40% of House seats as people flee high-tax states
Oct 1, 2014 09:10:19 #
The Northeast, once the nations political engine that produced presidents, House speakers and Senate giants including the late Edward M. Kennedy, is losing clout in Washington as citizens flee the high-tax region, according to experts worried about the trend.
The Census Bureau reports that population growth has shifted to the South and the result is that the 11 states that make up the Northeast are being bled dry of representation in Washington.
Critics blame rising taxes in states such as Massachusetts and Connecticut for limiting population growth in the Northeast to just 15 percent from 1983 to 2013, while the rest of the nation grew more than 41 percent.
The biggest impact comes in the loss of congressional representation.
Deep in a recent report, for example, the American Legislative Exchange Council tabulated how the drop in population relative to the rest of the nation cut the regions power in Washington. While the states from Pennsylvania to Maine had 141 House members in 1950, they are down to 85 today, a drop of some 40 percent.
California and Texas combined have more House representatives..
This result is one of the most dramatic demographic shifts in American history. This migration is shifting the power center of America right before our very eyes. The movement isnt random or even about weather or resources. Economic freedom is the magnet and states ignore this force at their own peril, said the report.
The Census Bureau reports that population growth has shifted to the South and the result is that the 11 states that make up the Northeast are being bled dry of representation in Washington.
Critics blame rising taxes in states such as Massachusetts and Connecticut for limiting population growth in the Northeast to just 15 percent from 1983 to 2013, while the rest of the nation grew more than 41 percent.
The biggest impact comes in the loss of congressional representation.
Deep in a recent report, for example, the American Legislative Exchange Council tabulated how the drop in population relative to the rest of the nation cut the regions power in Washington. While the states from Pennsylvania to Maine had 141 House members in 1950, they are down to 85 today, a drop of some 40 percent.
California and Texas combined have more House representatives..
This result is one of the most dramatic demographic shifts in American history. This migration is shifting the power center of America right before our very eyes. The movement isnt random or even about weather or resources. Economic freedom is the magnet and states ignore this force at their own peril, said the report.
Oct 1, 2014 09:15:41 #
JMHO wrote:
The Northeast, once the nations political engine ... (show quote)
The migration isn't to low taxes it is to warmer weather and much of it is driven by retirees. And the best part is that when the snowbirds head south they take their progressive ideas with them. Just watch, Texas will be a solidly blue state with a lot of confused pissed off rednecks looking around trying to figure out what happened by about 2020.
Oct 1, 2014 09:16:53 #
JMHO wrote:
The Northeast, once the nations political engine ... (show quote)
I hope the ones that flee to other states do not keep v****g for the nuts jobs that caused the high taxes they flee from.
Oct 1, 2014 09:38:41 #
Kevyn wrote:
The migration isn't to low taxes it is to warmer weather and much of it is driven by retirees. And the best part is that when the snowbirds head south they take their progressive ideas with them. Just watch, Texas will be a solidly blue state with a lot of confused pissed off rednecks looking around trying to figure out what happened by about 2020.
Another Kevyn brain dead comment...the usual nonsensical left-wing bullcrap. Ho hum...yawn...zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Oct 1, 2014 09:48:24 #
Kevyn wrote:
The migration isn't to low taxes it is to warmer weather and much of it is driven by retirees. And the best part is that when the snowbirds head south they take their progressive ideas with them. Just watch, Texas will be a solidly blue state with a lot of confused pissed off rednecks looking around trying to figure out what happened by about 2020.
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More and more people are seeing what the left stands for, No GOD, no vaules, no honor, no morals, no freedom, No common sense, no love for America. I don't see where your logic comes from.
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