Voting with Our Feet

A major problem with high taxes and the nanny-state programs they support is that they tend to attract the least productive and drive out the most productive. And that’s precisely what’s happened over the past decade in the United States. We’ll examine this trend and offer some forecasts about its long-term implications.

There are many factors that determine whether the population of a specific area in the U.S. will grow or shrink. Obviously, people move between states in search of better jobs or schools, o.....