A little bite of reality for the "Going Galt!" gang:
Yet there is surprisingly little evidence to support the proposition that rich New Yorkers would bolt if forced to pay higher income taxes. Though tracking the movement of wealthy taxpayers from state to state is difficult, experts on public finance and migration say they have yet to document a substantial "rich drain" in states that have raised income taxes in recent years.
"At the level we’re talking about, there’s no quantitative evidence that it affects the mobility decisions of affluent taxpayers," said Douglas S. Massey, a demographer at Princeton University and president of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.
Believe it or not, people don't dig up roots and flounce out of their home state just because of taxes, any more than they quit their jobs when they creep up to the edge of a higher tax bracket (no matter how many times ignorant reporters find stupid people who think that's how the tax system works).
No matter how hard the tax-cut cult tries to spin it, the truth is people--even rich people!--like to live where there are well-funded public schools and public safety agencies, good roads and hospitals, and quality infrastructure and shared communal spaces.