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Wednesday, 07 January 2015
Will the last person to leave New Jersey please turn off the lights?
The exodus from New Jersey is becoming a stampede.
People are moving out of state at twice the rate they're coming in.
Nearly two of every three families making an interstate move involving New Jersey last year were leaving the Garden State, the highest rate in the country.
New Jersey had the greatest percentage of outbound moves of any state nationally last year with almost 65 percent departing, according to a company which bills itself as the largest transporter of household goods in the country.
The Garden State has led the nation in outward migration for the fourth time in five years.
Where are they going? To states with lower taxes, lower cost of living, and more freedom. Texas. The Carolinas. Florida. Red states primarily, because socialism sucks.
And another 1,000 folks are headed to Atlanta, because the cost-savings for Mercedes-Benz are too good to turn down.
The lure of lower taxes, a cheaper cost of living, more access to critical transportation networks, key manufacturing plants and about $50 million in incentives has sealed it — German automaker Mercedes-Benz is departing Bergen County for Atlanta. And with it, potentially close to 1,000 jobs.
In an interview with NJ Advance Media following the announcement, Mercedes-Benz CEO Stephen Cannon, a Wyckoff native, said Atlanta won out because of the high quality of life, proximity to universities like the Georgia Institute of Technology and the business climate.
They're voting with their feet. They're voting against the two Steves (Fulop and Sweeney) who both covet the allure of Drumthwacket, and who both promise to enact a ruinous "millionaires' tax" immediately after succeeding Chris Christie.
Because we don't pay enough taxes already in this state.
Alas, the takers are never satiated. And we sure do have a lot of takers; consumers of government, who always vote for Democrats and their fatuous promises of more free stuff.
Things are only going to get worse. Which is why so many makers
are fleeing from New Jersey.
Posted at 11:02 by Chris Wysocki
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