Curse and Glory of Federalism

In this one blog post is summed up both the genius and pitfalls of our federalist system.

MOVE TO TENNESSEE. NO INCOME TAX, AND OUR ESTATE TAX WILL BE GONE IN 2016. Wealthy New Yorkers Face 164% Estate Tax Rate. But only if you promise not to vote for the same kind of bullshit policies that ruined New York once you get here.

Make things nice and livable and the doofi that screwed up their home states - via stupidity or lack of vigilance or both - can move in and proceed to screw up your state.  That's how, for example, North Carolina got the likes of Bev Perdue who wanted to cancel elections.  Cary, after all, is the Consolidated Area of Relocated Yankees.


Somehow the people who move never see that the high taxes, crappy schools, crime and poor job market are a result of how they vote and they keep voting that way after they've fled all those things.