Californians Flee From Our Ever-Growing Nanny State

From the AP:

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Since the days of the Gold Rush, California has represented the Promised Land, an image celebrated in the songs of the Beach Boys and embodied by Silicon Valley’s instant millionaires and the young men and women who achieve stardom in Hollywood.

But for many California families last year, tomorrow started somewhere else.

The number of people leaving California for another state outstripped the number moving in from another state during the year ending on July 1, 2008. California lost a net total of 144,000 people during that period — more than any other state, according to census estimates. That is about equal to the population of Syracuse, N.Y.

The state with the next-highest net loss through migration between states was New York, which lost just over 126,000 residents. [Read More]

From PoliticalMavens:

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The apparently unlimited appetite of those who believe government is “the solution” has turned both of these states into sinkholes. Yet somehow that reality eludes the do-gooders, the unions, the lobbyists and all the other special interests whose well-being depends on sucking the life out of taxpayers. But as we see, even taxing them at two of the highest rates in the nation hasn’t been enough. Both state governments are besieged with multi-billion dollar deficits–with no relief in sight.

It’s no accident people are leaving both states in droves. [Read More]