There’s a new blog, entitled Leaving Wisconsin, that posts on the “great exodus out of the taxation and regulation hell of Wisconsin.” We have been a highly taxed and regulated state for some time — neither major party has moved us in true low-tax, low-burden direction.
For data to support the contention that we are a highly-taxed state, one need look no farther than the Tax Foundation‘s website: our state & local tax burden has been higher than the national average, and in the top ten of all states, for decades.
We are among the most beautiful places in America, and if there is an exodus from this state, then we have only ourselves to blame. We have one consolation — if we have made conditions undesirable, then we can make them desirable and comparatively advantageous, too.