Northeast losing representatives

[franksolich]

http://washingtonexaminer.com/northeast-loses-40-of-house-seats-as-people-flee-high-tax-states/article/2554143#!

Oh my.

Northeast loses 40% of House seats as people flee high-tax states

The Northeast, once the nation’s political engine that produced presidents, House speakers and Senate giants including the late Edward M. Kennedy, is losing clout in Washington as citizens flee the high-tax region, according to experts worried about the trend.
 
The Census Bureau reports that population growth has shifted to the South and the result is that the 11 states that make up the Northeast are being bled dry of representation in Washington.

Critics blame rising taxes in states such as Massachusetts and Connecticut for limiting population growth in the Northeast to just 15 percent from 1983 to 2013, while the rest of the nation grew more than 41 percent.
 
The biggest impact comes in the loss of congressional representation.
 
Deep in a recent report, for example, the American Legislative Exchange Council tabulated how the drop in population relative to the rest of the nation cut the region’s power in Washington. While the states from Pennsylvania to Maine had 141 House members in 1950, they are down to 85 today, a drop of some 40 percent.
 
California and Texas combined have more House representatives..

“This result is one of the most dramatic demographic shifts in American history. This migration is shifting the power center of America right before our very eyes. The movement isn’t random or even about weather or resources. Economic freedom is the magnet and states ignore this force at their own peril,” said the report.

[Tess Anderson]

I don't think the reasons are just for economic freedom - NE states are heavy on gun control and NYC is the place where they freak out over a soda, but personal and corporate taxes are much lower in the South and the weather is better.

The article didn't mention California, but that state is flat-lining - people are leaving that state in droves, last census they gained no new Congressional seats for the first time in many decades. Illegal immigrants and Moonbeam are driving that state into the ground.

You just hope Kalifornians and New Yawkers don't spread their politics to where they migrate to - they've jacked up south Florida, Colorado and WA state by doing just that.

[thundley4]

I don't think the reasons are just for economic freedom - NE states are heavy on gun control and NYC is the place where they freak out over a soda, but personal and corporate taxes are much lower in the South and the weather is better.

That can be crucial when Obama makes energy prices skyrocket, and the EPA bans wood and oil burning stoves.

[SVPete]

Gee! Tax and regulate the Hades out of businesses and people, and businesses, jobs, and people leave ... who could have foreseen that?

The article didn't mention California, but that state is flat-lining - people are leaving that state in droves, last census they gained no new Congressional seats for the first time in many decades. Illegal immigrants and Moonbeam are driving that state into the ground.

The court-ordered drought and natural drought should soon play havoc with libs' and Progs' arugula and kale supplies. Maybe something will be done then. Or not.

[JohnnyReb]

Well, with fewer people living there tax rates will just have to rise.....driving out more.  ....and the escapees will turn up down here.  dang it.