Waves of California’s economic and medical refugees begin moving to Texas in search of freedom
by: J. D. Heyes
NaturalNews.com
Wednesday, September 16, 2015
As the state of California becomes less free, more expensive, and harder to sustain, thousands of residents are voting with their feet for freer, cheaper environments that come with greater opportunities. Texas is the biggest recipient of that outflow.
The Washington Times reports that a recent analysis found that the numbers of California residents fleeing the state are “unprecedented” and that Texas is the greatest destination by far:
About 5 million Californians departed the Golden State between 2004 and 2013, while 3.9 million arrived from other states for a net population loss of roughly 1.1 million…
That amounts to an estimated loss in tax revenue of about $26 billion annually, according to an analysis by the Sacramento Bee.
Using tax return data from the Internal Revenue Service, the analysis found that about 600,000 former California residents made their way to Texas, while about 348,000 Texas residents moved to California. Other top recipients of former California residents included Arizona, Nevada, Oregon and Washington.
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