1. The Great Exodus Out of America's Blue Cities

From The Hill: "This is a lesson high-tax states and cities need to learn if they want to avoid transforming into ghost towns."

2. The Great Tax Migration

From Real Clear Politics: "Rather than penalize hard work and innovation, California and New York must take steps to reward it."

3. Americans Are Migrating in Droves to Low-Tax States

From Investor's Business Daily: "There has been a vast, largely unheralded migration in the U.S. over the past decade. Not because of weather, or amenities. But because of taxes."

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