Barry Habib
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But the rest of it is when it comes down to you decide to win the vote, you're going to promise free, and then the other guy's got to pay for it, and then the other guy leaves.
Because guess what?
You have to balance the state budget.
So now you got to go get bonds, and you can't get them.
Do you think Maine, Connecticut, Rhode Island want to raise the taxes coming up in election year?
No, they don't.
They know they're about to get a cold bucket of water in the face.
They know what's going to happen, but they got no choice.
And they have to go with the tax the rich.
And that has to be the angle that they're pushing.
So guess what?
Every action has a consequence and a reaction.
And right now you're seeing states raise taxes and lose citizens that are moving.
It will be a trillion this year, and it will be above defense spending for the first time ever.
And those two will be 25% of the total budget.
That's right.
It's weird how they snapped on Musk when he started going after the fraud, because there is some fraud to be found here that could narrow it down, but it sounds like he got really scared when he was poking around with the Social Security fraud.
Yeah, I mean, it's pretty straightforward with the impact of state income taxes like Connecticut, New York, Massachusetts.
They used to be great places.
But when you put state income taxes in, it decimates the incentive to own a business.