There is so much intellectual dishonesty embedded in this short CRI blurb, one can only imagine the beating that Stapey puts on the truth in the balance of the article.
The latest data on state to state migration confirms that folks vote rationally with their feet and that Delaware legislators are in denial about this fact.
Census data shows that two-thirds of the net migrants into Delaware from 2007-09 came from just four states: New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts. Not surprisingly, these states have among the highest tax burdens, strong unions, and sluggish economies.
Two-thirds of the net out-migrants from Delaware went to five states: North Carolina, Florida, South Carolina, Kentucky and Tennessee. All the states have comparatively low tax burdens, four are right to work, and these four have higher growth economies…
For every factual statement, there is an intellectually dishonest rejoinder. Whoever conferred the doctorate on Stapey continues to be buried in shame.