Good Riddance

It's rather ironic that NY Governor Andrew Cuomo tweeted good riddance after he found out Donald Trump filed papers to change his domicile from New York to Florida ... especially after uttering words quite contrary to that earlier this year. Of course, I'm talking about when he said  God Forbid the Rich Leave  when he was talking about the problem of wealthy people fleeing New York State.(click on the link to read my previous comments).  Here's the tweet, and may I add it's a toss-up as to whether it's a Halloween trick or not.

That's a classic, Mr. Cuomo. Last February you pissed and moaned about rich people leaving NYS. Now it's good riddance? And do you really think he escaped paying your highest-in-the-nation NY taxes? I'll take odds that he's paid far more than you have cumulatively, Andy.

It's not just the rich leaving, it's a good cross-section of New Yorkers. Individual reasons may vary, but inevitably they all end up at the same square in the flow chart: Liberal Democratic policies. Paradoxically, good riddance is something 47 out of 62 counties in NY State tried to tell you when you ran for re-election last time, seeing as you only won 15 counties ... but they were the populous ones (downstate, NYC) and that put you back in office. Meanwhile, upstate still suffers from atrophy and the result of that is a large population loss, the likes of which NYS has never seen before. For example, in one recent year alone, NYS lost somewhere north of 50,000 people. In reality it was over 125,000 long-time NY residents because you imported more than 75,000 from other countries to become proud NYS residents ... and eventually, they'll even pay taxes. But for 5 or so years... they won't. Integration takes time, as well you know.

I love the upstate rural area where I live, but I hate how NYS has been ruined by liberal government. When 2 major things keeping my wife and me here are resolved, we plan on joining the thousands of New Yorkers who leave NYS every year - for good. Oh, we'll come back and visit as we desire, but the lifetime of money and assets we've accumulated are going south with us.

So, Andy ... Another billionaire leaves NYS and you somehow conclude that's a good thing. Let us know how that works out at budget time and how you plan on making up the difference. As you are well aware, he's not the first billionaire to leave and I'm wagering he won't be the last, either.

Also, remember plenty of us poor folks take our money with us when we leave.

As Everett Dirkson, the renowned Senator from Illinois used to say ....

A billion here, a billion there, pretty soon you're talking real money.