August 1, 2005
FLEE! FLEE! Connecticut's governor to constituents: Get out of here before you die!
Florida Governor Jeb Bush ought to send his counterpart in Connecticut, Republican Jodi Rell, a thank-you note with a box of chocolates and a ribbon tied around it. Last month Ms. Rell marked her first anniversary as Governor by signing into law a tax bill that might as well be called the "Palm Beach Economic Development Act."
The law requires that any resident of the Nutmeg State with an estate of more than $2 million pay a death tax of up to 16%--merely for the privilege of dying in Connecticut. -- WSJ
Connecticut joins these 17 other (mostly blue and mostly stupid states: Illinois Maine Maryland Massachusetts Minnesota Nebraska New Jersey New York North Carolina Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island Tennessee Vermont Virginia Washington Wisconsin
Posted by Vanderleun at August 1, 2005 4:09 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.