The real reason Americans are fleeing blue states for Florida and Texas

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. Economist Steve Moore discusses California's proposed tax increases, population losses, and why Americans are voting with their feet. This month, New York Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli launched a taxpayer migration dashboard showing the number of people leaving his state. To the surprise of few, New York is hemorrhaging residents, especially from its middle class. DiNapoli put it plainly: "I remain very concerned about the net loss of married, middle-class filers, and urge policymakers to continue their efforts to improve affordability for New York's families." My own analysis of five years of nationwide IRS records — covering every move made by every American taxpayer between 2018 and 2023 — confirms what these families already know. Nurses in Queens and firefighters in Los Angeles understand better than anyone that working-class paychecks don't buy m