Texas Governor Greg Abbott has said he would “impose a 100 percent tariff” on New Yorkers moving to Texas.
“After the polls close tomorrow night, I will impose a 100% tariff on anyone moving to Texas from NYC,” the Republican wrote on X on Monday night.
Abbott’s post came on the eve of New York City’s mayoral election, in which Democrat Zohran Mamdani is the frontrunner. He is facing former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo—who is running as an independent after Mamdani emerged victorious in the Democratic primary in June—and Republican Curtis Sliwa.
People move to Texas cause they don’t have an income tax. Then they get hit hard by the property taxes.
Where do they think the government gets its money? They have to pay for the roads, schools, fire departments…
Save a buck here just to spend it there.
I mean, presumably, what Abbot is trying to say, is some kind of … total, 100% tax on their… net worth? Of people moving across state lines?
I dunno… I dunno what the fuck a tariff on a person means, but hey, I just have an econ degree, poli sci degree, and career in data analytics and econometrics, I’m not a governor of a state.