This may be a picutre post card of things to come. I am hoping it corrects itself as I wouldn't want to see NY lose it's magic for so many. Also have to think about the ones leaving to go to other states coming in and voting that state to become just like NY. When will the powers that be ever learn that taxing people to death is not the answer.








Tax refugees staging escape from New York
By ANDY SOLTIS

Last Updated: 6:08 AM, October 27, 2009

Posted: 2:53 AM, October 27, 2009

New Yorkers are fleeing the state and city in alarming numbers -- and costing a fortune in lost tax dollars, a new study shows.
More than 1.5 million state residents left for other parts of the United States from 2000 to 2008, according to the report from the Empire Center for New York State Policy. It was the biggest out-of-state migration in the country.
The vast majority of the migrants, 1.1 million, were former residents of New York City -- meaning one out of seven city taxpayers moved out.
"The Empire State is being drained of an invaluable resource -- people," the report said.

What's worse is that the families fleeing New York are being replaced by lower-income newcomers, who consequently pay less in taxes.

Overall, the ex-New Yorkers earn about 13 percent more than those who moved into the state, the study found.

And it should be no surprise that the city -- and Manhattan in particular -- suffered the biggest loss in terms of taxable income.

The average Manhattan taxpayer who left the state earned $93,264 a year. The average newcomer to Manhattan earned only $72,726.

That's a difference of $20,538, the highest for any county in the state. Staten Island was second, with a $20,066 difference.

It all adds up to staggering loss in taxable income. During 2006-2007, the "migration flow" out of New York to other states amounted to a loss of $4.3 billion.

The study used annual US Census reports, which showed which states had increased population, combined with Internal Revenue Service data, which show which states, cities and counties had lost people.

While New York City and the state were the losers, the Sunshine and Garden States were winners. more than 250,000 New Yorkers who lived in and around the city fled to Florida. Another 172,000 city taxpayers ended up in New Jersey.

Why all the moving vans?

The center, part of the conservative Manhattan Institute, blames the state's high cost of living and high taxes.

The study also revealed surprising details about how city residents moved from borough to borough.

Manhattan lost 64,480 taxpayers, and more than half -- 34,383 -- went to The Bronx.

Brooklyn lost 68,951 taxpayers -- including 43,688 who went to Staten Island.

The study also had some good news. The peak loss of New Yorkers was in 2005, when nearly 250,000 residents left the state. But last year, only 126,000 left, the lowest figure over the eight-year period.

New Yorkers are fleeing the state and city in alarming numbers -- and costing a fortune in lost tax dollars, a new study shows.

More than 1.5 million state residents left for other parts of the United States from 2000 to 2008, according to the report from the Empire Center for New York State Policy. It was the biggest out-of-state migration in the country.

The vast majority of the migrants, 1.1 million, were former residents of New York City -- meaning one out of seven city taxpayers moved out.

"The Empire State is being drained of an invaluable resource -- people," the report said.


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What's worse is that the families fleeing New York are being replaced by lower-income newcomers, who consequently pay less in taxes.

Overall, the ex-New Yorkers earn about 13 percent more than those who moved into the state, the study found.

And it should be no surprise that the city -- and Manhattan in particular -- suffered the biggest loss in terms of taxable income.

The average Manhattan taxpayer who left the state earned $93,264 a year. The average newcomer to Manhattan earned only $72,726.

That's a difference of $20,538, the highest for any county in the state. Staten Island was second, with a $20,066 difference.

It all adds up to staggering loss in taxable income. During 2006-2007, the "migration flow" out of New York to other states amounted to a loss of $4.3 billion.

The study used annual US Census reports, which showed which states had increased population, combined with Internal Revenue Service data, which show which states, cities and counties had lost people.

While New York City and the state were the losers, the Sunshine and Garden States were winners. more than 250,000 New Yorkers who lived in and around the city fled to Florida. Another 172,000 city taxpayers ended up in New Jersey.

Why all the moving vans?

The center, part of the conservative Manhattan Institute, blames the state's high cost of living and high taxes.

The study also revealed surprising details about how city residents moved from borough to borough.

Manhattan lost 64,480 taxpayers, and more than half -- 34,383 -- went to The Bronx.

Brooklyn lost 68,951 taxpayers -- including 43,688 who went to Staten Island.

The study also had some good news. The peak loss of New Yorkers was in 2005, when nearly 250,000 residents left the state. But last year, only 126,000 left, the lowest figure over the eight-year period.

Evelyn

Packed to the gills with people all over the place. No worries here!

Did anyone bother to ask the people who moved, why they were moving or is everyone just suppose to believe a group of people who drew their own conclusions? The number of people leaving NY seems to have peaked in 2005. Let me see... who was POTUS in 2005? Is it possible the some people saw and knew that their homes value was over-inflated and seeing this made the decision to "cash in" before prices fell? Does anyone really know where these people moved to? I understand that some states gain in population and some states lose, that happens all the time. I know a couple that owned a home in IN. another in FL. and yet another in CA.. At the end of 2003 and the beginning of 2004 they sold the homes that gave them a hefty profit. Those homes were in CA. and FL., the IN. home value was stagnant so they chose to keep it for now. Are the people (a conservative group) that came to these conclusions about the wealthy people of NY certain that the the people who once lived borough X definitely moved to borough Y? I saw nothing in this report that explains exactly how they arrived at their conclusions.

Yeah well a while back it was said that people were leaving NJ also. I said good we were too over crowded to start with! Bye bye less traffic!

I'm still trying to figure out the point of the original post?

People leaving NYC is a slam against liberals?

Moving to Florida is a new thing?

Just think of all those new arrival liberals in FL!

We have always been a mobile society, never more so than now.

Jim...

Touchey...Jim. However I am an example of the migration from Los Angeles, 2nd however in support of what Jim was saying NY is still the most populous Megapolis in the United States followed by Los Angeles, and finally Chicago.

are you sure you didn't mean touche'..?

 

Jim...

yes, I ment touche'.

What's worse is that the families fleeing New York are being replaced by lower-income newcomers, who consequently pay less in taxes.






I wonder if you even read the whole post? How did you miss the paragraph posted here. This is the worry as to who is coming in and replacing those ex tax payers. They make less and will probably be a drain sooner or later on services. Only time will tell what this all means to the great state of N.Y.

Evelyn

No need to worry ! If those people who moved in can afford NYC they will get the money back in other ways! I bet the majority of those who moved from NYC to NJ are still driving back into the city paying all the tolls or taking mass transit also. Still keeping the jobs they had and are now paying NY and NJ taxes.

What's worse is that the families fleeing New York are being replaced by lower-income newcomers, who consequently pay less in taxes.


I wonder if you even read the whole post? How did you miss the paragraph posted here. This is the worry as to who is coming in and replacing those ex tax payers. They make less and will probably be a drain sooner or later on services. Only time will tell what this all means to the great state of N.Y.

Evelyn

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Are the families fleeing because their high paying jobs have been sent over seas? Are they in search of a job or are they making the decision to retire and move to a warmer climate (FL.) or have they all of a sudden become aware of the taxes they pay in NY? BTW Like everyone else I read it twice because it's a post within a post... a double post.

A post within a post! I can't seem to find it in any NY paper either? Just a bunch of blogs

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(Login piglet6427) Re: Could this soon become a third world state........I hope not. October 29 2009, 6:44 AM


No need to worry ! If those people who moved in can afford NYC they will get the money back in other ways! I bet the majority of those who moved from NYC to NJ are still driving back into the city paying all the tolls or taking mass transit also. Still keeping the jobs they had and are now paying NY and NJ taxes.





Oh you mean people like Rush Limbaugh? He went to Fla. Piglet and can broadcast from there. He doesn't need to commute. How many more are doing the same? You don't know if what you wrote is true or not. You are speculating [sp], nothing more. Without proof you may as well have not written it.

Evelyn

I'm in NYC everyday!!!

October 28 2009, 2:56 PM

Packed to the gills with people all over the place. No worries here!

Same here.  The stories of the death of NYC are grossly exagerated.  Too fucking crowded here to begin with.

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Evelyn I am talking about the people who moved from NY to NJ like you article states
"Another 172,000 city taxpayers ended up in New Jersey."

I said I bet the majority of them are commuting back and forth from NJ to NY and paying taxes now to both states. Just in my section of town over 26 people have moved in from NYC in the past 3 years. Yup they are still going back and forth paying taxes and paying tolls and paying bus and train fare! They still continue to work in the city! So they are getting money into the city no matter what!
What would I care about Rush commuting? He moved to FL! I wasn't speaking about FL was I? Why would he drive here from FL to work?

BTW where is this article found? I can't seem to find it in any NYC paper at all? I found on the Post blog area but not as an article. They said the same stuff about people leaving Jersey. Meanwhile this article you posted has 172,000 people coming into Jersey

What's worse is that the families fleeing New York are being replaced by lower-income newcomers, who consequently pay less in taxes.


I wonder if you even read the whole post? How did you miss the paragraph posted here.

What "paragraph"?  That is merely ONE SENTENCE.

piglet
(Login piglet6427) Re: Could this soon become a third world state........I hope not. October 29 2009, 11:38 AM


Evelyn I am talking about the people who moved from NY to NJ like you article states
"Another 172,000 city taxpayers ended up in New Jersey."

I said I bet the majority of them are commuting back and forth from NJ to NY and paying taxes now to both states. Just in my section of town over 26 people have moved in from NYC in the past 3 years. Yup they are still going back and forth paying taxes and paying tolls and paying bus and train fare! They still continue to work in the city! So they are getting money into the city no matter what!
What would I care about Rush commuting? He moved to FL! I wasn't speaking about FL was I? Why would he drive here from FL to work?

BTW where is this article found? I can't seem to find it in any NYC paper at all? I found on the Post blog area but not as an article. They said the same stuff about people leaving Jersey. Meanwhile this article you posted has 172,000 people coming into Jersey






Well, Rush paid so much in taxes he finally said enough is enough. Who will make up these taxes, piglet......why you of course and others who may finally say I've had enough too.


The person who wrote this article, Andy Soltis, is a columnist for the NY Post.

Evelyn

Not me! I don't live in NYC.

Again with Rush. I wasn't speaking at all about Rush. Do you think he is the only one in nyc who paid high taxes? No he isn't and plenty of wealthy people are still around and didn't get fed up and didn't leave the city or state like he did.

BTW did he sell his condo yet? Did he put it on the market yet? As of August he still hadn't put his penthouse on the market. I mean he himself admits he only spends about 15 days in the city to start with. All that huffing and puffing he did about leaving the city back in March I still can't find where he sold off his NYC real estate. hmmm maybe he didn't leave?
Like many were speculating when he started this rant back in March. It would cost him money to move his alternative station. The taxes would only cost him about $60,000 per year and were only lasting 3 years. Out of his 38 million he earns per year. So if he didn't leave because I can't find that he did leave. Maybe he realized it would cost him in the long run? Besides like he said he only came here to work when it was hurricane season! Not like he spent his life here!

BTW did he sell his condo yet? Did he put it on the market yet? As of August he still hadn't put his penthouse on the market.

He will keep it and use it when he makes his many trips to NYC.  This whole episode is a dog and pony show, or, in pigboy's case a dog and hippo show. 

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(Login piglet6427) Re: Could this soon become a third world state........I hope not. October 30 2009, 7:08 AM


BTW did he sell his condo yet? Did he put it on the market yet? As of August he still hadn't put his penthouse on the market. I mean he himself admits he only spends about 15 days in the city to start with. All that huffing and puffing he did about leaving the city back in March I still can't find where he sold off his NYC real estate. hmmm maybe he didn't leave?
Like many were speculating when he started this rant back in March. It would cost him money to move his alternative station. The taxes would only cost him about $60,000 per year and were only lasting 3 years. Out of his 38 million he earns per year. So if he didn't leave because I can't find that he did leave. Maybe he realized it would cost him in the long run? Besides like he said he only came here to work when it was hurricane season! Not like he spent his life here!





I have no idea what he's sold as it is none of my business nor yours. I only gave Rush as an example and am fully aware that there are others besides him who pay taxes. If you paid attention at all to the news this a.m.you would have heard it and also was on the talk shows about over a million leaving NY. Gees folks, lighten up.

Evelyn

roby2000
(Login roby2000) Re: Could this soon become a third world state........I hope not. October 30 2009, 10:49 AM


BTW did he sell his condo yet? Did he put it on the market yet? As of August he still hadn't put his penthouse on the market.

He will keep it and use it when he makes his many trips to NYC. This whole episode is a dog and pony show, or, in pigboy's case a dog and hippo show.






Roby the snipe at Rush's weight was uncalled for. More evidence of the intolerance of the dems. He is over 6'2"'s feet tall and has lost alot of weight. He can carry weight better than the average person because of his tallness. How tall are you. Could there be a little envy mixed in with your criticism? I guess it time will tell if it is indeed a dog and pony show when you notice you are paying more taxes. It only stands to reason that if the wealthy leave you are going to have a very poor state, especially if you are left with people who don't pay any taxes, mixed with the middle class who are baring the load, like you.

Evelyn

Oh, get over yourself, evil lynn.   He insults just about everything about everyone so fuck him.  I am 6 foot 1 inch and not fat at 210 pounds.  Methinks you may not fit that mold.  LOL!

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Answer

Rush Limbaugh Height is 5' 11". He is the average height of 80% of American males. Thank you!

 

Wow, I didn't know they stacked shit that high...

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all the less important ones just never go away.
And the real pains in the ass are permanent.

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(Login mawsword) Re: Could this soon become a third world state........I hope not. October 30 2009, 3:31 PM


Answer
Rush Limbaugh Height is 5' 11". He is the average height of 80% of American males. Thank you!


"Wow, I didn't know they stacked shit that high..."





They must as you are living proof. He is over 6 ft. and if you know better then prove it.

Evelyn

 He is over 6 ft. and if you know better then prove it.

Who really cares how tall he is, he still looks like a porker.  He must clock in at 280-300, all pure shit.

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OMG... let's panic now.

Biography for
Rush Limbaugh More at IMDbPro »

 

Date of Birth

12 January 1951, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA

Birth Name

Rush Hudson Limbaugh III

Nickname

El Rushbo
Rusty
Maha Rushie
America's Anchorman
The Rusher
The Pigman

Height

5' 11" (1.80 m)



America, we are better than these last eight years. We are a better country than this.

Barack Obama
Acceptance Speech at Democratic Convention Aug 28th 2008

I have no idea what he's sold as it is none of my business nor yours. I only gave Rush as an example and am fully aware that there are others besides him who pay taxes. If you paid attention at all to the news this a.m.you would have heard it and also was on the talk shows about over a million leaving NY. Gees folks, lighten up.

Evelyn


Evenly you are the one who kept bringing up the subject of Rush to me! He is the one who went on a rant about leaving NYC. You are the one who used him as example to prove your point. Now I ask you did he sell his NYC property as of yet? You tell me it's none of my business! HA that is just plain funny! Why the heck did you use his as an example? He sure hasn't sold his penthouse yet. Using him as example is plain bullshit period because he spends about 15 days in nyc to start with.

5' 11" (1.80 m)

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I understand he grows to 6'5" with a dose of cialis. 

Jim...

ughhhhhhh ewwwww that thought is enough to make me sick!

ughhhhhhh ewwwww that thought is enough to make me sick!

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me too, and I am a purely gross guy!!

Jim.. 

""The study also had some good news. The peak loss of New Yorkers was in 2005, when nearly 250,000 residents left the state. But last year, only 126,000 left, the lowest figure over the eight-year period.""


The above is from your original article. You posted earlier today that

"If you paid attention at all to the news this a.m.you would have heard it and also was on the talk shows about over a million leaving NY"

So now it jumped up to a million from last years 126,000? Is that a million for this year or the past how many years?

You know Jim I am going to have nightmares tonight!

The third world state of NY will celebrate Halloween tonight with the biggest parade and street partying in the country.  We live 1 block from the parade route and when they break a few blocks north, everyone passes in front of our building to head for the Village and the hundreds of parties.  We hang out under the building marquee with a bottle of wine and a bunch of friends and neighbors to watch the passing parade of over a quarter million revelers in costume.  The parade is too crowded, so we do this and have a ball. 

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They must as you are living proof. He is over 6 ft. and if you know better then prove it.

Evelyn

Evil evil evil lyn... I am just a small turd. LOL

And thanks Mari. that's where I got it from too.

And why all this fuss over rusty Limpballs anyway. Maybe Evil is in to fat druggies, who knows?

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(Login mawsword) Re: Could this soon become a third world state........I hope not. October 31 2009, 2:05 PM


They must as you are living proof. He is over 6 ft. and if you know better then prove it.

Evelyn


Evil evil evil lyn... I am just a small turd. LOL

And thanks Mari. that's where I got it from too.

And why all this fuss over rusty Limpballs anyway. Maybe Evil is in to fat druggies, who knows?








So I missed it by an inch or two. Maybe I thought he was taller because he LOOKS taller to me. I checked on Google and they said 5'11". Does that make you feel better Maw.

Who called you a 'small turd'? I didn't. I don't used crude words like that to describe anyone, so you'll have to check that out too. That's the kind of talk you like, Maw, but I wasn't born in a cess pool like you.

I'm not into any thing to do with drugs, so once more you are wrong. Fat doesn't bother me as I have many 'fat' friends and I can tell you they are much nicer than you. Since I can still bend over and touch my toes I don't worry about fat either.

Evelyn

So I missed it by an inch or two. Maybe I thought he was taller because he LOOKS taller to me. I checked on Google and they said 5'11". Does that make you feel better Maw.

It shouldn't make her "feel better".  YOU owe her an APOLOGY!

So I missed it by an inch or two. Maybe I thought he was taller because he LOOKS taller to me. I checked on Google and they said 5'11". Does that make you feel better Maw.

Who called you a 'small turd'? I didn't. I don't used crude words like that to describe anyone, so you'll have to check that out too. That's the kind of talk you like, Maw, but I wasn't born in a cess pool like you.

I referred to myself as a small turd Evil-lyn. I wasn't born in a cess pool. I was born in the San Jose Hospital. And I like most talk, no specific kind.

I'm not into any thing to do with drugs, so once more you are wrong. Fat doesn't bother me as I have many 'fat' friends and I can tell you they are much nicer than you. Since I can still bend over and touch my toes I don't worry about fat either.

Evelyn

Once more I'm wrong? When was the other time? I'm sure some of your fat friends may be nicer than me, but you can't tell me that since you don't know me.But you are judgemental aren't you? I can touch my toes too, guess we're equal huh? Besides I wasn't talking about you or your fat friends. I was talking about Rusty Limpballs..

Maw

One more thing Janie. I don't expect or even want an apology from Evil-lyn. Her words mean nada to me. And it would be insincere anyway.
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all the less important ones just never go away.
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they can stack shit over 6', just look at your own Kieth Uberdork....how much more proof do you need than that? 

Who is Uberdork?

 

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I've learned that the people you care most about in life are taken from you too soon and
all the less important ones just never go away.
And the real pains in the ass are permanent.

we will be a third world country, if we keep electing Republicans...should have learned from the Harding and Hoover Administrations, if you don't know your past, how do you expect to handle the future. Told all of you to leav the Republican Bush's alone...Should have gone with Al Gore.

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(Login Surfermaw) Couple more Republican Administration November 2 2009, 8:31 PM


we will be a third world country, if we keep electing Republicans...should have learned from the Harding and Hoover Administrations, if you don't know your past, how do you expect to handle the future. Told all of you to leav the Republican Bush's alone...Should have gone with Al Gore.





Yes we will be a third world country Sufer with this president printing money every day. We have a 12 trillion dollar debt that is the direct result of Obama's spending. You can't blame this on Bush, Hoover, or Harding. It is now strickly Obama's mess. Thank God Al Gore didn't run this country. He is a money grubbing liberal and wants to put this country under the green label so he can make his millions. He has stock in every thing 'green' and we would be bankrupt by now if he had gotten his way.

Evelyn

I didn't realize we were in the Black when Bush was in office.Hmmmmmmmm

 

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all the less important ones just never go away.
And the real pains in the ass are permanent.

Yes we will be a third world country Sufer [sic] with this president printing money every day.

The POTUS has nothing to do with printing money.  Once again, evelyn reveals her massive stupidity.

Yes we will be a third world country Sufer with this president printing money every day. We have a 12 trillion dollar debt that is the direct result of Obama's spending. You can't blame this on Bush, Hoover, or Harding. It is now strickly Obama's mess. Thank God Al Gore didn't run this country. He is a money grubbing liberal and wants to put this country under the green label so he can make his millions. He has stock in every thing 'green' and we would be bankrupt by now if he had gotten his way.

There is no way any thinking person could possibly contend that the nationaldebt is all Obama's fault.
I seriously doubt that is what you intended to say.

And Unfortunately the national debt which has been created by every President since Jackson is not just Obama's mess. It is also every American's and we are going to be taxed at higher rates as a result.

This country has been a 3rd world country at least part of it has for decades! Al;l you have to do is study the social(list) programs implemented by the leftist and the resulting "Nanny-State" and you have the 3rd world right here in America....and Obama is just making it larger!

The language of priorities is the religion of Socialism.....Aneurin Bevan

Janie
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The POTUS has nothing to do with printing money. Once again, evelyn reveals her massive stupidity.




No,but his administration takes the blame and as you liberals so often blamed Bush for everything, you now have to do the same for Obama. For being so ignorant of that fact janie you are the stupid one.







Evelyn

Did Rush ever sell that property here in NY? I mean he did say he was leaving right?

piglet
(Login piglet6427) Re: Could this soon become a third world state........I hope not. November 4 2009, 11:30 AM


Did Rush ever sell that property here in NY? I mean he did say he was leaving right?







Piglet why don't you call him and ask him.

Evelyn

Did Rush ever sell that property here in NY? I mean he did say he was leaving right?

   All I have ever heard Rush say was that he was taxed for every minute he *worked* in NY by the state income tax entity.  And there was some stink about him being a "resident".  He apparently went to war with them over the residency thing, and also what constituted "work" in his particular case.  He left the impression that he lost the war, and paid them a ton of money.  He now "lives" in FL, and does his program from there.  It's unclear to me at least, what he has ever done with his NY holdings, or whether he has established a way to make tax-free "non-working" visits to NY.

gus.

 

 

I thought it was so important of an issue for you. I mean you used him as an example for your post. Why did he diss NY so much but still keeps his penthouse? I really thought he was leaving after all the bad he said in regards to NY and taxes. I am just curious if he did in fact do what he said he was going to do. I can't seem to find any articles saying he did. I thought you would know!

I thought it was so important of an issue for you. I mean you used him as an example for your post. Why did he diss NY so much but still keeps his penthouse? I really thought he was leaving after all the bad he said in regards to NY and taxes. I am just curious if he did in fact do what he said he was going to do. I can't seem to find any articles saying he did. I thought you would know!

   The only public vow I remember him making on the air was to not pay another dime in NY state income tax.  I would have to assume that all the other particulars not pursuant to that vow would be of no consequence.  I suppose property tax might be an equal issue for him, but maybe not, I don't know.  I listen to him on average of maybe twice a week when I have time, and I check his web site for links to news.

gus.

 

He did claim he was going to sell his alternative station up here. I believe he mentioned Texas as the location he wanted to move it to?
I really don't see why actually. He hardly spends time here unless of a hurricane.
Of course some say it would cost him to leave NYC more so than any savings he would gain. Maybe he changed his mind?

When I am there working I pay whatever, you know, my rate is based on income for that day in New York. And I try to go as little as possible. If it weren't for hurricanes down here, I would never go up there. New York is the escape valve in case hurricanes are showing up in our area, because of the loss of electricity. So I'll tell you what I'm going to do. I'm going to look for an alternative studio somewhere outside New York, perhaps Texas -- another no-income-tax state -- and I'm going to get the hell over there, when a hurricane starts coming our way, 'cause I told Mayor Bloomberg: I'll be the first to lead the way. You know, this is just... I'll sell my apartment. I'll sell my condominium. I'm going to get out of there totally, 'cause this is just absurd, and it's ridiculous -- and it isn't going to work. It's punishing the achievers for the mistakes and the lack of discipline on the part of a bunch of corrupt politicians that have run that city and state into the ground for I don't know how many years -- and I, for one, am not going to take the blame for it.

http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_033009/content/01125108.guest.html

When I am there working I pay whatever, you know, my rate is based on income for that day in New York. And I try to go as little as possible. If it weren't for hurricanes down here, I would never go up there. New York is the escape valve in case hurricanes are showing up in our area, because of the loss of electricity. So I'll tell you what I'm going to do. I'm going to look for an alternative studio somewhere outside New York, perhaps Texas -- another no-income-tax state -- and I'm going to get the hell over there, when a hurricane starts coming our way, 'cause I told Mayor Bloomberg: I'll be the first to lead the way. You know, this is just... I'll sell my apartment. I'll sell my condominium. I'm going to get out of there totally, 'cause this is just absurd, and it's ridiculous -- and it isn't going to work. It's punishing the achievers for the mistakes and the lack of discipline on the part of a bunch of corrupt politicians that have run that city and state into the ground for I don't know how many years -- and I, for one, am not going to take the blame for it.

 

   He did mention Texas at one time, but as far as I know, he was just thinking out loud, and nothing ever became of it.  I don't think he actually owns any stations, but I could be wrong.  He is actually a performer under contract to some mega-owner like Infinity Broadcasting, who sells his program as a franchise, as well as airing him on their own stations.  As much money as he is raking in, however, he could be investing anywhere in anything.

gus.