Washington Policy On The Go is WPC's bi-weekly (weekly during the legislative session) virtual lunchtime event series featuring center directors and guests to inform you on the latest in Washington State policy research and analysis. In this video, we'll talk with Andrew Wilford, Director of National Taxpayer Union Foundation's Interstate Commerce Initiative about a new study showing outmigration between the states.


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00:00 - Introduction,
01:50 - NTU report on “one taxpayer leaves every 29 minutes 55 seconds”
02:11 - How IRS migration data works
03:02 - Washington’s rank: from #10 in-migration to #43 outmigration
04:15 - Who is leaving: higher-income taxpayers and brackets
04:48 - Spillover effects when wealth leaves a state
06:58 - Top net in-migration states
07:50 - “No income tax” in Washington and the capital gains excise tax
08:41 - Tax hikes vs tax cuts: what migration data shows
10:18 - Do taxes really drive people out? Debunking “fair share” claims
13:36 - Washington’s largest tax increase ever and new tax proposals
17:19 - Policy climate, constant new tax ideas, and taxpayer psychology
19:15 - Education spending vs results and government performance
21:00 - When the next IRS migration data might arrive


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