The Democrat war on success has claimed another victim—and handed Florida another victory. Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz announced his move to the Sunshine State just hours after Washington's Democrat-controlled legislature passed a devastating new wealth tax on Tuesday.
The timing couldn't be more telling. While Washington Democrats were busy figuring out new ways to punish achievement and drive out job creators, Schultz was already planning his escape to Republican-run Florida, where Governor Ron DeSantis has built a business-friendly paradise free from the left's tax-and-spend madness.
This is exactly what happens when radical Democrats get their hands on state governments. They immediately start treating successful Americans like ATM machines, thinking they can squeeze them indefinitely without consequences. Well, here's your consequence: the very people who built businesses, created jobs, and generated tax revenue are voting with their feet.
The Great American Tax Migration Continues
Schultz isn't alone in this exodus from blue-state tyranny. Wealthy Americans have been fleeing Democrat-controlled states in record numbers, taking their businesses, their investments, and their tax dollars with them. Florida, Texas, and other Republican-led states are reaping the benefits while places like Washington, California, and New York watch their tax base evaporate.
What did these Democrat politicians think would happen? That successful Americans would just sit there and take it while progressive lawmakers raid their bank accounts to fund more government bloat and woke programs?
The beauty of our federal system is that Americans can vote with their feet when local politicians become too corrupt or incompetent. And that's exactly what's happening across the country as families and businesses escape the Democrat plantation for states that actually respect hard work and success.
Meanwhile, President Trump's America First agenda continues to create the conditions for businesses to thrive—but only in states smart enough to embrace pro-growth policies instead of socialist wealth redistribution schemes.
How many more job creators need to flee before Democrat-run states learn that punishing success only guarantees failure?