My home city since 1970-75 has lost 125,000 residents. My argument is that if these cities just continue to impose higher and higher financial burdens, the end result is they make the city richer and poorer, because every time they ratchet the tax up, they drive another big segment of the middle class right out of the city. You cannot destabilize the middle class. They are going to find the relief that they want. They vote with their feet.
Discussing the impact of financial burdens on American cities and the middle class.
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