Shapiro’s Backward Budget

Originally published at RealClearPennsylvania

Pennsylvania’s most precious resource – people – are leaving. Gov. Josh Shapiro’s newly adopted 2024–25 state budget, once more, mimics the policies of other declining states, guaranteeing this downward trend will continue.

From 2013 to 2023, Pennsylvania, on average, lost 25,000 people annually to other states through migration.

Where did they go? Recent Independent Fiscal Office analysis shows Pennsylvanians moved to Florida, the Carolinas, Delaware, and Texas. Today, more income flows out of Pennsylvania than in – on net, a negative $2.76 billion.

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