Following up on last week’s post: Census Data — Population Flocks to States Without an Income Tax: New York Post, States Taxing Themselves to Death, by Dick Morris:

High taxes kill states. There can be no better evidence than the 2010 Census. The states that lost House seats — because they’re shrinking, relative to the nation — had taxes 27% higher than the ones that gained seats.

Of the seven states that don’t have a personal income tax, four (Texas, Florida, Nevada and Washington) account for eight of the 12 seats apportioned to the fastest-growing states.

New York and Ohio lost two more seats. Other losers — down one each — are Massachusetts, Missouri, Michigan, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Louisiana and Iowa. What do they all have in common? High taxes. …

The states that lost seats ranked an average of 24th in taxes and had an average tax burden of $2,267 per capita. … The states that gained seats ranked an average of 39th in taxes and had an average tax burden (weighted) of $1,788 — 27% lower than the losing states. …

The trend is unmistakeable: The “losing” states drove out their high-income citizens (and middle-income jobs) with heavier tax burdens.

Update:  Some States Are Taxing (and Freezing) Themselves to Death