ME is the highest taxed state in the nation.
What about NY and NJ?
According to the tax foundation, ME was 15 in 2008.
http://www.taxfoundation.org/taxdata/show/336.htmlPeople tend to move there because they are rich and want to live in/near the ocean/mountains/lakes or because they want handouts from the government.
Rich people don't live in ME year round. They get summer homes here. There is a reason they call it the Vacationland State. Sounds like an opportunity to make money off of rich people to me.
I doubt many people move to ME for the government handouts, but many of the people here do have an entitlement mentality.
You moved there knowing it had the highest taxes in the nation after doing lots of research.
You knew the voters in ME are just are the least pro-liberty voters, in general, in the US and are getting worse, on average, every year. Many of the better voters are moving to NH and the tend has been happening for decades.
I don't vote, and I don't plan on running for anything, so I don't care about voters. People with pipe dreams care about that stuff.
No one moves to Maine for freedom but many people move to Maine because they are highly against freedom and want to reduce it.
Please provide some evidence to support this claim.
One thing I know... NH has some of the
worst marijuana laws in the country.
As far as personal freedom goes, Maine is #2 according to your pal J.P. Sorens.
http://www.statepolicyindex.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/freedom-in-the-50-states-an-index-of-personal-and-economic-freedom-by-ruger-and-sorens.pdfTable IV: Personal Freedom Ranking
State Personal freedom
1. Alaska 0.272
2. Maine 0.193
3. New Mexico 0.138
4. Arkansas 0.125
5. Texas 0.121
6. Missouri 0.110
7. Oregon 0.104
8. Idaho 0.100
9. Virginia 0.100
10. Wyoming 0.095
11. Vermont 0.093
12. Arizona 0.089
13. New Hampshire 0.087
14. Utah 0.086
15. Kansas 0.085
16. Colorado 0.084
17. West Virginia 0.080
18. Tennessee 0.059
19. Indiana 0.049
20. Michigan 0.045
21. Montana 0.029
22. Mississippi 0.027
23. Florida 0.022
24. South Dakota 0.007
25. Iowa 0.006
26. Kentucky 0.003
27. Oklahoma -0.002
28. Hawaii -0.009
29. Pennsylvania -0.018
30. North Carolina -0.022
31. Minnesota -0.036
32. Nevada -0.045
33. North Dakota -0.047
34. Nebraska -0.055
35. Washington -0.055
36. Delaware -0.060
37. California -0.063
38. Connecticut -0.082
39. Wisconsin -0.089
40. Louisiana -0.098
41. South Carolina -0.102
42. Georgia -0.106
43. Alabama -0.107
44. Massachusetts -0.109
45. New Jersey -0.120
46. Ohio -0.124
47. Rhode Island -0.163
48. New York -0.188
49. Illinois -0.213
50. Maryland -0.294