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Much as I think people should Google shit themselves far more often than they do: 
You make the claim, you provide the source. It's not our job to verify your claims.
Since 2016, it's just not worth it to look up every claim made by strangers on the internet. Bring proof or don't make the claim.
Officially launching on Thursday, the first-of-its-kind effort is led by state lawmakers in California, Connecticut, Illinois, Hawaii, Maryland, New York, and Washington—collectively home to around 60% of the country's wealth. >

Damn, this is kind of big tbh. >

Of course Congress won’t act. The overwhelming majority of them are in the top 5% >

Many started out well off and ended their tenures fabulously rich. All on like a 150k a year salary. >

"If we raise taxes, they will leave the state and then we won't get anything"
Where do you think they got their wealth in the first place? From mooching off your state. Taxing them higher or make them leave, both earn more money for the state. >

How does making them leave earn more money from the state >

Why would they leave? >

Why wouldn’t they? Residency isn’t a big deal at all for a billionaire >

Yeah, if I'm a billionaire I would totally move out of state to somewhere like Mississippi or Indiana to avoid the miniscule hit on my wealth.
The wealthy aren't going to go anywhere. >

A billionaire moved from NJ to FL and they actually had a budget shortfall because of it. >

Source? >

Gargle on these google results. But really you can literally google billionaire moves from NJ creates budget shortfall. 
Let me know if you need more help boomer