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Local economic roots anchor high earners against subnational tax flight.

Despite warnings of a millionaire exodus, state-level progressive income and capital gains taxes consistently outperform revenue estimates because wealthy taxpayers remain highly rooted in local networks.

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The Wealth Tax Question
Washington's Millionaires' Tax: The Dual Showdown of Initiative 645 and Constitutional Litigation

This demonstrates that progressive high-earning levies can be successfully enacted without triggering the predicted flight of wealthy taxpayers.

The Wealth Tax Question
State-Level Wealth and Millionaire Taxes: California's Proposition 40 and Massachusetts' Overperforming Fair Share Surtax

It explains why high-wealth taxes do not result in catastrophic capital flight by pointing out that local ties anchor wealthy individuals to their states.