By Bethany Blankley, includes “As more Americans move to lower-taxed Republican-led states, a new report by the Tax Foundation indicates that taxation levels play a direct and indirect role as factors contributing to migration patterns. … ‘The picture painted by this population shift is a clear one of people leaving high-tax, high-cost states for lower-tax, lower-cost alternatives,’ Walczak wrote.” (Note: See also ‘People are fleeing hi-tax states with poor government financial management’ and ‘States, taxes and the burdens that matter.’)