Earlier this week we at UP trekked to Palm Beach (yes, a tough job, but somebody has to do it), for a press conference with FL Governor Ron DeSantis.  We highlighted our new Vote With Your Feet website showing where people and money are moving to and from.

The Sunshine State is the big winner gaining a net 1.5 million people and $1 trillion of cumulative income over the past decade. The only other state that comes close to this infusion of cash and talent is Texas – which also has no income tax.

Most of the inflow into Florida and Texas comes from high-tax blue states – particularly New York, California, and Illinois. DeSantis reported that for the first time Florida cities are seeing lots of license plates from California – and the refugees aren’t coming for the balmy weather.

Florida has no income tax and no death tax but still has the largest budget surplus of any state. DeSantis now wants to work with Laffer on a Prop. 13-style property tax cut and cap measure.

There are a lot of talented Republican governors, but it’s hard to argue against DeSantis as the best in class.