Progressives Destroying State Economies

Let's start with California, because dunking on Newsome and company never gets old. Yamaha Leaving California for Greener Pastures in Georgia

Another major company is abandoning California and moving to a red state. Yamaha Motor Corp. has been in Cypress, California, for 50 years, but is now relocating to Kennesaw, Georgia.

Obviously that move, which impacts about 250 employees, won't happen overnight.

Yamaha plans to start the exit in late 2026, with the transition stretching into 2028.

Then there is Washington State. The Democrats in charge of that state decided that they needed to enact a state income tax, which they have never had. (Or not had for a long time, anyway.)

So Starbucks is leaving that state, as is the founder of that company.

DEVELOPING: Starbucks founder Howard Schultz announces that his family is leaving Seattle for Florida the same day Democrats passed an income tax on Washington state

Starbucks corporate is moving to Nashville

The wealth exodus is underway. Democrats have killed WA's economy pic.twitter.com/4O8Dk0tPaI

— Ari Hoffman (@thehoffather) March 11, 2026