The cities we were considering were Austin, Nashville, Vegas, Atlanta, Houston, and Orlando. But while I was on a speaking gig in Miami, I drove from the airport across the causeway to Miami Beach and I immediately knew Miami was the place I would move our family. During the book tour, I would shop for places to live and move the offices to. Without knowing where we were moving, we prepared to move. Next, I sold all my cars, canceled a long-term lease, and sold the house. I sold the house and prepared to move to another state. Sure enough, the Governor passed the new tax law and I did exactly what I said I would do. California is the most beautiful broken state in the country and this is just the first of many increases.” This is the State of California admitting it is broke. “ It’s a MASSIVE increase-it’s actually a 33% increase and they won’t be done there. He didn’t respond, but Fox News picked it up and came out to my house and interviewed me: I told my wife, “I am going to write this guy a letter which I’m sure he won’t read, and if they pass this legislation we are moving.” I loved Southern California and had lived there for years, beginning with a home on the cliffs of La Jolla.Īs we started to come out of the contraction and expand, Governor Wilson at that time was promoting a 33% tax increase to go from 10% to 13.3%. We operated three businesses in Los Angeles, owned a home there, and had other real estate holdings between San Diego and LA. This happened back in 2011 and I had just navigated my family and my business through the worst economic contraction of my life with the 2008-2009 recession. Our business move was sending a statement to the government that we will no longer tolerate being pushed around, neglected, and then financially penalized. Just to be clear this was not just about taxes, while that played a part it was also because the state and local government was simply NOT being appreciative of small business owners and entrepreneurs.
I was unable to operate my business in California due to the government constantly interfering with my ability to do business.
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