claim: "the most significant driver of out-migration [from rhode island] is the estate tax."
author: ocean state policy research institute
evidence_1: jan 27, 2011 ... the study identifies the estate tax as the "most significant driver" of rhode  island's out-migration. before 2010, rhode island levied an estate ...
evidence_2: the most significant driver of out-migration is the estate tax, especially ... between  2000 and 2003, rhode island has lost residents to out-migration in every year ...
evidence_3: feb 15, 2011 ... today, minnesota's mark dayton proposed higher income tax rates on taxable ...  the reluctance of people to do so gives states significant room to tax top incomes.  ... that rhode island's estate tax (which applies to estates worth more than about  $850,000) is the main driver of out-migration from the state.
evidence_4: jan 20, 2011 ... the latest example is rhode island, where one group says the rich are ... "the  most significant driver of out-migration is the estate tax," the ...
evidence_5: more than any other ... 8.5%. 11.0%. 13.5%. rhode. island. 3.1%. 6.7%. 10.1%.  13.1%. verm. 0.0% .... “the most significant driver of out-migration is the estate.