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California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s repeated claims in recent weeks promoting his state as more tax-friendly than Florida and Texas don't add up, according to an expert who ran the numbers.

"Texas and Florida are the REAL high-tax states," Newsom recently posted on X.

"Your middle class pays more taxes in Texas than our middle class in California," Newsom said in Texas. "It’s a great mythology, it’s just ‘the richest of the rich come here because they can avoid paying a damn penny."

The comments drew pushback from conservatives on social media, including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, and from Just Facts President James Agresti, who says he looked into a "number of different angles" to determine the "validity" of Newsom’s claims.

"I looked at how much is each state taxing each of its citizens on average? So if you look at California, they collect about $10,000 a year in taxes for every person in the state, whereas the figures for Texas and Florida are only about $5,000, or about half as much," Agresti told Fox News Digital.

Comment:

The reason Gov. Newsom makes this statement?

The Dems are doing whatever they can when it comes to taxes and.......  Some Citizens are moving out to Texas and Florida.  Just a thought.