Those who can most afford it are leaving Portland

 Breitbart:

Multnomah County, Oregon, lost 14,257 taxpayers, which resulted in a $1 billion loss in tax revenue, according to local media.

The Democrat-run city of Portland is in Multnomah County, and that’s where most of these losses came from.

That 14,257 number is not the city’s net population loss. That is merely the number of tax filers who fled. You can bet their families went with them.

What is especially interesting about this news is who is leaving: “The average income of Multnomah County residents who moved away in 2020, the most recent figure available, was 14% higher than of those who moved the year prior[.]”

That’s the news that should worry Democrat city officials most. Normally, it’s the other way around.
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These numbers are from 2020 and 2021, and this local media report blames the population loss of all these wealthy taxpayers primarily on the anti-science lockdowns Portland’s Democrats inflicted on their citizens. Naturally, this local media report fails to mention the weeks and weeks of Black Lives Matter and Antifa rioting that was allowed to go on. Also not mentioned are Portland’s exploding crime, homeless, and addiction problems.
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Voting for Democrats in Portland has been a mistake as have the policies they have imposed on the city.  I doubt the politicians who made the mistake are willing to admit it, but if the voters are smart they will, and change the leadership.

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