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>You know how that ends:
> The bureaucracy feeds at the pig-trough first, the politicians find more pigs to feed, and the producers somehow cut back or give up or go underground or leave.

Can you give me some examples of where that has happened?

I can't think of a more "pig-trough first" city or state in the US than NYC or NY state.
There are social groups in NY and Federal prisons composed of NY pols doing time for massive corruption.
The NY senate majority leader and the speaker of the house recently joined the groups.
I probably missed it but I haven't seen the rush of millionaires leaving.
On the contrary, there are waiting lists for $20 million apartments.
San Francisco is another example of major handouts being doled by raging redistributors.
It's booming.
NJ's prisons are full of pols.
Try to buy a house in Short Hills for less than $10million.

Where did you see it?