Should Joe Rogan, the $100 Million Dollar Man, Move To Texas?

Evidently Joe Rogan just inked a deal with Spotify reportedly worth over $100 million to make his podcasts exclusive to Spotify by the the end of the year.

This is a very lucrative deal for Rogan, but it’s probably a very savvy move for Spotify as well, the way Sirius XM expanded their market by locking up Howard Stern.

In a very possibly related story, Rogan is also considering moving to Texas:

Here, then, is an honest assessment of the pros and cons of moving to Texas:

Pros

  1. He will save literally millions of dollars by moving to Texas. California’s top income tax rate is 12.3 percent on taxable income of $572,981 and above. Texas’ top income tax rate is 0%. Assuming the Spotify deal was broken up into four yearly chunks of $25 million each, he would save over three million a year in income taxes every year of the deal by moving to Texas.
  2. Your money also goes a lot farther in Texas than California. $1 million will buy you a house in Los Angeles, but in Texas it will buy you a mansion.
  3. Fiscally responsible government means that, unlike California, Texas isn’t going to go bankrupt due to unsustainable public pension debt.
  4. Traffic in Austin or Dallas isn’t exactly good, but it is compared to LA traffic.
  5. Political correctness and Social justice Warriors have less power in Texas.
  6. No earthquakes, and about 98% lower wildfire chances.
  7. The flight time to the east coast (and, indeed, most of America) is a lot shorter from Texas.
  8. No insane hostility to lawful gun owners.
  9. Good deer and wild pig hunting in Texas.
  10. Texas BBQ beats the hell out of California BBQ.
  11. TexMex > Californiamex.

Cons

  1. It’s hot as hell in the summer.
  2. You can’t legally smoke marijuana in Texas.
  3. A lot fewer movie and TV acting gig.
  4. Not nearly as many celebrities within driving distance of your podcast.
  5. There are probably more comedy clubs in LA than all of Texas combined. (Of course, with $100 million, he could always build himself a really nice comedy club in Texas…)
  6. I’m betting California sushi is better than Texas sushi.

So in summary: Come on down, Joe!

California is a nice place to visit, but you wouldn’t want to live there…

(Hat tip: Ann Althouse.)

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