stephen moore.ce in-laws across the street. >> you know, he said, "i'm finally settlin' down. you know, i got a family. besides takin' care of his mother, he had somebody else he could actually take care of. >> reporter: and kids couldn't come fast enough after that. elizabeth was born about a year and a half after the wedding. >> do you remember the day she was born? >> oh my god yes. and i can remember standing at the nursery, and he stood there with his arms around me. crying, both of us, lookin' at her. >> reporter: kathleen seemed born to be a mother. and stephen? >> and all of a sudden it all came together for him. and his daughter made a man out of him. >> reporter: that should have been the beginning of the happy ending for stephen and his wife kathleen. but in 2010, on a monday morning in august, stephen just didn't show up for work. the guys at honda called kathleen. she hadn't seen him since early morning. >> i knew somethin' was wrong, 'cause he's -- he's there before me. and when he did

host: stephen moore of the heritage foundation in "the washington times" this morning writes about aeport called rich states, or states. we find that five of the highest tax blue states in the nation, california, new jersey connecticut and illinois lost residents. meanwhile, the big low tax red states, texas, florida, north carolina, arizona and georgia gained about as many of these new residents. guest: when talking about tax at the state level, this is something people bring up. these high income tax states people are fleeing those states. taxes matter but they are not the only thing that matter. of course there are people moving out of california to florida as of taxes that it is not the only reason. host: are there states that are in a bind because they cut their taxes? guest: the most recent example is the kansas issue. the kansas governor there had a bunch of the cut taxes significantly for individuals but also had the exemption for pass-through businesses. he did this expecting there would be some sort of reflow of revenue. but what do you look at -- you can only do that with