Unless you\u2019re about 100 years old, or you\u2019ve spent a lot of time in the state of Massachusetts, there\u2019s a good chance you\u2019ve never heard of something called \u201cThe Curley Effect.\u201d It\u2019s named after James Michael Curley, who served four terms as mayor of Boston from 1914 to 1950. He also served in the House of Representatives, and he was governor of Massachusetts for one term as well. So for a half-century, he was a very well-known figure in Boston. They called him \u201cThe Rascal King,\u201d and he was quite popular with Boston\u2019s poor \u2014 particularly the Irish population.<\/span><\/p>\n Source: Britannica<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The funny thing about James Michael Curley, though, is that despite the fact that he kept getting elected to high office, he wasn\u2019t actually a good politician. He wasn\u2019t even close. He committed numerous crimes, including mail fraud. He served part of his term as mayor in a prison cell. And under his watch, by every objective metric, the city of Boston declined dramatically. The population stagnated, even as other major cities grew exponentially. Manufacturing jobs left the city. Boston\u2019s finances collapsed to the point of near-bankruptcy<\/span><\/p>\n So how did James Michael Curley hold onto power for so long, despite doing such a horrible job? It doesn\u2019t seem logical. So a couple of economists at Harvard decided to look into it. And what they found was that, by dramatically raising taxes and using taxpayer funds to hire poor Irishmen for fake government jobs, James Michael Curley had driven wealthy people out of the city. The rich people decided to get out of town, before the city of Boston would steal any more of their money. And as a result of this mass exodus, the share of low-income residents living in Boston \u2014 the core demographic supporting James Michael Curley \u2014 grew substantially. The economists called this tactic \u201cThe Curley Effect.\u201d The idea is that, if you want to retain your grip on power even though you\u2019re doing a horrible job, then your best course of action is to drive all of your political opponents out of town. There\u2019s no reason not to shower your preferred demographic group with all kinds of welfare, fake jobs, special status, and so on. You can simply loot the city\u2019s treasury, for decades on end, before the city finally goes bankrupt. Every worthwhile person will leave, but your voters will remain. That\u2019s \u201cThe Curley Effect.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n It\u2019s also a very accurate way to describe how Democrats plan to govern every major city in this country for the next 50 years. It\u2019s not an exaggeration to say that, for large portions of this country, the future is going to be built by Leftists \u2014 particularly women and foreigners, in many cases \u2014 who deliberately seek to drive away everyone who\u2019s competent, sane, and productive. And if you doubt that, take a look at this video from Seattle\u2019s socialist mayor Katie Wilson. She\u2019s asked about the impact of Washington State\u2019s new 10% tax on millionaires, as well as Seattle\u2019s aggressive new taxes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Watch how she responds:<\/span><\/p>\n INSANE. Seattle\u2019s Socialist Mayor responds to exodus of wealth from Washington state by saying \u201cBYE\u201d \u2026 then laughing. We\u2019re doomed. pic.twitter.com\/gP8CbPkqEl<\/a><\/p>\n![\"Source:](\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2026\/04\/Mayor-Curley-421x576.jpg\")
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