[jackmercer]

“the missing California GOPers are in Idaho, Utah, Arizona, Texas and other points east; they were among the creators and producers who left the state due to its uber-Liberal business bashing policies”

California has an almost $2 trillion GDP...that’s a lot of producing. More than Idaho, Utah, Arizona and Texas combined. And they don’t seem to be slowing down as their GDP is going up over 3% a year, 10th in the nation. They are quickly turning into Sweden with little Mexico Cities spread sporadically along the coast but you can’t say they aren’t producing.

I’m with you that they are a a liberal cesspool but when a state out-produces more than 185 out of 193 UN recognized countries and do so at an annualized growth rate over 3%, it’s quite a stretch to say they are losing creators and producers.

[dragnet2]

CA is the economic powerhouse of the U.S. Even when run by socialist and government control freaks.

Given this fact, it begs the question...What’s that say about other states, who’s economies pales in comparison, as the loud mouths in other states bark from the sidelines?

[Wuli]

job growth in the private sector in California had stalled BEFORE the financial crisis of 2008 and in spite of the housing boom; business people leave, illegal immigrants arrive; some towns in the Inland Empire area have illegal immigrant majorities in the local K-12 schools, many whose parents are working on the cash economy for legal Mexicans employing them and property tax revenues and values keep declining;

the only thing keeping some people I know there from leaving is their homes are too far under water

China’s state-capitalist economny is growing too; I wouldn’t move there.

[Alberta's Child]

In some respects GDP is really a measure of consumption, not necessarily production. California has about 12% of the U.S. population but more than 30% of the nation's welfare recipients. That's a recipe for disaster -- and something that you'd typically find in a Third World sh!t-hole. That's also why California consistently finds itself facing state deficits on the order of 7%-8% of its budget.

Every dime that is paid to welfare recipients and then spent by those welfare recipients is included in its GDP, as is every dime that is included in California's massive deficit spending.

[JCBreckenridge]

That’s just swell. Texas is at 3.5 percent growth, 4th in the nation.