Yup, you are correct. There are many reasons why I left CA. :D
The go-along-get-along attitude of most CA conservatives is one of them. They’re getting screwed and even if they realize it, few of them will do anything about it.
They’re essentially selling the rope with which they will be hanged, and that’s not a brilliant idea.
My friend...you have hit the nail on the head. My partners and I developed a hotel on the old Ontario speedway in the mid 80’s and at that time it was still OK for the most part...but I remember telling the General Contractor at the time...CA was headed for tough times after having to jump through environmental hoops to get permits and fooling around with union thugs. I distinctly remember some dumbass union pukes trying to throw beer cans up and hit some guys that were non union putting up our Hilton sign on the top of a 10 story building. I ran a union steward off the site one time and was told I couldn’t do that...to which I replied...I just did..and the next thing I’ll do is fire the sub that let the worthless POS on our property...Never heard another word. Guess they figured that us hicks from Oklahoma didn’t know better (grins)