California,you must keep in mind Margaret Thatcher's famous words: "the problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money".
“magnet for every parasite” - true that. California has one-third of the nation’s welfare recipients. As a native Californian and life-long Republican I believe it is time to end that.
https://www.quora.com/Does-California-really-have-30-of-the-USAs-welfare-cases