The massive government employee obligations of CA and my state of NJ make them toxic to businesses and wealthy individuals; who wants to buy a piece of these huge IOUs by moving here?
While some here insist those workers should be paid their pensions because they were “promised”, I have no problem cutting them to $0; these workers have raped us financially for decades now, and enjoy benefits we (their employers) haven’t seen in decades as well. Hell, here in NJ so many of the workers in our capital live right across the Delaware River in Pennsylvania!
Years ago a fireman friend was insisting that my town needed a paid department, while his own beloved wife and children slept soundly in one of our many towns with unpaid volunteers. If he lost his whole pension I’d be OK with that.
I have no problem cutting them to $0;
And i have no problem moving into your house and you buying my food.