The article implies this is some unexplained mystery. “Gee, don’t Californian’s have it rough?” No idea that voting for Democrats on almost every state an local level just couldn’t be a factor.
Sorry for my fellow conservative brethren in CA, but this is what people in California keep voting for so they must be okay for it.
Young folks on blogs often ask “how do I go from broke to wealthy”.
If they live in CA the answer is a no brainer.
Run.
Factoid—the median CA home costs five times as much as the median WV house.
(...while median CA salaries are less than double median WV salaries)
The inflated CA numbers means higher federal and state income taxes on top of all the other damage.
I heard groceries are so high, Pedo Joe is going to declare Thanksgiving, “Taco Thursday.”
That is a low ball number. On average the penalty has been 30-40% for over a decade — and that is before that corrupt BeijingBiden admin took basics like food and gas out of the CPI.
But there is a solution.
Move.
It’s the “Sunshine, Coastline, and Gorgeous Places” tax.
Yes, but they earn an extra $80,000 vs living in the Midwest.
Yeah, but they get $100k a year in govt benefits, right?
And that's not counting the "attitude tax."
Going to California with an aching in my heart.
No extra charge for the wildfires and power outages and crime, so that helps.
I was born and raised in Southern California, Bellflower Paramount, and Downey areas.
I figured it out in 1979, get out! The Democrats are destroying the state. So I left.
California the instruction manual on how to fail at everything.
Hate this place but locked in with few options if any to escape.
You can be making $20/hr and it will only pay for a 1 bedroom apt ($2,000 a month) and utilities and a old car with some food and no money left over.