[SmithL]

Burdened by taxes and ever-growing regulation, the state is routinely rated by executives as having among the worst business climates in the nation.

Life in this Workers Paradise!

[ConservativeMind]

Yeah, you’re dang right that I’m enjoying California’s pain.

I love to see the idiocy of liberal thinking cave in on liberals.

[martin_fierro]

On the upside, our chickens now have the right to nice, roomy cages.

[Vigilanteman]

There is nothing wrong with California that kicking out most of Los Angeles County and the coastal areas between Marin County and Santa Barbara wouldn’t solve.

[EagleUSA]

The Economist cites “dysfunctional government” as a major California problem. It adds, “No state has quite so many overlapping systems of accountability or such a gerrymandered legislature,” and describes the state’s ballot measures as the “crack cocaine of democracy.”
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In the seventies, Taxifornia was the model state of the nation. It was number one financially, in education quality, in business climate and activity, in productivity, and demographics. We had CONSERVATIVE leadership in the governor’s mansion and in the legislature. We had normal, healthy business minds responsibly running the state. It truly was THE GOLDEN STATE.

Then the fools in the state started bringing in LIBERALISM. And everything has gone down hill ever since. This state is in the crapper thanks to runaway spending, runaway confiscatory taxation, and demographics that cannot be easily differentiated from Mexico. It spends WELL OVER $10 BILLION per year to support an ILLEGAL ALIEN LIBERAL VOTING BASE all courtesy of the state taxpayer. And now the liberals have spent the state into oblivion — refusing to CUT SPENDING AND TAXATION AND REDUCE THE ILLEGAL ALIEN WELFARE STATE —— this is what you see today. Individuals and businesses leaving the state in record numbers and state revenues falling faster than we even know.

Liberalism and the power-mad fools that enable it are sick. They have destroyed a once-beautiful state that its residents were proud of.

[bill1952]

Well, Kalifornia alway bragged that it was the leader in the U.S, that it was the cutting edge, that as goes Ca, so goes America.

It goes both ways.

[ScottinVA]

I’m from there and still have family living there, but I will never call CA my state of residence again. I prefer to live in the USA. By repeatedly electing candidates who tax and spend with abandon, whaddaya expect? My dream scenario is all conservatives (this time, not libs) migrate out of CA to neighboring states and reorient those states’ political direction back to the right. Meanwhile, leave the (formerly Golden, now) Corroded State to the libs and mexicans to pick over the carcass. CA is a lost cause.

[Buckeye McFrog]

True “schadenfreude” was demonstrated by a Michigan politician who sits on a board which determines the disposition of water from the Great Lakes. (water cannot be diverted out of the Great Lakes watershed unless this board approves, and Michigan always casts a veto). In a televised interview he stated, and I quote...

“So, you wanna move out of Michigan to get away from our snow and our high taxes, and move out there to Phoenix or Vegas for the warm weather, sun and low taxes? Well F**K YOU! You’re NOT getting our water!”

[Richard Kimball]

Maybe some are getting enjoyment out of California's problems, but I know I'm not. When I go to a car wreck, and a drunk driver is dead, I get no pleasure from that. It's a confirmation of what I know happens. There are direct results of actions.

What we're seeing in California right now is the direct results of actions taken over the last few decades.

[GonzoGOP]

Now we are not supposed to criticize the people of California, or New York for that matter. How many years did we have to deal with LA Law and other TV shows and movies telling us how wonderful life was in California. We were pummeled with insults and told how all of us hicks in the flyover country should be like California. I remember the ‘70s when the people in California were pointing at the shuttered factories of the rust belt from their Silicon Valley mansions and telling us how we should all be like them. To the people of California, turnabout is fair play, and payback is a b!+ch.

[GOP Poet]

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[mewzilla]

From Laffer, Moore and Tanous and their must-read book, The End of Prosperity....

Bankruptcy 90210

A preview of coming attractions.

[M203M4]

California needs to do what New York is doing - pay for media stories which extol the virtues of the state, with an emphasis on the cultural strengths of its largest cities (I know I chose my state and city of residence on the basis of nearby art houses, performances, and such...not) as well as “the high concentration of skilled, educated workers” (which are apparently like geographic features - immobile). At this stage, only propaganda can be used to convince investors and entrepreneurs to expand or remain in New York, New Jersey, or California.

The daily fishwrap distributors are low on cash, but I am not sure if they yet take IOUs.

Helpful verbiage for pimping California:

- the schools are not dysfunctional - they are differently functioned (and must be swell because spending per capita is so high!)
- crime is not rampant - the social fabric is “unique” and reflects a vibrant cultural framework which transcends American ethnocentrism and normative behavioral roles ascribed by traditional regressive, reactionary influences
- taxes are not a burden; taxes are a blessing because they permit for the transport, education, and health infrastructure that modern businesses need to succeed. Plus, compared to a few European countries, taxes aren’t so high anyway...
- regulations are not crippling; regulations are needed to ensure healthy environments, safe workplaces, equitable living standards, and general oversight needed for businesses to thrive and to promote the life-work balance demanded by the new generation of young workers. If you don’t like 100% of existing and pending regulations, it also means you want dirty water, dirty air, and poop covering all the food you eat. You also hate children.