[Carry_Okie]

I suspect it won’t be long before some of us in Texas start to feel the same way about people on the East and West Coasts of the US who don’t want to work real hard either...

The people who work in Silicon Valley start-ups make Texans look like laggards. 80-hour work weeks here have been common for decades.

[Doulos1]

Well the West Coast refers to East Los Angeles as well as
Silicon Valley doesn’t it?

[Vigilanteman]

The people who work in Silicon Valley start-ups make Texans look like laggards. 80-hour work weeks here have been common for decades.

I'm sure the illegal aliens, sluggards and welfare queens greatly appreciate the taxes which they contribute, don't they?

[rcrngroup]

The people who work in Silicon Valley start-ups make Texans look like laggards. 80-hour work weeks here have been common for decades.

Yah, but most of the Silicon Valley folks still vote for socialist demoRATs, who want to tax & spend us into oblivion. I know.... I was on assignment in Silicon Valley for 3 1/2 years. One other thing that I noticed was that a lot of folks (in the company I worked for at least) just kind of hung out at the office after 5 pm - 9 pm, either bs'ing or just working on stuff that could just as easily be done the next day.

[tpmintx]

Hi Okie,

I lived in Cupertino for a year, and West San Jose for 4. I know that the valley carries a big part of the country. However, California is in deep trouble because so many people in the rest of the state are not pulling 80-hour weeks. Or even 40. They may be showing up for 40, but that’s all.

Move to Texas. No state Income Tax.