It will be interesting to see how California copes with the taxation. Democrats like to talk about raising taxes but only if they can get Republicans to go along with it. Shared blame is very important.
People live so tightly these days that you have to warn them before you reduce their pay because of a tax increase. You wouldn’t believe how much it pisses people off, especially Democrats.
Ya taxes can can suck, but being very frugal on all purchases covers it, plus we don’t buy anything unnecessary and haven’t for about 5 years now. It’s the price of living in paradise.
Ya see, the year round near perfect Mediterranean style weather here is worth a fortune to us.
BTW, we went deep sea fishing last Christmas Eve, BBQ’d in the afternoon, while wearing shorts....