California thinks the same way. While the population in California decreases, the politicians just figure that the tax base is shrinking. It is not shrinking, it is evaporating. California gives away more money in unemployment and welfare per “client” than neighboring states. So welfare junkies, not being stupid, just lazy are moving into California as those who are hard workers and are being tapped to death move out. This is a double whammy that will drive California into an early grave. Its economy will be dead and buried long before the RATS in control ever get a whiff of the extent of the problem.
The producers are voting with their feet just like the leaches. Woe is California!