There’s a right way for Fortress California to hunker down

The Sacramento Bee ^ | January 22nd, 2017 | By the Editorial Board

[Mariner]

Saturday’s extraordinary protest marches notwithstanding, California greets President Donald Trump with a fresh eye and high hopes that he will soon earn the benefit of the doubt.

But it’s not for nothing that Golden State Democrats have spent the past three months girding for chaos.

We extended health insurance to millions under the Affordable Care Act. Trump and the Republican Congress have vowed to dismantle it and replace it with – well, they haven’t yet said what.

We are the sixth largest player in the global economy. Trump has vowed to end the North American Free Trade Agreement and bashed China and Mexico, major trading partners.

Immigrant labor and diversity are woven into our cultural and economic fabric, from the fields of the Central Valley to the startups of Silicon Valley. Thirty percent of our workers are immigrants; an estimated 1 in 10 is undocumented.

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But too many red lines, and California will start to look like a bulls-eye. Better to be shunned and left to go about our business than to be targeted.

[ScottinVA]

How’s that secession thing going, California?

[mewzilla]

Go about your business? You mean sucking off the federal government’s teat? Talk is cheap, California.

[trebb]

Kind of ironic that those who think that “America First” is a misogynistic phrase have no qualms about being “California First” or “Me First”....

[Neoliberalnot]

“We are the sixth largest player in the global economy.”

And $400 billion in debt.””

Yes, and CA owes at least $10,000 per violation of federal immigration laws plus the cost of sending each of these illegals back home.

[Mariner]

“You mean sucking off the federal government’s teat?”

While I understand your sentiment, I do not mistake it for fact.

CA sends more money to DC than it gets back in any/all Federal spending. All the other states are on CA’s teat.

Edify yourself.