Yeah, but what about NY and NJ and others? I WANT to see some of these states suffer for what they do. If they do not suffer they will not stop. Furthermore, my philosophy and common sense tell me that they CANNOT continue, but it seems that I am wrong.
I agree and the argument is correctly made here that “the rest of the country” should not bail out these Communist hellholes.
My point again, is that we are electively, already doing it. No, not with taxes taken literally at the point of a gun, but with funds funnelled from the rest of the country for tourism (NY and CA), technology(CA), and entertainment (CA and to a lesser extent NY).
I live in St. Louis. The state of Missouri pretty much exists on its own. We don’t have California’s massive entertainment, agricultural and computer industries, nor do we have the relentless national and international draw of a New York City. These MASSIVE external inflows of cash have allowed, in my opinion, for an incredible amount of fiscal misbehavior from the idiot socialists “running” those states.
Like you, I’m amazed that the once magnificent Golden State has been able to hold on so long. Steely Dan from the late 70’s:
“California....tumbles into the sea...”