Last time I checked, California was one of the top 10 economies in the world by itself and paid more money to the Federales than it got back.
I don’t know if there is a problem with the way these things are measured or not.
But I still would not be sad to see it go. We would get rid of two Democratic Senators, and its 53 representatives would reallocated among other states, some, perhaps, to new conservative districts?
Perhaps you misunderstood my post. When I wrote California was a welfare state it was in the context of how many of its inhabitants are on benefits. Spain has no benefits. They have Socialized medicine for citizens and limited unemployment compensation if you lose your job but no welfare.
No there would be less representatives because there would be less population.