The Socialist Delusion
Liberals are to put it bluntly delusional and insane.
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over & over and expecting a different result - Albert Einstein
And that's socialism/liberalism/communism/progressiveness (or whatever they call themselves today) for you. It is the same old story, even though their ideas and ideals have without exception failed every single time and have caused nothing but death and misery, they are still deluded into believing that "this time it will be different."
Usually this delusion is caused by the belief that the past reason for failure was
1) The right people were not in charge, but the new leader is so much smarter and/or less corrupt than anyone that has tried and failed before, therefore he/she/it will make it work this time. (Hence Obama's nickname "The One")
2) We just didn't spend enough money if we only spend more and spend it sooner…. (2nd stimulus anybody)
3) It's whatever scapegoat/Emmanuel Goldstein they can find fault for opposing them. ( Bush's fault)
4) We just didn't get our message out (aka. The people are just too stupid to see how brilliant we are).
“Anyone who thinks that the same policies that brought about such “successes” like California, Detroit, Baltimore, New York, New Jersey, Zimbabwe, Venezuela, etc. etc etc would work at the United States Federal level is not living in reality to say the least.”
New York, New Jersey and California pay the federal government way, way more than comes back in federal expenditures.
Conversely many other states get far more back in expenditures, than the amount they send to Washington in taxes.
California has borne the cost of millions of illegal immigrants, for decades.
This is a major factor in the deficit budget.
Washington has been doing the deficit spending routine for a lot longer than California has been doing so.