Posted on 01/28/2013 8:21:21 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Phil should have stated his reasons. California needs to know why.
Still, Florida ain’t California. My brother lived in LA for 15 years and told me “There’s a reason people pay so much in taxes to live in California. It’s worth it”.
This is mostly true, about Mickelson being a good guy on the Tour.
I don't think that this is necessarily a question of "cajones" however, it's a question of ties. Mickelson has built quite a life for himself, and has family, and undoubtedly many friends in California. I suspect he would have no problem picking up and moving his own family, but such a move impacts his entire social circle. It affects his children's schooling, their friendships and activities, as well as his wife and him personally.
I know moving is sometimes a part of life, and many good things can come from it. But this issue is escalating because his current state's government is out of control, and perhaps through no fault of his own, his family may be faced with few choices. Perhaps he's "firing a shot across the bow" of the CA state legislature, and trying to subtly influence them.
Unfortunately, I bet they are bringing their LIBERALISM to the states they are moving to!!
RE: My brother lived in LA for 15 years and told me “There’s a reason people pay so much in taxes to live in California. It’s worth it”.
1) Where did your brother move to after 15 years?
2) Did he explain to you what’s worth all the taxes to live in California?
RE: Unfortunately, I bet they are bringing their LIBERALISM to the states they are moving to!!
I am puzzled as to why liberals who move to other states (conservative ones) INFECT those states with liberalism.
Why don’t the conservative states ever “infect” (for want of a better word) the liberals who move in?
I have heard that, when we finally leave here, I will bring a Conservative viewpoint.
He left LA to sponge off my mother after my father died.
He didn’t pay his taxes. He’s a liberal. But he also didn’t make that much.
California is eat up with people who will not leave California no matter how much their taxes go up. The ultra-rich will leave but find a way to come back without paying taxes. Florida is hot as hell except when it isn’t and you have to deal with hurricanes.
RE: Two things I garner from what you’re telling me:
1) Your brother isn’t the 1% so he doesn’t care if taxes go up on the wealthy. THAT is exactly what makes California a paradise to these people. All you need is enough people thinking this way and California will be on its way towards Europeanization.
2) What California has going for it is something no other state, no matter how prosperous they are, can ever compete with -— GREAT, MODERATE WEATHER.
This is something people will pay a premium for until the taxes become unbearable.
Is Phil bound contractually to the state of California? If not, he owes no one an explanation why he moves out of state or where he moves to.
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