I think one of the reasons Texas is successful is BECAUSE our Politicians aren’t particularily skilled. In Mississippi, the politicians are heroes because they bring home the pork....Mississippi is also 50th. Texas’ heroes are the cowboys, oilmen, bankers, construction workers, roughnecks, etc. Skilled politicians tend to be SOOOO “smrt”, they write up new regulations and taxes to enslave folks. OUR politicians are usually pretty good at staying out of the way.
California is expensive because TOO MANY people want to live here. The state produced jobs. There are 38.4 million folks living in California, according to Google, in 2012--TWO years ago.
Once they get here they don't leave, even if their jobs do. They go on welfare.
Then, of course, there are the illegals living here. Also from Google:
Illegal Immigrants in California and Los Angeles County
According to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), an estimated 2,830,000 illegal immigrants in California.
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The illegal immigrant population of the United States in 2008 was estimated by the Center for Immigration Studies to be about 11 million people, down from 12.5 million people in 2007.
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OF COURSE, the illegals want welfare.