God I hate that I’m currently stuck having to work and pay massive amounts of tax to this lunatic state.
Truly humuliating...
I was talking with a guy that has a son going to a private college. He was talking with me and my daughter - telling her to be nice to dad (me) and go somewhere cheap.
“Yeah - if your last name isn’t something like Yakasuka it is REAL expensive.” (I’m guessing that was his last name - he’s Asian.) I’m not sure why Asians get the preferential treatment - other than I suppose to make the colleges more “diverse”.
(”Okay - we already have plenty of rich white kids - now we need some rich Asian kids for diversity.”)
Try leaving. You’ll have to convince the Franchise Tax Board that you have actually left the state. It’s not what they want to hear.
“God I hate that I’m currently stuck having to work and pay massive amounts of tax to this lunatic state.”
I understand your frustration.
BUT you do have a choice. It’s not an easy choice, but we all have the option to go Galt. If materialism isn’t important to you, it can be done.
We escaped Mexifornia to a rural, conservative area that is less expensive. We are becoming self-sufficient while also opening 2 small businesses to provide income and to do jobs we enjoy. The best thing about being self-employed is we can put $21k each into our 401ks each year (we’re over 50) plus a percentage of our profits, thereby controlling our taxable income.
Feeding the fascist beast just encourages it.