But any talk of "cutting California off" over sanctuary status is a bit silly.
CA is a net contributor...by about 20%...to the Federal budget and the largest market for everything in the country.
Nearly all tech is here along with about 25% of the nations agriculture.
The socialist states seem to be growing economically faster than the reothers.
The socialist states seem to be growing economically faster than the others.
The article is pure propaganda.
CA is not in good shape and their economy is not as robust as stated.
I worked for a 100 year old company who bought a similar company in CA. Eventually, it brought the bankruptcy of both companies. The TX based company never had an unprofitable year, last year in business they made over 1 million bottom line. The CA company consistently lost more than the TX company made. BAMM! Both gone.
The Looney Left in CA is killing the state.
Let’s look at just one problem, of the many not mentioned, the welfare rolls. One-third of the people on welfare in the US live in California.
If California was a stand-alone country without an inflow is US tax dollars, picking up that expense alone would sink their economy.
Not enough? Where does California get its electricity? Cut off or put a tariff on electricity from other states, and where are they? I ask, because they are going to be hard to spot in the dark.
Not to fret. The lefties will fu*k it up in good order. They always do. But it’s important to me because of the ports.
You can’t always go by what those left wing idiots do. Remember when they fudged the books to the point that the governor was recalled and Arnold stepped in?
Unemployment in the "deplorable" Deer Hunter states: Pennsylvania 5.0%; Ohio 4.9%; West Virginia - 4.5%; Michigan 4.2%, Indiana 3.2%; Wisconsin, 3.1%. (Average 4.15%)
Yeah, California Boomin' -- considering their business environment, $15 minimum wage, spending and debt is Rosy Scenario on marijuana.
There is no economic reason why both the USA and California can't exist as independent countries. The issues preventing that are political and not economic.
#CALEXIT: how can I help make it happen!
Please. Spare me. The problem isn't the size of our economy. The problem is we vote greedy left-wing Libturds to manage it.
I drove through Sackatomatoes last week for the first time in years and I was appalled at the conditions the roads were in.
With the amount of money we pay in gas taxes, property taxes, lumber taxes and the thousands of other things we are taxed for, you'd think those roads would be paved with gold. Instead, it's like driving on a washboard while playing dodge-the-pothole.
Give me The State of Jefferson. Dammit.
Right. It’s sometimes easy to overlook the sheer size of the state. California’s coastline is comparable to the length of the Eastern Seaboard from Portland, Maine to Norfolk, Virginia.
Sounds like his job is to put out positive projections.
The weather is and will always be fantastic but I think we here in California are pushing her luck pretty hard.
the software industry is fairly more mobile than, say, smelting steel or stamping out car parts: those Industries are much harder to relocate so state government can extort them rather more easily.
I think if we keep piling on the high tax and lavishing Invaders with benefits When push comes to shove we might suddenly find here in California that all the computer companies go somewhere else.
The thing that anchors such workers to California are basically desks, computer profiles, mortgages and the kids schooling.
They could pick up a naked leave, sure.
The part that really amazes me is the blase attitude of the authorities towards the rickety power infrastructure.
One thing those rich companies cannot do without is electricity, yet the state government is playing hard and loose with those things.
What if we had a bunch of riots and then a string of brown outs..? I don’t think those companies would stay here.
In 1775, England had the strongest economy in the history of mankind. That didn’t stop a bunch of colonists here in North America from deciding to throw them the hell out.
California has nearly $300 Billion (1.3 trillion) in unfunded pension liabilities.
Their economy is self-sustaining. There is enough economic diversity and a large enough population to create synergy - like a hurricane feeding on itself.
But slowly but surely as it kicks the props out from under itself and business ans high-income individuals flee it will be more like Illinois very soon. One need only look at Connecticut to see what happens when wealth flees.
Let’s see what things look like in a couple of years when the new taxes (just in gasoline: an additional 12 cents starting November rising to 19.5 cents by 2020) kick in and capital flees.
..the wheels are coming off in CA. Honest analysis of the facts proves it. Lord willing we will be leaving soon...
Is CA doing so well because of their management style or in spite of it?
Here's how it compares to California in GDP:
Russian GDP is also smaller than the states of Texas and NY.(and even South Korea)
California now 5th largest economy. England now 6th. Whatever a person can say about Cali; take a look at England! A Socialist sink hole. The standard of Living in England is only better than Mississippi of the USA. Some how being better than 2017 England is sort of a sad comparison.
Having left California a year and a half ago, my only comment is that the author is delusional.