[Lancey Howard]

It will take a disaster to undo the Democrat power stronghold that California has become.

Is undoing the hold on power numerically possible? I was under the impression that California had long ago surpassed the 50% parasite line. If there are more parasites than producers in California, the Democrats can never lose. It's not possible.
(Sorry to be a cold glass of water....)

[A CA Guy]

Well I read the other day that the state government of California grew by 40% under Davis in just 4 years.

That won't be sustainable and as the market further collapses in April or so I think the pressure to fill all the handouts will be impossible and it will all implode for the Democrats.

Implosion between 2-7 years IMO!

[Myrddin]

I was under the impression that California had long ago surpassed the 50% parasite line. If there are more parasites than producers in California, the Democrats can never lose.

Remember the bottom 50% pay only 4.7% of the income taxes, but account for most of the services. The top 1% pay 33% of the incomes taxes. Being small in number, they can relocate to another more favorable state. If only half of the 1% decide to relocate, you lose 17% of the tax base. Have you heard any more calls to "tax the rich" lately?

The parasites may be in control at the ballot box, but the people with the financial resources have the means and motive to get the hell out of dodge.