[DRey]

“net maker” not “net taker.”

I've heard that quoted several times, but never seen the proof. Where is that evidence? Does it take into account the billions in subsidies for things like solar and climate change junk? Does it include food stamps and payouts from Dept. Ed., things like that? It may. I'm not doubting you. Just curious.

[PaleoBob]

Plus, the “net maker” thing relates to the PEOPLE of the state, and the wealth they generate as part of the USA.

The state itself is just another welfare state in a long line of them.

How in the world would an “independent” California support its enormous welfare population?

The people’s wealth would immediately begin to dissipate in part because the tariffs to do business with the USA would erode their bottom lines; plus, the people of independent California would have to pay 100 percent of the welfare tab.

[truth_seeker]

It has been consistently shown for many years. Yes it takes all of those things into account.

I think it is “fake news” on the conservative blogosphere, that California is a dismal place.

http://www.economist.com/blogs/dailychart/2011/08/americas-fiscal-union