[dragnet2]

Actually, in this instance—Michigan is a blueprint for what WILL be happening to California

California's problem is the corrupt political leadership, Michigan's problem is not only their corrupt political leadership, but their main industry was the auto industry, and all of its connecting industries....That all started going south many years ago...And now it's all but dead.

California has 50 times the industry, and other amenities that Michigan just don't have and never will.

Two very different animals.

[OCCASparky]

I take issue (respectfully) with that. California has a similar issue to Michigan vis-a-vis industry, insofar as much of California's industry, like Michigan's is chock-full of unionized labor.

Unions such as the SEIU, UFCW, et al, have choked California economic policies to the point where the ONLY reason California's population isn't also decreasing is the incredible influx of immigrants (both legal and illegal), while the taxbase (yours truly among them) leave by the millions.