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Californians Are Fleeing The Golden State At An Alarming Rate
Toogood Reports ^ | September 22, 2003 | Michael D. Shaw

Posted on 09/22/2003 9:40:55 AM PDT by Vindiciae Contra TyrannoSCOTUS

Perhaps it's fate. California, named after a mythical island of paradise, as described in a 16th century Spanish novel, may have been too good to last. Whether you blame incredible amounts of immigration [nearly 12 million people in the last 25 years or so into a current population of around 35 million], overcrowding, high taxes, or the most socialistic state government in the country bar none, Californians are leaving at an alarming rate.

Of course, there are those who are taking a more sanguine view. They would argue that there have been plenty of migrations in the US, starting with the general "Manifest Destiny" trend westward, even before that term was coined in 1845. There was much movement of industry out of traditional New England centers starting in the 1920's, and there was significant migration of Southern blacks to the North starting even earlier in the 20th century. Notably, there was much movement to California, spurred first by the Gold Rush, and then by the aircraft boom of World War II, not to mention the mild climate. Relax, they would say. This is just another population shift.

Point well taken. Still, it's cold comfort for those who have grown up here, and have seen the changes first hand. We remember when California public schools were the envy of the nation, and we remember when the Los Angeles Times took an arch-conservative editorial stance. We remember city, county, and state politics before their every aspect was dominated by racial overtones, and we remember when film production actually occurred in Hollywood.

Indeed, the very industry that gave California most of its glamour has all but vanished, leaving behind little more than office towers and historical studio buildings filled with administrative functionaries. What other industries might depart the state? Rather, we should ask what industries have to stay here.

Fortunately, agriculture, the foundation of the state's wealth, will top the list. Mining, fishing, forestry, and their secondary processes would round out those basic endeavors that are intimately tied into the physical geography. The military is well entrenched here, but bases have been known to close. Government has been a major employer, but will be affected by an ever shrinking tax base as industry moves out. Public sector cutbacks are inevitable, as are higher taxes, which will cause more businesses to leave, in a truly vicious circle.

Population-fueled enterprises such as education, health care, and construction will change dramatically. At some point, the state will have to bail out of running its impossibly expensive elementary and secondary school system, embracing, I predict, a voucher model. Publicly funded hospitals will be crushed by the burden of illegal aliens, and as the state loses its middle class, builders will either be erecting large apartment blocks or mansions. There will be scant need for new commercial or industrial development.

Given the disastrous employment prospects, many productive and able bodied young people will continue to leave, further intensifying the basic problems. At that point, the state will be forced to create tax-favored enterprise zones to lure industry back into California, but the long-term benefit of such policies is dubious at best. New Hampshire, to name one state, has shown that the most splendid "gimmick" is to have no gimmick at all. Just keep taxes low, workers educated, and the environment favorable for business.

But this precept is lost on an arrogant and despotic Leftist leadership class, that ultimately survives based only on the ignorance and naïveté of the have-nots, and the desperate guilt of so many of the haves.

© Copyright 2003 — This report, is submitted by the writer for publication exclusively in Toogood Reports, but remains the property of its author and may not be reproduced in whole or in part without the writer's express prior written consent. The opinions and facts expressed herein are those of the writer alone, who is solely responsible for its contents, and does not purport in any way to represent Toogood Reports, its owners or its management.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: exodus
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To: Joe Hadenuf
The more liberals that leave Cal and head to Colorado is a good thing. They'll love the coming winter......

The first thing they do is buy a big ole Excursion, then preceed to hit every available thing on (and off) the road during the first snow. One can be practically assured that the SUV going by you at 70 mph in a snowstorm is going to have California plates...

21 posted on 09/22/2003 10:12:36 AM PDT by RoughDobermann (Nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.)
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To: Vindiciae Contra TyrannoSCOTUS
"He (Hanson) says when he grew up in the nearby San Joaquin Valley, the majority of the population were Mexican immigrants who had become Americans and who made a genuine effort to become "acculturated" and to assimilate into mainstream American society.
Hanson believes that type of immigration established a healthy pattern for all concerned. "When people came from Mexico in numbers that were smaller and would allow greater chance for assimilation -- along with legalities so that they didn't live in the shadows of society -- they were less likely to be exploited by employers, they were more likely to vote, and they were more likely to learn English," he says.
But now, the professor says, thanks to uncontrolled immigration, the region's population is composed mostly of illegal aliens who live in separate communities, isolated from mainstreaming influences."

My family's lived in California for over 120 years, and I agree with Hanson. The borders are a federal issue being ignored by the federal government. The problems become the state's and cannot be ignored.
22 posted on 09/22/2003 10:13:28 AM PDT by LibertyAndJusticeForAll
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To: RoughDobermann
I wish my sister would leave. Cash in on the real estate bubble before the doodoo hits the fan.
23 posted on 09/22/2003 10:13:36 AM PDT by Taiwan Bocks
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To: hapy
I could careless about CA. they deserve just what they are getting

Deported illegals return, steal same jobs September 22, 2003 -- A small company in Canton, Georgia (30 miles north of Atlanta) was recently raided by the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Twenty five illegal aliens were apprehended and deported to Mexico. Within a week and a half, all were back on the job with phony IDs and SS #s.

Owners of the firm threatened legal American workers with reprisal if they reported the violations to law enforcement. The company is Japanese owned.

24 posted on 09/22/2003 10:14:58 AM PDT by Joe Hadenuf
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To: Mini-14
Illegals flooding into Chicago

9/4/03 -- On Tuesday, September 2, passengers were not allowed to immediately deplane when their flight from Phoenix landed in Chicago. BICE found 89 illegal aliens on board the flight. Most were from Mexico. Officials in Chicago say that it's likely that about 1,000 illegals arrive in the Windy City daily using the airlines.

25 posted on 09/22/2003 10:16:11 AM PDT by Joe Hadenuf
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To: Mini-14
No use running I think. The decline is rapid and there is little in the way to stop it wherever you live. It is my prediction that CA. will suffer a meltdown and require a Federal bailout, but then again I think Tom Chittum's thesis that CA is the flashpoint for "Civil War II" so what do I know.
26 posted on 09/22/2003 10:16:59 AM PDT by junta (Xenophobia a perfectly reasonable response to the feckless stupidity of globalism.)
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To: narby
Things are heating up in Georgia

Atlanta -- 8/27/03 -- 7:10 am PDT -- A construction contractor reports that Latino workers in and around Atlanta are becoming very militant. They are angry over increased immigration law enforcement, and claim harassment by blacks. Urged on by Spanish language media, including pirate stations, they are planning civil disobedience... or worse.

27 posted on 09/22/2003 10:17:06 AM PDT by Joe Hadenuf
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To: RoughDobermann
What are we, about 2 to 3 weeks away from the first bumper car event on I25 and I70? Especially all those new car like SUV's with "traction control" and "anti-skid" technology - right off the road and into the ditch at 70 mph on snow/ice.
28 posted on 09/22/2003 10:18:06 AM PDT by mpreston
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To: Taiwan Bocks
About 35 of my relatives still live there and most of them are VERY liberal and think Davis is doing just fine, it's all Bush's fault. There is no way to convince them of anything else, even as they pay outrageous taxes and fees and bills and hear about Davis's inept, corrupt leadership. They blame those stories on the vast right wing! They won't leave ever, they love the state.
29 posted on 09/22/2003 10:20:07 AM PDT by BonnieJ
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To: BonnieJ
They won't leave ever, they love the state.

I love the state too, and I stand to the right of Bush. Your in Arizona? Isn't that were they are legalizing illegals too? I'd rather fight a political fight in California, then live in the blazing brutal desert of Arizona.....No offense.

Oh, and your relatives sound like certified idiots.

31 posted on 09/22/2003 10:24:30 AM PDT by Joe Hadenuf
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To: kaktuskid
Maybe they need to have a chat with the KKK!

Why, because some in Georgia have had it with illegal aliens?

DOH!

32 posted on 09/22/2003 10:25:51 AM PDT by Joe Hadenuf
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To: mpreston
Four wheel drive = four wheel skid! :-)
33 posted on 09/22/2003 10:29:47 AM PDT by RoughDobermann (Nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.)
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To: kaktuskid
Things are heating up in Georgia

Atlanta -- 8/27/03 -- 7:10 am PDT -- A construction contractor reports that Latino workers in and around Atlanta are becoming very militant. They are angry over increased immigration law enforcement, and claim harassment by blacks. Urged on by Spanish language media, including pirate stations, they are planning civil disobedience... or worse.

Maybe they need to have a chat with the KKK!

I think a chat with President Bush and Tom Ridge would be a little more appropriate. Don't you?

34 posted on 09/22/2003 10:29:59 AM PDT by Joe Hadenuf
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To: Vindiciae Contra TyrannoSCOTUS
Stampede!!
35 posted on 09/22/2003 10:30:29 AM PDT by mewzilla
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To: Joe Hadenuf
No offense taken. We left with job transfers over a decade ago. But there are some nice things about Arizona (we have forests too), and we just bought a summer home on a lake in the Seattle area! Some of my relatives fit your description well...certifed idiots!
Many people would certainly commend you for staying and "fighting a political battle". We do have more illegals in terms of percentages, there is sadly real truth in that. And now a corrupt governor too. California IS a beautiful place! And generally the real leader of the country in lots of great ways. I did not intend to insult my former home state, if that was your impression.
36 posted on 09/22/2003 10:40:04 AM PDT by BonnieJ
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To: Vindiciae Contra TyrannoSCOTUS
.....if everyone's leaving California, how come they're building thousands of new houses? Go 25 miles north of Los Angeles and it looks completely different than it did 5 years ago because of all the new houses and shopping malls that have been built recently......and they can't build them fast enough because new developments are still in the design and construction stages.......
37 posted on 09/22/2003 10:44:36 AM PDT by sfvgt ("if you're gonna shoot, shoot, don't talk"(Tuco: the good, the bad, and the ugly))
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To: hapy
got to love liberals, when the going gets tuff... the liberals run for the hills

Watch it there bucko!

The liberals have created the problem in California and actually are arranging for more of the same.
In the face of a remarkable deficit the legislature continues to spend like drunken sailors. And the moron voters continue to elect and re-elect them.

So... what leads you to think they would want to leave?
Me? I have lived here all my life and am on the list of refugees first chance I get. And trust me, liberalism and "progressive" BS is the least of my interests.

38 posted on 09/22/2003 10:47:05 AM PDT by Publius6961 (californians are as dumb as a sack of rocks.)
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To: BonnieJ
My point is what ever is happening in Cal, is happening just about everywhere. From lack of jobs to the invasion of illegals. It's hard to escape unless one plans on going to the middle of no where. Most people can't or don't want to do that.

Smart move on the summer home......

39 posted on 09/22/2003 10:47:08 AM PDT by Joe Hadenuf
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To: hapy
got to love liberals, when the going gets tuff... the liberals run for the hills

This is great news. Nevada or Kansas would be a great place for them.

40 posted on 09/22/2003 10:48:53 AM PDT by Joe Hadenuf
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