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It is oft said that if you want a glimpse of America’s
future, look to California. The home to Hollywood
has led the way in national trends from the first nofault divorce law and the permissive Therapeutic
Abortion Act of 1967 (both were signed into law by
Ronald Reagan) to the great Proposition 13
property tax cut of 1978. It was California’s populist
tax revolt, stoked by then-former Governor Reagan, which reframed the debate about the proper size
of government and helped propel Reagan to the presidency in 1980.
Today California offers a different vision of America’s future: high taxes, burgeoning government debt,
crushing regulations, rapidly growing welfare rolls, soaring energy costs, and a heavy lawsuit burden
have taken a grinding toll on the once-Golden State.
From 2004 to 2010, as a state assemblyman representing almost a half-million Californians, I had a
front-row seat in what was to be California’s great comeback under Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. It
wasn’t to be. Schwarzenegger was elected in an historic 2003 recall with the promise to “cut up the
state’s credit card.” Not only did Schwarzenegger not rein in California’s spending, he presided over a
growth in government spending and debt even more rapid than the torrid pace set by the Democrat he
replaced, then capped it off with the largest state tax increase in U.S. history combined with a cap-andtrade law that could increase energy costs on the average California family of four by $9,330 per year
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California’s current governor, Jerry Brown, has two goals: a train and a tax.
Appropriately recycled into office, making him at once California’s oldest and youngest governor, Brown
has gone all-in on a money-losing high-speed government train costing $65 billion the state doesn’t
have. If it’s ever built — I co-authored the losing ballot argument against it — unemployed Californians
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have. If it’s ever built — I co-authored the losing ballot argument against it — unemployed Californians
will be able to ride from San Francisco to Los Angeles and pay twice as much as a Southwest Airlines
ticket for the privilege of taking more than double the time to get there.
As bad as it is in California, it may get worse. Proposition 30 is on the ballot this November. If passed by
the voters (it’s ahead in the polls), Brown’s tax will vault California’s already high income taxes to the
highest in the nation: 21 percent ahead of current leader Hawaii.
California’s ruling class has crafted a government-centric public policy: We the People is now Of the
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According to the Tax Foundation, California’s state and local government consumed 11.8 percent of
personal income in 2009, compared to the national average of 9.8 percent. By stark contrast, Texans
pay 7.9 percent of income to support state and local government — making the Lone Star State the
45th-most-frugal state in the nation. Put another way, the cost of government in California is 49 percent
greater than in Texas.
California’s large government pays for thousands of regulators who dutifully churn out thousands of
new regulations, telling business owners that they’re not welcome. In fact, a 2007 study commissioned
by the California legislature to determine the cost of regulations calculated that they amounted to a de
facto tax of $134,122 for every small business in the state. The regulatory burden fuels an ongoing
exodus of productive talent to more welcoming states (see below).
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California once benefited from net domestic in-migration as millions of Americans packed up from the
Rust Belt and moved south and west. But since 1990 the U.S. Census has tracked a reversal of
fortune. More Americans leave California than move to it — a net of 2 million in the past decade alone;
Texas being the number one destination for former Californians. And why not? Texas has seen a 16
percent increase in jobs since 2000 while California’s job market has just recently climbed back to
break-even. I became a new Texan in 2012 (below is a photo of me switching out my California plates
for Texas ones).
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California’s middle class and entrepreneurs have fled while government pay and benefits have soared,
giving rise to a new privileged class of government union employees.
Alongside this California nomenklatura is a soaring number of people on public assistance. With oneeighth of the nation’s population, California has one-third of America’s welfare recipients.
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Ribbey, I'mintexas-----------------------------------------Lam 3:22-23
Heads up!
Oct 21rst!
First day of early voting in Texas!!!!
Romney/Ryan 2012!!!!!
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StanW
Morning, miLady!
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Ribbey, I'mintexas-----------------------------------------Lam 3:22-23
Hey Stan! Good morning!
Seems we have some naysayers on this article... Don't they know? Our Hope Lives and He
has a name!!
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bloodaxe
The population of California isn't shrinking. It's growing by leaps & bounds, thanks to illegal immigration from
impoverished 3rd world hellholes. I live in San Diego. I know whereof I speak.
Diversity is good. Oh yeah.
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Charles Kirtley
Unfortunately for the states where the outbound 1,900,000 Californians settle, they tend to bring California
values with them.
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Madisonian2
Mexicans and Yankees do the same. I think the Yankees are more dangerous, and have created more
damage than the Mexicans. Maybe we need to build the wall not on the southern border, but on the
eastern border of Mexifornia.
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wylieguide
I have lived in Texas and in the North East. There are a lot of "Mexicans" and "Yankees" that
are good people that are proud to be Americans and are terrified with the
Obama/Progressive's dreams of a Big Brother welfare state. The democrats control the votes
in the giant cities in the blue states and college areas where the socialist professors brain
wash students. Once you travel out into the suburbs and rural areas, most people are
moderates that lean to the right.
Anyway, two of my best friends happen to be one Mexican American immigrant, and.one "blue
collar" Yankee
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Ribbey, I'mintexas-----------------------------------------Lam 3:22-23
Texas is still a STRONG Red state! I was born here, and have been here and
politically interested for years... Texas has the least amount of people on food stamps
than anywhere in the county,the least amount of unemployed, the most jobs, and not
only is our Real Industry not suffering a decline, but instead is flourishing!
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Madisonian2
There are some good Mexicans and some good Yankees. But they are a tiny minority.
Most Yankees are like Obama, and most Mexicans are like Sotomayor.
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constructionworker
So glad I left. Closed a business there and reopened it in another state. Currently paying less then half the
taxes I did there. And no, I never voted the Californian way, and never will. The state needs to fail.
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Bonnie Larkin
I love being a Texan - it's a wonderful thing to wake up every morning here ' In God's country '.
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Orwellian_Dilemma
Why do you think liberals want to nationalize everything? If Texans share the same slave chains as California,
it will be impossible to compare the different systems.
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cindy_in_tx
I look at this election as the tipping point. If Obama wins, we'll know the U.S. Constitution is no longer
wanted by a majority of the people. I'd say bye bye to the Constitution if we get one or two more
Supreme Court Justices like Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who told the Egyptians to look to the constitutions
of South Africa or Canada instead of the U.S. Constitution when writing their own constitution. Oddly,
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she says a constitution should protect basic human rights like freedom of speech, but then directs
them to look to the Canada Charter of Rights and Freedom and the South African Constitution, both of
which have specific laws against hate speech that go against the right of free speech.
There is already a growing list of people in the U.S. who want to outlaw offensive speech against
blacks, gays, Muslims, etc. We even have a guy sitting in a federal prison right now for alleged
probation violations because he made a film offensive to Islam. Call me crazy, but I would cut an
Egyptian Coptic Christian some slack about slandering Islam when there are Muslims in Egypt literally
crucifying Coptic Christians these days.
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cindy_in_tx
It's really sad that California is ruining such a beautiful state. I still think something big is going to happen and
they'll pull out of their slump. Perhaps when the economy tanks even more after the cap-and-trade bill takes
effect, they will overturn it and start drilling again. Or some new economic driver will come out of California like
the dot.com and computers did in the '90s. Perhaps this new automatic car by Google that's going to make
that $65 billion train to nowhere absolutely useless. Maybe the gov't of California would embrace it more if it
required new roads to make it work instead of satellite technology.
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zeprin
Tis a good thing you made it out before the rest of us slammed the door and demand a visa + return tix and/or
proof of employment for Cali residents. Kinda like Mexico does for Gringo's.
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wylieguide
The OBONGO red diaper Doper baby progressive islamo azz licking TRAITORS will destroy the remaining
states that are not yet over run with the neo comms transferring wealth to undocumented illegal aliens that will
eventually eliminate prosperity for the majority and turn Texas and other states into a big brother big
government crony capitalist system where there is no accountability.
VOTE THE OBOZOCARE SOCIALIST TRAITORS OUT!
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VOTE THE OBOZOCARE SOCIALIST TRAITORS OUT!
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Ribbey, I'mintexas-----------------------------------------Lam 3:22-23
You don't have to worry about Texas. We can take care of ourselves. That will NEVER happen!
Univision has a new documentary they are putting out on Obama and Holder's F&F
about even more victims..Romney/Ryan 2012!!
BHO is bullshitting Mexico with more new promises he CANNOT & will not keep! The budget CANNOT
be balanced! There is NO money!
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Humorless
So we'll have a national DREAM Act like the one Rick Perry signed???
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Ribbey, I'mintexas-----------------------------------------Lam 3:22-23
shut up TROLL!!
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