Here’s a bit of good news: California’s economy is improving! Of course it is not true and this pronouncement comes from a liberal think tank, but hey it sounds so good doesn’t it?
What’s laughable is that The Rockefeller Foundation and Yale professor Jacob Hacker claim this “improvement” is proven by the fact that the percentage of California’s families reporting a major economic loss last year dropped by 1.4%, which is a whole .10% better than the national average. The fact that California is so economically distressed and has been for so long that there are few families left to experience economic losses doesn’t seem to enter into Professor Hacker’s formula.
Now for some reality: according to those who study the fiscal and economic health of a state, a much more honest measurement is the “U-Haul Index” which examines the cost of moving in or out of a given state. The latest U-Haul Index, the one-way cost of renting a 20 foot truck to go from San Francisco to San Antonio Texas is $1,693, yet making the trip in reverse costs only $983.00 for the same truck.
People are voting again, only this time no amount of voter fraud can change the outcome. Americans are moving with their feet. They are packing up and leaving California and its insane policies for the relative financial safety of Texas. The exodus is being fuelled by higher and higher taxes, higher unemployment (even with Democrats announcing the numbers), forced union membership and a hostile climate for business in California. On the scale of friendliness toward business, California stands the 48th out of the 50 states and Texas is just 9th. The tax burden is 1/3 less in Texas than it is in California.
The percentage of Californians in poverty is growing so far that although it represents 12% of the nation’s population, it accounts for 1/3 of all of America’s welfare recipients.
In each of the last eight years Texas has been the number one state for inward migration and California has been dead last in this category.
Let the Ivory Tower preach empty words about things improving in California, but the truth looks like things aren’t getting better. The voice of the people is too loud to be ignored: California is the place to be from and Texas is the place to go.
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THAT would only work if the WELFARE families moved to Texas!
It’s laughable if it wasn’t so sad that the liberals think the people who work for a living are leaving California while the “I want my free stuff” crowd stays around will make the states financial situation better .
Are there any politicians here that want to help pay my move to Texas. Since it will help out California’s Economy you should love to do that?
And the jealous, covetous and envious little people just voted themselves the right to steal more of the hard working successful peoples’ money. How will that work out as even more businesses, jobs and movers and shakers close up shop and leave the state? Gov. Moonbeam’s and the Demoncraps in the state are laughable idiots. Wait til they realize (if they ever do) that by forcing people out of the state they have lost even more than they have gained.
I’d hate to be on the Texas receiving end of those California residents fleeing to Texas! Think for a moment how this will affect Texas politics? While those Californians may be leaving for economic reasons, that does not mean in any way these fleeing people are conservatives, much less sharing the same ideals for Texas as Texans do. You can bet there are PLENTY of California liberals picking up and moving to Texas bringing their liberal agenda with them. This will only hurt Texas, Texans and their current events concerning secession. The last thing anyone needs right now id Californians fleeing their state bringing their baggage with them for others to have to contend with!
Michael– Deo Vindicabamur
I’ve lived in Texas since 1976. My father is a native and my sons were born here. I love Texas and you echo my fear. These people will not park their politics at the state line. I don’t want them coming here and messing up our good thing. Conservatism brought us prosperity but Liberal loons never learn–they just default to the same losing positions. I fear for the great state of Texas.