Californians are fleeing the state in droves.....273,833 people lost since 2010 (Los Angeles: employment, purchasing)

[ringwise]

Originally Posted by 18Montclair

I am just giddy over the fact that I apparently struck a nerve.

And my entire statement is 100% correct.

California's economy has grown by 1 trillion dollars since the mid 1990s and that is a statistical fact.

In fact, I cant wait for the day when all of these whiny trolls pack up and leave once and for all.

California needs you like we need a cancerous tumor.

Id rather have 10 milliion hard working immigrants than 10 million windbags who are stuck in tje 1950s.

Be gone with you already, we're too busy looking ahead to care.

The above is why I'm one of those whiny trolls that packed up and left. It matters not that your economy grows, if what you spend exceeds your growth.

I didn't want to leave, but UNEMPLOYMENT drove me out. That little uncomfortable truth that Californians like to ignore.

I'm hardly stuck in the 50's, by the way. And I'm definitely hard working. Which is why I chose Texas to move to. And yes, Californians love to hate on Texas, but the fact remains that the economy here is strong, it is hardly the cow town that it is portrayed to be, and Silicon Valley is moving here in droves, as well.

[nslander]

Originally Posted by Wilson502

Is this a legitimate response or are you just being a troll?

Asks the guy portending doom for California from another state.

[Wilson502]

Originally Posted by nslander

Asks the guy portending doom for California from another state.

So making observations = portending doom. Got it. Go back to drinking your koolaid with rainbows and unicorns.

[never-more]

Regarding corporate taxes (not regulations) take a look at this:

Exemptions Pinch Corporate Income Taxes in California - Bloomberg

Your interpretations please.

[bigdumbgod]

Originally Posted by Wilson502

So making observations = portending doom.

If the observations are those that portend doom, then, yes.

Question is, why would one who so proudly escaped such awfulness feel so compelled to painstakingly revisit the forum of the doomed state? Is there not enough going on in WA?

[Wilson502]

Originally Posted by bigdumbgod

If the observations are those that portend doom, then, yes.

Question is, why would one who so proudly escaped such awfulness feel so compelled to painstakingly revisit the forum of the doomed state? Is there not enough going on in WA?

Because I grew up there, spent my entire life there (until last year)and my family and friends still live there, so I have an interest in events in CA and keeping track of whats going on in the state. Theres plenty going on in WA, but CA obviously has more content due to its sheer size. Hell LA county by itself has more people in it than OR and WA put together. Regardless if you think im portraying "doom" but CA does has some very serious issues at hand and simply shrugging it off like nothing is happening seems quite intellectually dishonest.

[Social Democrat]

Good, many more need to leave! There used to be a poster that was fond of posting how many roads led out of CA and it seems like the number was in the 60's - all should feel free to use one at any time.

[midnightfapper]

Originally Posted by Social Democrat

Good, many more need to leave! There used to be a poster that was fond of posting how many roads led out of CA and it seems like the number was in the 60's - all should feel free to use one at any time.

who would fund your delusional, collectivist programs though?

[nslander]

Originally Posted by midnightfapper

who would fund your delusional, collectivist programs though?

We'll just pickup the next round of Federal transpo funds Gov Skeletor (R., America's Wang) refuses.

[midnightfapper]

Originally Posted by nslander

We'll just pickup the next round of Federal transpo funds Gov Skeletor (R., America's Wang) refuses.

precisely. that's the difference between having one of america's most successful businessmen running a state, versus some communist loser who can't hack it outside government/academia.

good luck with your high speed rail to nowhere, i'm sure it'll get built in 30 years and run billions over budget (just like the new bay bridge), lets see how many ****ups they find in the first year.

i bet people will be flocking to that in droves. i mean why deal with cheap one hour flight that departs from any airport in southern california when you can drive to a train station somewhere, spend the same amount of money and arrive four to six hours later?

we barely have any demand on our tri-rail system from west palm beach to miami (which is actually useful), they almost shut the whole system down a couple years back. high speed rail would have screwed florida.

but it's ok my little cherub, just blame the failures of california on racism, financially conservative people, "sour pusses", etc. start crying because those "evil corporations" relocated a ton of jobs to other states with a substantially higher quality of life and lower cost of doing business.

lmfao!