Those that don’t have jobs are now scrambling to pack everything and find more friendly environs for work. California’s sunny weather “sunshine tax” is worth only so much.

Speaking of, I still have a bit of a CA tax bill from earlier years. Maybe I should send Ahnold an IOU. Or a bill for giving him my vote twice….

Here’s LA Mayor Tony V’s latest proposal to waste spend our taxpayer money via the gang reduction slush fund: Scholarships for LA “undocumented”

The sad thing is that when many folks move from California to a new place they instantly being trying to turn their new home into California.

No only from California, when they move down south from New England, New Jersey, New York, etc. they bring the same Liberal tax & spend mentality with them.

“Well, up north we had blah blah blah…”

I envy you so much. If I only had the means to leave…

Grayson on March 13, 2009 at 7:25 PM

Eventually it will come down to not having the means to stay.

I left, back in 2001. I’ll not be returning. I make less where I am, but have more to show for it.

Yes! And the Guns, people can carry guns up here. Verrry Dangerous. And the Cold, did someone mention the cold. Brrrrr! Washington State Bad, Florida Good!

GunRunner on March 13, 2009 at 11:01 PM

I was born in Yakmia if things get too bad down here in San Diego I can suffer the cold of my birth place again… ;p

Buy Danish on March 13, 2009 at 10:37 PM

Sane advice to insane people…..

Brrrrr! Washington State Bad, Florida Good!

GunRunner on March 13, 2009 at 11:01 PM

LOL funny.

The problem is that the posturing and gesturing and out-of-control pandering has to get to an extreme level before the populace pulls the plug on it, and when they do they create an iron straitjacket that often has hidden problems.

Prop 13, for instance, limits property taxes on personal homes — which need only be sold upon the demise of the owner — but also limits property taxes for real estate held by corporations, which never die. This distorts the market to such an extent that a company desiring a headquarters would be better off acquiring another corporation’s stock if they already have a headquarters (with a low assessed value) than buying the same building outright.

It would not unduly surprise me that this current budget gyration leads to yet another nuclear ballot proposition — like eliminating public employee unions, eliminating defined benefit pensions, hard spending caps, or mandated curbs on state legislators. Anger is bubbling up.

I knew two guys who were in the legislature briefly, and they both say it’s completely humiliating, and corrupting if you stick around.

I would imagine it’s the same on the national level. So be ready to hold the Reps feet to the fiscal fire when they win back some seats in 2010.

29Victor on March 13, 2009 at 6:14 PM

I agree. Californians considering moving to Washington should be aware that while it only rains in Washington for 9 months of the year, the other 3 months are freezing cold. Florida is much, much nicer.

Yes! And the Guns, people can carry guns up here. Verrry Dangerous. And the Cold, did someone mention the cold. Brrrrr! Washington State Bad, Florida Good!

Democrats will call Republicans heartless and unreasonable, and Arnold will find any media outlet he can to agree with them. Eventually, they’ll peel Maldonado off again, and raise taxes.

Very true! So true in fact that this point was repeated no less than 3 times :)

All I can add is this: Californians need to drill here, drill now if they want to solve their interminable budget problems without screwing taxpayers and possibly causing a mass exodus.

The sad thing is that when many folks move from California to a new place they instantly being trying to turn their new home into California.

el rey on March 13, 2009 at 7:37 PM

I will actually be warning about the dangers of doing that.

el rey on March 13, 2009 at 7:37 PM

South Florida seems to be suffering from that delusion.
Some cities are becoming unliveable.

Prop 71 “locked down” $3 billion dollars in funding for stem cell research in “Cahlyfornya” over a 10 year period. $300 MILLION dollars per year that is supposed to be “beyond” the Governor and the State’s Legislature’s ability to curtail.

Why is this important? Well, although I admire the California tradition of “proposition” democracy (not) … the rest of us shouldn’t be paying for it. I certainly hope California isn’t given additional “bailout” funds to keep their state government solvent – while they’re wasting 300 Million per year on the luxury of “stem cell research”.

And they aren’t the only ones … New York, New Jersey, Connecticut – they all did have programs like this – and may still have – though their programs may be easier to cut.

This needs to be looked into!

I’m way up north in Humboldt county now Mark. The cost of living is a good 30% less than the rest of the state. And the home values have not gone down as sharply. Then, of course the wages are a bit lower too, but it’s heaven up here compared to the city-dwellin’ rat chasers. I watched the housing boom that started in the eightys and knew this would come to an end sometime. The problem was (as always) as the tax revenues grew with economy, so did the spending and entitlements by our never-ending liberal legislature.

Who ever mentioned tripling the car registration or raising taxes in this thread either left off the sarc tag or is a complete idiot. Paying for stupid out of control social programs by raising taxes just reduces the spending base of the consumers. It would be a recipe for a downward spiral.