The exodous out of California — mostly heading to Texas
Which, in most cases, means “moving to Texas.”
Just as long as they leave their big-government, high-taxes, socialist utopia ideologies that bankrupted their home state behind.
Via NBC Los Angeles:
About 100,000 more people moved away from California in 2011 than relocated to the Golden State, according to the latest report from the U.S. Census Bureau.
The trend can be explained, in part, in monetary terms. Even in an economic boom, the cost of living in California has increased, prompting people to move out, and, in recent years, unemployment in the state has skyrocketed.
So, where are these former Californians going?
The Census Bureau calculates that the most popular destination is Texas (58,992), a state that is luring California companies. That’s followed by Arizona (49,635), Nevada (40,114), Washington (38,421) and Oregon (34,214).
This is what happens when you try to steal more than half of the income of the dwindling number of makers (to give to the takers). They leave. Ironically (and predictably), when California passed Prop. 30 to legalize the rape of it’s wealthiest citizens by jacking up their tax rate to nearly 52%, the state’s revenue actually fell by 10.8% last month. A shortfall of $806 million.
Let it burn to the ground, I say.
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Of course it’s convenient to ignore that Texas receives more federal money than California. #2 on an absolute basis, lower top 10 on a per capita basis. The Californians, at least, are trying to pay for it cash-and-carry.
Texans unfortunately still can’t ween themselves from Obama’s teat (despite their deep-seated hatred for him). Maybe it’s similar to how every never-worked-for-it trust-funder I’ve known resents his parents. No one likes to be reminded they’re a dependent. Is it any wonder your governor instantly and articulately squelched all the wistful secession talk?
Also, do you really think these Californian emigres are politically aligned with you or Rand? Keep believing that, dude.
Per The Economist, 2011 federal spending was $2,348.8B in Texas, $3,913.3B in California versus federal revenues of $2,738.6B from Texas, $4,249.5B from California. A bit of simple math shows net federal revenue was $389.8B from Texas, $336.2B from California – or $53.6B more from Texas than California. So your 1st point isn’t true and that kind of blows out your 2nd point. Californians aren’t trying to do a d—-d thing but put off the day of reckoning.
The rest of your argument is just leftist/liberal/progressive verbigeration and not worth the time to respond to.
You know what, you’re right. I looked up similar numbers that are in the ballpark with what you’re saying. It’s easy to get hung up on partisan ad hominem attacks and assuming Texans bring in no revenue. Shame on me.
My primary point stands though- the idea of painting Texas as some Ayn Randian paradise (Californians “going Galt” by moving to Texas) is flawed. Federal stimulus money closed 97% of the state deficit in 2010 alone.
Finally, if your idea of a positive outlook for Texas hinges on maintaining a conservative status quo, then perhaps you shouldn’t be cheering on immigrants from California.
Didn’t say Texas was a Randian paradise – good thing, because Rand was a controlling, obsessive freak – nor did I say that Texas didn’t make use of tax dollars laundered through the federal government.
But your primary point does not stand – the above numbers put paid to the idea that Texas is a federal welfare case and that is the core of your argument. Post-facto evasions and qualifications won’t put Humpty back together again.
Perhaps you should have made note of my comment below – there is no ‘cheering on’ of California immigrants (though I doubt many of them subscribe to California’s prevailing ‘rob Peter to pay Paul, then rob Paul’ ethos) to Texas, but it’s hard not be grimly amused by the prospect of California having to live with the mess it’s created.
Many of us are far from “cheering immigrants from California.” Quite the opposite. Every last out-of-state plate on a “luxury” car from California is another big-state parasite come to suck the life out of once was a lovely place to live. Every last East and West Coaster who’s settled here has worsened and weakened Texas. They continue to mouth their smug, disingenuous idiot White platitudes while making the largest carbon footprint they can (since the sale of their tiny abodes in their home states enable them to buy mini-mansions here in Texas).
Personally, I think internal passports (such as the former Soviet Union had, and such as Obama is considering for the U .S.) would be an excellent idea. Keep all the parasites where they are and let them languish in the filthy excrement they made of their beds.
And no, I’m not “hung up” on “partisan” attacks. I loathe the repukes as much as the dims. People get the economy and the government they deserve – and they deserve to get it, good and hard (h/t H.L. Mencken).
Saw something recently showing most of those emigrating from California are going to Nevada. Fine with me – I had my fill of whiny immigrants during the 1980′s oil boom (thank Ghu most of them skedaddled).
More interesting – more people are moving to California than are moving out. The problem being those moving out have money, those moving in don’t. The ‘generosity’ of California’s welfare system is a large part of the reason they’ve got 12% of the nation’s population and 33% of the nation’s welfare cases.
I was reading somewhere that the majority of those moving out of California weren’t natives but came there from someplace else.
Problem is Robbie I don’t think a lot of them ARE leaving their big government is the only solution ideas back in Cali. They’re bringing them HERE.
Soon enough California will be asking the rest of us to bail them out, along with Illinois and other bankrupt states. I say make them stay in California. They’re going to bring their bad habits with them and try to impose them on the rest of us.
I will be the first one Dianne to scream against any bailout afforded to Illinois ever!!!! I think, if this comes to pass – Madigan and company need to cough up the dough. Best from Chicago..