California somehow manages to recover from the non-stop fires, homelessness, and crime that your uncle always hears about on Fox News to overtake Japan as the fourth largest economy in the world, also growing faster than the US national average. California is now the 4th largest economy in the world https://www.gov.ca.gov/2025/04/23/california-is-now-the-4th-largest-economy-in-the-world/
Great! They can stop whining about ho much money they don't get back from the feds and let the feds develop other economies!