CA is is the Democratic now Socialist blueprint. Just about every non gay working person I know who is not employed by the CA govt is against what is going on. But, CA handouts so much money to the unemployed, and provides such massive services to immigrants - illegal and otherwise... we need to hire more social workers, teachers cops and firemen. Then our politicans promise those guys high 5 to six figure salaries... (I am friends with cop who makes great money and my brother in laws neighbor is a fireman making 160 to 170... with overtime).... and crazy retirment benefits. In short so many people are on the CA handout list that working people in private industry can no longer outvote them. so the democratic legislature spends more than we have even though the have incredible revenues.... just to keep the voting numbers skewed in their favor. New york did it first prior to CA... and I am sure other big east coast cities followed the same pattern. Handouts bring in freeloading democratic voters.... then you have to support them with social workers cops firemen and teachers. soon the govt freeloaders then overwhelm the working people. If the country does not have the balls to tell CA and other bankrupt states to reset to market salaries and renegotiate retirement benefits. The larger blue states will take down the rest of the country.... The dems in CA have done this on purpose... 32% of the nations welfare recipients are here. It is a sick disgusting plan and it must be stopped. The federal govt can not bail us out --- not if you are patriot. Democrats must be stopped. We must get back to balanced budgets. Contracts must be renegotiated to sustainable levels.
once again, we arrive to this disconnect where you and reality don't seem to meet. and once again, it is because you make statements like "texas isn't much better" without looking at the economic facts behind it. california is much, MUCH worse. instead of focusing on republican and democrat (your MO) focus on what is causing this problem and understand WHY it is much worse.