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They called it paradise

Buster Keaton

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California used to be one of best states.
What has happened to California?
California has one of the worst income gaps.
The middle class is leaving California.
California might lose more congressional seats after the 2030 census.


California keeps its title as having the nation's highest …​

Sep 13, 2023 · Congratulations California, you’ve done it again — retained your title of having the highest level of poverty of any state. The Census Bureau …
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U.S. Literacy Rates by State 2025 - World Population …​

California’s 23.1% of adults lacking basic prose literacy skills make California have the lowest literacy rate of 76.9%. The state of California and the state Department of Education are being blamed and sued for the failing literacy rate, …
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Homeless Population By State 2024 - USA Data Hub​

Homeless Population by State 2024
usadatahub.com

California has the highest homeless population among U.S. states. The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) counted around 582,000 Americans experiencing homelessness in 2022, which is about 18 per 10,000 people in the US. This number increased by about 2,000 people from 2020.
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Newsweek
https://www.newsweek.com

California Suffers Exodus As Over 200,000 Americans Leave​

Dec 20, 2024 · More Americans left California between 2023 and 2024 than any other state across the country, according to new data released by the Census Bureau. The Golden State …
 
Extreme progressive democrat politics is what happened to California and the need to tax the hell out of everything in the state to pay for stupidity.
 
Sounds like Fox News has been trying to cover up Trump's disastrous economic policies by ranting about California, especially last night. So we get a bunch of the usual suspects posting their stupid ****ing bumper stickers again.

Uncensored2008 said:
When democrats rule...
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Integrityrespec said:
Extreme progressive democrat politics is what happened to California and the need to tax the hell out of everything in the state to pay for stupidity.
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Ranting on command.

They don't even actually care about California. If they know anything about it, they know it has the fifth largest economy in the world compared to countries. And they are undoubtedly posting from red state shitholes that would collapse without access to blue state money.
 
CA, OR and WA are all victim of their own success. Left-wing politics initially produced positive outcomes, but they carried too far they generated more problems than solutions. Instead of embracing common sense and moving toward the middle they choose to go further left. After all, the people keep voting (D) so they must want more of it. The outcome is always the same. Drugs, illegals, homeless, crime, goverment debt, broken infrastructure, etc. This time around don't expect the Federal Government to bail you out.
 
Democrats believe government is supposed to be everything to everybody including non citizens and criminals. It's not. It's supposed to protect the nation and it's people, and help to provide an environment that promotes opportunity. It's not designed to give everything to everybody.
Democrats are like children who say, "I just feel like....." about everything. No study, no research, no looking forward to the possible effects and certainly no accountability.
It's pretty obvious democrats have lost their way.
 
Fox and Trump rant about California all the time, so it isn't a wild guess where certain folks get their ideas from.....................

 
California has a major gang problem

Gangs, Crime and Violence (California)

No one is immune from the impact that gangs can have on a community. Gang violence is widespread, dangerous and deadly in many California communities.Gangs are not a big-city or an inner-city problem,
kids.networkofcare.org

By: the California Crime and Violence Prevention Center​

No one is immune from the impact that gangs can have on a community. Gang violence is widespread, dangerous and deadly in many California communities.
Gangs are not a big-city or an inner-city problem, any more than they are a problem of a particular race or culture.
Gangs cross all racial, ethnic, socio-economic and geographic boundaries. Gangs are not gender specific.
They exist in urban, suburban and rural communities.
 
California has very high taxes.
So why do they have an incredible amount of debt?

California State and Local Liabilities Total $1.6 Trillion | California Policy Center

California’s total state and local government debt now stands at almost $1.6 trillion, or about half the state’s GDP. That isn’t an alarming ratio when compared to the national debt, which has now soared to 128 percent of U.S. GDP with no end in sight. But Californians carry this $1.6 trillion...
californiapolicycenter.org
California’s total state and local government debt now stands at almost $1.6 trillion, or about half the state’s GDP.
That isn’t an alarming ratio when compared to the national debt, which has now soared to 128 percent of U.S. GDP with no end in sight. But Californians carry this $1.6 trillion state and local debt ($40,000 per capita) in addition to their share of the national debt (about $90,000 per capita).
 

Interesting how you didn't call out Wyoming or North Dakota, which, by your own source, are much worse than California.
 
Phys251 said:
Interesting how you didn't call out Wyoming or North Dakota, which, by your own source, are much worse than California.
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ok
also Wyoming and North Dakota
lol
but it's like comparing BBs and beach balls
 
Buster Keaton said:
ok
also Wyoming and North Dakota
lol
but it's like comparing BBs and beach balls
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Too late. Why do you think there are so few people in Wyoming and North Dakota?
 
Yet they, with insufferable smugness, presume to lecture the rest of us on how the world should be run. True even here on this forum.
 
If you don't like California, don't go there. There are a number of far right wing states that I won't visit.
 
Helix said:
If you don't like California, don't go there. There are a number of far right wing states that I won't visit.
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As you stomp your feet and shake your fists, are you making sure to tell these states that you are taking your toys with you?
 
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