First of all, California resources and services cannot support the current population. There’s neither enough water nor housing, and getting a camping spot in our state and national parks often requires a reservation months in advance.
Second, those who are leaving tend to be people who don’t support the progressive policies that could make this a better place to live.I say, offer incentives to encourage more people to leave. The lost tax revenue argument rings hollow, because even with everyone here and paying taxes, these problems were not being adequately addressed.While the loss of more than 500,000 people over the last two years may indeed be of concern in some sectors, look on the bright side.
Rent control and eviction moratoriums destroy any incentive to provide rental housing. Spending billions on trains reduces transit availability and use. Soft-on-crime district attorneys ensure that crime pays. California’s public interest is being systematically mismanaged by career politicians indulging an electorate that wants to be fooled.One glaring omission on why people leave is the high state income tax.
We live in Eagle County, Colo. Six families that we personally know have left California due to the onerous tax rate. All six of these folks are seven-figure earners.How long can California function if its tax base is eroding?People are leaving California? Good — fewer people on the freeways.California is short many hundreds of thousands of housing units. I recently sat in horrible traffic that moved two miles in 15 minutes.
opinion Replaced by illegal immigrants. What could go wrong?
opinion Because the people leaving are the ones with resources.
opinion Because the people leaving are the ones that pay taxes and fund the Bloated state and government handouts.
opinion Let's get rent under control.
opinion Works for me…go! Don’t let the door hit you in the ass when you leave.
opinion Right…only a liberal would think having the largest homeless population is a good thing while losing the smart people…
opinion But isn’t the homeless population rising?
opinion It will lessen the 'housing crisis'!
opinion Open borders for thee, internal passports for me. ne0liberal Noahpinion AlecStapp