As Larry Elder tries to unseat California Gov. Gavin Newsom in next week’s recall election, a new study shows that business flight from the Golden State — to Texas, Florida and elsewhere — is poised to double compared with 2020. Other surveys show the California dream now offers the worst biz climate in the USA. How did such a God-blessed land of opportunity turn into the place business goes to die?
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22 replies on “California Bleedin’: Business Flight Doubles in 2021 — Now the Worst Biz Climate in USA”
The rents are low?!
Left LA back in ’14. Cause I couldn’t get a job after I got laid off. Again. Last time I was in Hollywood, ’16, the whole place reeked of bum pee.
I live in California and Larry Elder is definitely going to get my vote (after I vote yes on the recall). If you live in California, you can help Larry at ElectElder.com If by some dastardly reason Larry doesn’t win, move over Scott I’m moving to Texas!
Larry Elders will indeed get the votes, but he’ll be denied the office because that recall will be as rigged as the last general election.
I sure hope you’re wrong about that!
I’m one of those who bailed on California and took his business with him. I live a much better and happier life in the rural/semi-rural mid-Atlantic now and you could not drag me back to California at gunpoint.
I mean that too. I still have clients in CA and I’ve made it solidly clear to them that I will not set foot in that hell-hole again under any circumstances. If they want me to keep working with them then I’ll find a way to address their needs that does not involve me getting on an airplane and landing at LAX. If that’s not good enough then it’s “good-bye”. And …
Now I sleep like a baby, my blood pressure is back to something reasonable without medication, I never, ever have to worry about a place to park and I don’t even see a multi-lane freeway more than a couple times a year.
I had to think hard about joining this website and paying membership dues because Bill Whittle does live in California and pays taxes, a tiny portion of which come from my lowest tier bare minimum membership. I judged the net gain worth it because Bill, Scott, Steve and now Zo are great people and outstanding Americans but — I still cringe at the idea that so much as one penny that was ever in my pocket ends up in the coffers of the State of California supporting politicians that are distinctly and undeniably not good people and are the worst example of Americans.
I grew up in the rural area of a Northern Tier State. I have travelled literally all over the world and lived in both urban and rural environments in many places. I know the difference between good, bad and acceptable. California is a third world country that just doesn’t realize it yet and that is very sad for the Californian who still live there and are themselves good people and good Americans.
Despite the efforts of those good Americans, Californians have done this to themselves and I have zero pity for those responsible. They’re getting exactly what they deserve. I hope they get it good and hard too.
There are only two vectors for politics in America.
The first is that of a true Statesman who believes in the foundational principles of our Constitutional Republic and the sanctity of a representative democracy. His goal is very similar to that of a physician, to cure what ills can be fixed and to do no harm otherwise. This is a very, very rare person.
The second is that of the power seeking, avaristic, grasper who is willing to stack up bodies to use as a ladder to whatever personal peak they might achieve. This type tries to masquerade as the first type and will use all sorts of empty appeals and hollow promises so as to appear as much like a true Statesman as possible. This is the more common of the two types.
Most common of all is a mixture of the first type and the second type with a variable ratio. There are politicians that are more Statesman and less grasping worm and there are politicians who are more power seekers and less Statesmen — The ratios vary widely.
It is up to the voter to parse his own political choices and in doing so the voter will get what he actually deserves. Nearly every time.
If the voter has the good of the nation and society at heart, educates himself then carefully examines and selects who he will cast his vote for, he will get someone who is more Statesman than leech. If he believes things that the power seekers tell him, including the absurd flattery they heap on their base and ridiculous, unworkable promises or the advocation of dangerous, anti-social policies — Then he will be betrayed by the candidate he voted for at some future point.
The art in this situation is identifying the ratio of Statesman to bottom feeder in the candidates. It turns out there is a relatively simple means to do this that does not require a fist full of doctorate degrees, rocket science or brain surgery.
First, consider the candidates respect for the U.S. Constitution. History has proven that the American Experiment works very well, it has created the most powerful and wealthiest nation with the greatest material equality and opportunity ever to exist in all of human history. That’s a pretty big deal and not something you want to toss in the trash and start over again. So if your candidate is saying things like the Constitution is a “living document”, is advocating any degree at all for anything that infringes on the Bill of Rights or has otherwise placed himself above the Constitution — He’s a poor choice.
Check his history, what he’s said in the past and what his voting record shows. A leopard does not change his spots but a two-faced power seeker will blow with whatever winds he thinks he can sail to power upon. If your candidate reverses himself on serious, fundamental issues he isn’t a Statesman because that kind of issue does not change. Yet a vote-whore will sell himself for your votes just to get power and if you let him do that, that’s on you.
Lastly, ask yourself if the promises and vision of this person are either too good to be true or the other side of that coin is if he’s telling you failing to give him power will result in disaster. Either way, it’s the same thing. If he’s making promises that you will either personally and individually gain by, or conversely threats of dire consequences if you don’t give him more power than our law and traditions allow him … That’s an obvious “carrot and stick” ploy and you’re selling your vote to a grasping worm.
It’s a matter of avoiding having the life blood of society consumed by uncaring, self-serving leaches. The problem is identifying those leeches because they look like everyone else … but they’re not.
There are always going to be a few leeches no matter what we do. When those leeches are not held in check they will devour the body politic. Unlike the true Statesman they don’t care because even as a corpse the body politic still provides for the fulfilment of all their desires. The ruling class always lives well, even in a very poor nation. When you see people who are attempting to establish a ruling class that supplants true Statesmen that is a deadly warning you must heed. Or else you will get exactly what you deserve.
I know it’s not the main focus of your post, but I want to highlight this portion.
This somehow goes unnoticed by the left and untrumpeted by the right. The USA is a relatively young country. When we started, the Industrial Revolution had just begun. We had not royalty and the “wealthy” were very few.
Now, we have an enormous amount of wealth in the country, and as Scott so well pointed out, almost no true poverty when compared to the rest of the world. Even our wealthiest families trace the source of their wealth only a few generations and that we mostly self-made. The Waltons, Vanderbilts, et al many started with very little. The got what they got by work, shrewdness, in some cases illicit aid. But the point is anyone could have gotten rich.
In the early decades of the 20th century my paternal grandfather got off a boat with a duffle bag. He retired 50 years later after owning his own business and earning more wealth than his family that stayed in Italy combined. While he didn’t leave us with any monetary wealth (he outlived his earnings and the inflation of the 70s was particularly problematic) he did leave us with the example (along with my parents) that if you work diligently, you can live a very comfortable life in the USA.
Today, we have more millionaires in America, particularly minority millionaires, than any other country. Our “poor” have private automobiles, flat screen TVs and access to all of the accumulated knowledge of the world. That they surf prn and tik-tok with it is besides the point. The point is the American experiment worked exceptionally well.
The fact that our inner cities have degraded into wretched hives of scum and villainy, while many of those who grew up there got wealthy and left them behind speaks to the type of politician you speak about so well above. I saw not that long ago an article discussing all of the now wealthy people who grew up in Baltimore but achieved wealth anyway, many through athletics or like Ben Carson, brain power. Yet few invest in Baltimore any more than giving to campaigns for avaristic politicians. Imagine if they, as Pols are so wont to say, gave back to their communities. Baltimore would be a thriving community.
Don’t get me wrong, I am not saying they need to give back to Baltimore and it’s just one example. But don’t force me to pay more in taxes to give largess to politicians in Baltimore when the people who grew up there have already abandoned it.
We need some of those Statemen to point out that Americans are all doing exceptionally, especially minorities. And more would if the politicians would Do no harm! and stay out of the way.
Clearly Elder is over the target given the amount of Flak he is taking. But I fear the fix will be in. If they didn’t feel that they had it in the bag, Feinstein would have already resigned and been replaced, probably by Newsome himself after resigning and being appointed by the current Lt Gov.
If Elder wins and Feinstein doesn’t last much longer, that immediately flips the Senate and puts Mitch back setting the agenda. No way is the DNC letting that happen. Water main breaks, wild fires, whatever it takes to delay the count to make sure they have enough votes.
california will be present another rigged election. steve nails it. game set and match.
The old Strong Men –> Good Times –> Weak Men –> Bad Times deal.
If The Radical Left can ruin California they can ruin anything
No, Scott. I live in Rhode Island. There are almost no good things in Rhode Island.
…Least of all me.
I spent a night in Providence many years ago. We got there just before they rolled up the streets, and outened the lights.
What drew us to Providence?
Actually, we couldn’t find a place to stay that was closer to the stadium where Boston College was about play Penn State.
grinders.
Well at least one good thing came out of Providence: Larry Elder is a graduate of Brown University.
That’s the “good” side of ProTown. I wouldn’t want to walk those streets without a lead slinger.
They make excellent crime here. Best in the country. One of the agency building I deal with clients in has bullet holes in it.
I’m glad you made it back to America, Brother.
The U.S. Navy’s War College is in Rhode Island. I was there to watch my kid get his second Master’s Degree and it seemed a “good thing” to me. I have no idea what civilian life is like in R.I., that was the only time I’ve been there.
It’s a bit like Hell’s septic tank…Only worse. Here we have violence issues, drug issues, income issues, cost of living issues, tax issues (I repeat myself), homelessness, traffic problems, very, very, very bad roads/highways/bridges, short summers, long, cold, grey winters, gambling addicts, corrupt politicians, entitlement lifestyles, public school failures, anti-beef farmer lobby/regulations, and a whole lot of socialist theory to blame for every bit of that stuff.
It’s a great place to visit if you cannot see the good in your state.
OK, have to ask. Why stay there. I have lived in multiple states / regions – it’s a big country. Lot’s of good places. Heck if I was starting out again I’d probably make a beeline to Nashville or a Dallas suburb.
Oh, and as far as long, cold, grey winters: Buffalo was the worst winter I ever had. No way was I staying there.