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Title: 55 Reasons Why California Is The Worst State In America
Source: The Economic Collapse
URL Source: http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/ ... -is-the-worst-state-in-america
Published: Dec 13, 2012
Author: Michael Snyder
Post Date: 2012-12-13 10:24:35 by Hondo68
Keywords: None
Views: 10239
Comments: 21

Why in the world would anyone want to live in the state of California at this point? The entire state is rapidly becoming a bright, shining example of everything that is wrong with America. It is so sad to watch our most populated state implode right in front of our eyes. Like millions of Americans, I was quite enamored with the state of California when I was younger. The warm weather, the beaches, the great natural beauty of the state and the mystique of Hollywood all really appealed to me. At one point I even thought that I wanted to move there. But today, hordes of Californians are racing to get out of the state because it has become a total nightmare. It is the worst state in the country in which to do business, taxes were just raised even higher, unemployment is more than 20 percent higher than the national average and the state government is drowning in debt. Meanwhile, poverty, gang activity and crime just seem to get worse with each passing year. On top of everything else, the insane politicians in Sacramento just keep on passing more laws that make the problems that the state is facing even worse. Unfortunately, what is happening in California may be a preview of what is coming to the entire nation. The old adage, "as California goes, so goes the nation", has been proven to be true way too many times.

In dozens of different ways, the state of California is showing the rest of us what not to do. Will we learn from their mistakes, or will we follow them into oblivion? Please share the list below with as many people as you can. In addition to a large amount of new research, this list also pulled heavily from one of my previous articles and from outstanding research done by Richard Rider. The following are 55 reasons why California is the worst state in America...

1. One survey of business executives has ranked California as the worst state in America to do business for 8 years in a row.

2. In 2011, the state of California ranked 50th out of all 50 states in new business creation.

3. According to one recent study, California is the worst-governed state in the entire country.

4. Thanks to Proposition 30, California now boasts the highest state income tax rate in the nation.

5. Even though California just raised taxes dramatically on the wealthy, state revenues are falling like a rock. State revenue for November 2012 was 10.8 percent below projections.

6. California has the highest sales tax rate in the United States.

7. California has the 8th highest corporate income tax rate in the country.

8. California has the highest "minimum corporate tax" in the country. Each corporation must pay at least $800 to the state even if a corporation does not make a single dollar of profit.

9. California is tied with New York for the highest gasoline tax rate in the country.

10. California is the only state in America that taxes carbon emissions.

11. The state of California issues some of the most expensive traffic tickets in the nation. This is another form of taxation.

12. As of October, only Nevada and Rhode Island had higher unemployment rates than California.

13. The unemployment rate in California is more than 20 percent higher than the overall unemployment rate for the rest of the nation.

14. The state of California requires licenses for 177 different occupations (the most in the nation). The national average is only 92.

15. California teachers are the highest paid in the nation, but California students rank 48th in math and 49th in reading.

16. California accounts for 12 percent of the U.S. population, but a whopping 33 percent of Americans that receive TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) live there.

17. Only the state of Illinois has a lower bond rating than the state of California does.

18. Including unfunded pension liabilities, the state of California has more than twice as much debt as any other state does.

19. Average pay for California state workers has risen by more than 100 percent since 2005. That is good news for those state employees, but it is bad news for the taxpayers that have to pay their salaries.

20. More than 5,000 California state troopers made more than $100,000 last year.

21. One highway patrol officer ended up bringing home almost $484,000 in 2011.

22. One state psychiatrist in California was paid $822,000 in 2011.

23. Since 2007, the number of children living in poverty in the state of California has increased by 30 percent.

24. Sadly, an astounding 60 percent of all students attending California public schools now qualify for free or reduced-price school lunches.

25. The American Tort Reform Association has ranked the state of California as the worst "judicial hellhole" in America.

26. Businesses all over the state of California are being absolutely suffocated to death by ridiculous regulations.

27. According to the Milken Institute, operating costs for California businesses are 23 percent higher than the national average.

28. According to CNN, the state of California had the worst "small business failure rate" in America in 2010. It was 69 percent higher than the national average.

29. The number of people unemployed in the state of California is roughly equivalent to the populations of Nevada, New Hampshire and Vermont combined.

30. Residential customers in California pay about 29 percent more for electricity than the national average.

31. So many poor people and illegal aliens have taken advantage of the "free" healthcare at emergency rooms that many of them have been forced to shut down in California. As a result, the state of California now ranks dead last out of all 50 states in the number of emergency rooms per million people.

32. Political correctness is totally out of control in California.

33. One California town is actually considering making it illegal to smoke in your own backyard.

34. The traffic around the big cities is horrific.

35. Los Angeles

36. San Francisco

37. Oakland

38. Stockton

39. Sacramento

40. The rampant gang activity in the state gets even worse with each passing year.

41. Crime continues to rise all over the state.

42. Just recently, the city attorney of San Bernardino, California told citizens to "lock their doors and load their guns" because there is not enough money to pay for adequate police protection any longer.

43. The murder rate in San Bernardino is up 50 percent this year.

44. In Oakland, burglaries are up 43 percent so far this year.

45. Today, Oakland is considered the 5th most violent city in the United States.

46. There have been more than 250 gold chain robberies in Stockton, California just since the month of April.

47. In Stockton, the police budget cuts got so bad that the police union put up a billboard at one point with the following message: "Welcome to the 2nd most dangerous city in California. Stop laying off cops."

48. Jerry Brown.

49. The absolutely insane California state legislature.

50. Wildfires.

51. Mudslides.

52. The state of California lies directly along the infamous "Ring of Fire". Approximately 90 percent of all the earthquakes in the entire world happen along the Ring of Fire and the "Big One" could hit the state at any moment.

53. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, approximately 100,000 more people moved out of the state of California in 2011 than moved into it.

54. During 2011, more than 58,000 people moved from California to the state of Texas.

55. Overall, the state of California has experienced a net loss of about four million residents to other states over the past 20 years.


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#1. To: hondo68 (#0)

Clean air, sunshine and the water quality is getter better, all due to letting industries know in no uncertain terms that the skies, bays, lakes and streams are no longer their personal sewer systems.

Almost every country in the Middle East is awash in oil, and we have to side with the one that has nothing but joos. Goddamn, that was good thinkin'. Esso posted on 2012-01-13 7:37:56 ET

mininggold  posted on  2012-12-13   11:36:08 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: mininggold (#1)

skies, bays, lakes and streams

The "endangered" sucker fish are delighted with the fruits of SchwarzenKennedy/Moonbeam leadership.



"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul

Hondo68  posted on  2012-12-13   11:40:47 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: hondo68 (#0)

So.... did any oil companies buy up gov land rights in your area at that auction this week, in which to frack? You can kiss your pure spring water goodbye if they did.

Almost every country in the Middle East is awash in oil, and we have to side with the one that has nothing but joos. Goddamn, that was good thinkin'. Esso posted on 2012-01-13 7:37:56 ET

mininggold  posted on  2012-12-13   11:41:04 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#4. To: hondo68 (#2)

The "endangered" sucker fish are delighted with the fruits of SchwarzenKennedy/Moonbeam leadership.

Fishermen of all species are one of the most pleased constituencies. But you still shouldn't eat fish caught in Richmond Inner Harbor due to leakage from the old dump used by that old abandoned dioxin plant that went bankrupt years ago. Maybe we should send some to Rush, as he says wanting clean air and water is unamerican anyway.

Almost every country in the Middle East is awash in oil, and we have to side with the one that has nothing but joos. Goddamn, that was good thinkin'. Esso posted on 2012-01-13 7:37:56 ET

mininggold  posted on  2012-12-13   11:48:58 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#5. To: mininggold (#4)

Richmond Inner Harbor due to leakage from the old dump used by that old abandoned dioxin plant that went bankrupt years ago

The Eco-terrorists made them abandon it, so they could extort funding from the sheeple. Then they built windmills to chop up birds, so that they become endangered species, and they can make more money off of them too.

The greedy econuts will gladly destroy the planet, for an Obama gov grant to study the phenomena.



"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul

Hondo68  posted on  2012-12-13   12:25:47 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#6. To: hondo68 (#5) (Edited)

The Eco-terrorists made them abandon it, so they could extort funding from the sheeple. Then they built windmills to chop up birds, so that they become endangered species, and they can make more money off of them too.

The greedy econuts will gladly destroy the planet, for an Obama gov grant to study the phenomena.

But they went bankrupt before that era. Plus industry routinely put their cleanup problems onto the taxpayers. Do you like ingesting Dioxins in your food, maybe that explains your problems.

Almost every country in the Middle East is awash in oil, and we have to side with the one that has nothing but joos. Goddamn, that was good thinkin'. Esso posted on 2012-01-13 7:37:56 ET

mininggold  posted on  2012-12-13   13:11:25 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#7. To: mininggold (#6)

like ingesting Dioxins

Your toxic condition is due to being in the takeoff path of algore's globalwarming corporate jet, and drinking too much flatlander suckerfish mud.



"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul

Hondo68  posted on  2012-12-13   13:51:55 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#8. To: hondo68 (#0)

the constant bashing of cal is getting beyond silly, the jealousy you people have is amazing.

You folks ever wonder why your 3 bedroom house in podunk falls sells for 20K while the same house would cost 750K in cal.

Perhaps it's because you folks that live in shithole states that no one wants to live in.

calcon  posted on  2012-12-13   14:33:01 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#9. To: calcon, *Yukon neo-Progressive Vermin* (#8)

the jealousy you people have is amazing.

They're jealous because we will be the first to economically & socially collapse, and the first to restore the shining city on the hill. "As California goes, so goes the nation".

With Moonbeam at the helm, it should be any minute now.



"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul

Hondo68  posted on  2012-12-13   14:48:28 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#10. To: hondo68, Brian S (#9)

With Moonbeam at the helm, it should be any minute now.

It's already happening.

Despite media "recovery" propaganda, the symptoms are manifest.

(Which reminds me, where's Lyin' Brian- I haven't seen any bullshit propaganda from him in a week or so... what, he choke on a Union twinkie, or something?)

Capitalist Eric  posted on  2012-12-13   18:17:22 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#11. To: hondo68 (#9) (Edited)

They're jealous because we will be the first to economically & socially collapse, and the first to restore the shining city on the hill. "As California goes, so goes the nation".

With Moonbeam at the helm, it should be any minute now.

California can weather conditions that most of the rest of the country can't, if we can just keep your oil company employers from ruining what's left of our farmland and aquifers.

Almost every country in the Middle East is awash in oil, and we have to side with the one that has nothing but joos. Goddamn, that was good thinkin'. Esso posted on 2012-01-13 7:37:56 ET

mininggold  posted on  2012-12-14   2:50:53 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#12. To: calcon, hondo68 (#8)

Perhaps it's because you folks that live in shithole states that no one wants to live in

He's a self hating Californian, upset that he has it so good inspite of the lies his GOP leaders tell him of what should be really happening here.

Almost every country in the Middle East is awash in oil, and we have to side with the one that has nothing but joos. Goddamn, that was good thinkin'. Esso posted on 2012-01-13 7:37:56 ET

mininggold  posted on  2012-12-14   2:55:03 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#13. To: hondo68 (#0)

California is a beautiful state that was ruined by politicians of both parties. Pat Brown, Jerry Brown, Willie Brown, Pete Wilson, Gray Davis, Arnold Dummkopf - what a bunch of losers.


"we must as a species go into a period of shrinkage that we have not experienced since the Dark Ages and the Black Plague" -- lucysmom

jwpegler  posted on  2012-12-14   16:28:54 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#14. To: All (#13)

California is a beautiful state that was ruined by politicians of both parties. Pat Brown, Jerry Brown, Willie Brown, Pete Wilson, Gray Davis, Arnold Dummkopf - what a bunch of losers.

Just to be clear -- Arnold Schwarzenegger is not a loser.

He wasn't a good governor. He was a horrible governor. But he is not a loser like the rest of them.


"we must as a species go into a period of shrinkage that we have not experienced since the Dark Ages and the Black Plague" -- lucysmom

jwpegler  posted on  2012-12-14   19:00:34 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#15. To: calcon (#8)

the constant bashing of cal is getting beyond silly, the jealousy you people have is amazing.

If you guys would quit electing losers that are destroying your state then maybe people would shut up... They hate seeing something that nice being turned into something like Detroit!!

I told mininggold once a long time ago if you guys would kick out all the Leftards, California would be a much better place...

“We have four boxes with which to defend our freedom: the soap box, the ballot box, the jury box, and the ammunition box.”

CZ82  posted on  2012-12-14   19:24:37 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#16. To: jwpegler (#14)

Arnold Schwarzenegger is not a loser.

He married a Shriver. Nuff said.


Slick Willie & Sargent Shriver, Kennedy in-law



"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul

Hondo68  posted on  2012-12-14   19:32:10 ET  (1 image) Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#17. To: CZ82 (#15) (Edited)

I told mininggold once a long time ago if you guys would kick out all the Leftards, California would be a much better place...

Actually it would have been totally unlivable years ago, much like your state is becoming now. Don't worry though, the frackers will finish the job here. You will have completed your mission and can return to Israel.

So why is it that the Republican presidents you most worship came from California?

Almost every country in the Middle East is awash in oil, and we have to side with the one that has nothing but joos. Goddamn, that was good thinkin'. Esso posted on 2012-01-13 7:37:56 ET

mininggold  posted on  2012-12-15   13:46:29 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#18. To: mininggold (#17)

Actually it would have been totally unlivable years ago, much like your state is becoming now.

And why is that??? (I think I know where this is going to end up)....

“We have four boxes with which to defend our freedom: the soap box, the ballot box, the jury box, and the ammunition box.”

CZ82  posted on  2012-12-16   9:50:51 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#19. To: mininggold (#17)

So why is it that the Republican presidents you most worship came from California?

LOL.... I didn't vote for him...

“We have four boxes with which to defend our freedom: the soap box, the ballot box, the jury box, and the ammunition box.”

CZ82  posted on  2012-12-16   10:08:06 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#20. To: jwpegler (#14)

Just to be clear -- Arnold Schwarzenegger is not a loser

No, he's a loser. Didn't he knock up the maid and then hide it from his wife until he got caught?

Loser.

.
Whatcha lookin' at, butthead
Say hi to your mom for me.

Biff Tannen  posted on  2012-12-16   19:06:48 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#21. To: Biff Tannen (#20)

No, he's a loser. Didn't he knock up the maid and then hide it from his wife until he got caught?

At least the maid looks better than Skeletor....

“We have four boxes with which to defend our freedom: the soap box, the ballot box, the jury box, and the ammunition box.”

CZ82  posted on  2012-12-16   22:26:30 ET  (1 image) Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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