The concept of 'FREE' money fits right in with this topic. In Canada we receive a lot more free money than Americans do and that's directly related to democracy and taxation. In America's case, more taxation by the Democratic party.
Taxation is good! That's a general principle that can't be argued. And when taxes are applied correctly and fairly to both the richest and the poorest, the later result is FREE money. Canadians can talk from experience, as we have the highest 'quality of life' in the entire world. This is due to equitable taxation of the people in good times so that the FREE money can flow back to the people in hard times.
And so why would any American talk in a derogatory way about taxation?
Isn't the real problem the lack of equitable taxation of the wealthiest? Can it be equitable when two of the top billionaires have the equivalent of half the country's poorest people?
The FREE money in that instance is the money the billionaires were permitted to earn without having to pay their bills to the people who earned it for them, and they also didn't pay the bill to the country that provided them the opportunity to earn their huge hordes of money.
Ask me how it works Americans. It's been kept a secret from the American people for far too long!
The wealthy get soaked like a garden hose, and half the country pays no income tax. It is rational to wonder how earned money is getting spent. As previous posts have stated, blue states harvest taxes in every way imaginable, and the schools and the roads are still terrible. That is why middle class people are leaving those states, which will create an interesting downward spiral of these tax heavy areas.
People and more importantly BUSINESSES are leaving New York City and California like never before! Goldman Sachs is in the process of moving it's headquarters from New York City to Florida. It's a move that is estimated to cost NYC 8 billion dollars! That's just one company. Think of all the others that have already gone out of business or have already moved to a more business friendly State! Liberals are about to wake up to the realization that their policies have created economic "dead zones" throughout the nation and people are fleeing those areas in droves!
I don't know about New York but I know that California is a highly attractive state to live in. I'm comparing it to some of the ugly christian dust bowl states.
People who can afford to live in California will stay there and those that can't afford it will have either leave or get used to having to pay for the privilege.
And fwiw, Oregon and Washington state are also very desirable places to live. Go figure!
Raise the issue again when California gives a sh-t what redneck whiners do.
California IS a beautiful State! I completely agree with that. What you'll have to explain then is why more people are LEAVING a beautiful place like California than are going there! Only one reason I can think of...liberal policies have made California an undesirable place to live. Have you ever been to Texas? It doesn't compare to Cali when it comes to beauty yet companies and individuals are leaving California for Texas in DROVES!
Companies or corporations do what's best for their bottom line but that's not necessarily good for anybody else.
People who can afford to live in California will likely stay there for the quality of life the state offers.
Your complaint could be said to be that California doesn't favour some industry over individual people. Liberal policies in California perhaps favour wealthy people more that the ordinary working people. But California still holds the highest population of working people by far.
Some leave and some stay but it hasn't been reflected by any significant decline in their population.
My province of British Columbia is somewhat the same in some ways. Poor people aren't trying to move to the highly desirable coast region.
The temperature is 7C today and it's not likely to go much below 0C for the rest of the winter.