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<\/a><\/p>\nThis was back in the days when Americans from all fifty states were moving to California in record numbers, not just coming for vacations. Californians were fearful of losing the quality of life that they cherished, because of the enormous influx, and so the signs were quite popular. If you live in California, you haven’t seen one of those signs lately, have you?\u00a0 In the current politically correct environment such a sign would not be seen as being aimed at Americans from other states.\u00a0 Rather, it would be seen as being aimed at illegal aliens from our wannabe 51st state, just south of the border. Forget Illinois: California is poised to be the top dog in Obama-era Washington.<\/p>\n With roughly a half-dozen Cabinet and key administrative appointees and a powerhouse congressional delegation led by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi at the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue, California is shaping up to be the new Texas, the alpha state whose cultural and policymaking influence was inescapable through most of the last eight years.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n At the link, you’ll read about the enormous influence that is expected to be wielded by the California delegation, greater influence than any other state, it would seem, including Illinois and New York.\u00a0 What’s that?\u00a0 You say you don’t want to live in California?\u00a0 That’s OK, you don’t have to move here in order to experience the wonderful benefits of living here, because we’re going to export them to your state, via the federal government, at no additional charge.\u00a0 (Just kidding about that last part.)<\/p>\n Here’s what you can look forward to:<\/p>\n 1)\u00a0 Very high taxes.\u00a0 Business killing taxes.\u00a0 Taxes that drive businesses to other states, and when they’re universal throughout the USA, those businesses will continue to migrate off shore.\u00a0 Forget the “giant sucking sound” of jobs going elsewhere…\u00a0 this time it’s a boot planted squarely in the back driving business away.<\/p>\n 2)\u00a0 Along with ridiculous taxes, economy killing regulations.\u00a0 Ludicrous building and land codes, environmental extremism that costs everyone but the leeches who make their livings looking for obscure critters that aren’t there, and never were.\u00a0 Small business harassment raised to a fine art.<\/p>\n 3)\u00a0 California was the incubator, nursery and unsupervised playground for pornography, from Hefner to hardcore.\u00a0 You may not believe what’s coming next.<\/p>\n 4)\u00a0 California has among the most restrictive regulations on firearms in the 50 states.\u00a0 Go to an online gunshop:\u00a0 they’ll often simply refuse to ship anything to California, because it’s just too much hassle, the laws keep changing, and it isn’t worth the hassle, despite the size of the potential market, and despite being completely within all federal gun laws.\u00a0 This has not kept California safer.\u00a0 The gangs and other assorted cretins have all the guns they want and can use.<\/p>\n 5)\u00a0 Regulations controlling building and construction that you just won’t believe.\u00a0 Really.\u00a0 Got a 5 acre lot that was just surveyed and approved 5 years ago, that you’d like to subdivide into two 2.5 acre lots?\u00a0 It will cost $20,000 to $30,000 and take two or three years, and you will pay for things sillier than ketchup on ice cream.<\/p>\n 6)\u00a0 Incredibly high income taxes AND sales taxes, with both probably going up.\u00a0 Call it the SPLAT TAX, because that’s what California’s business environment is doing, and which will be exported to your state soon.<\/p>\n 7)\u00a0 I hope you just LOVE tagging and graffiti.\u00a0 On your property.\u00a0 Done by someone who was probably carrying a weapon you can’t, and may be back tomorrow.<\/p>\n 8)\u00a0 School systems where half aren’t graduated, and half of the ones who are (or more!) are functional illiterates.\u00a0 All going hand in hand with dumbed down curriculum designed to be politically correct and make sure your kids are graduated knowing more about obscure minority authors than Shakespeare or Twain….\u00a0 if they are graduated at all.\u00a0 California, the state where high school seniors can do book reports by drawing pictures.\u00a0 No kidding.<\/p>\n This list could go on, and on, but the bottom line is simple:\u00a0 if you wanted to live in California, you’d probably be here already.\u00a0 But don’t worry; we’re coming to you, with federal muscle to teach you how to live our way.\u00a0 You will love it.\u00a0 Or else.<\/p>\n
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\nBut now, California has a new strategy.\u00a0 Instead of welcoming everyone and his extended family to California, we’re\u00a0 exporting our wonderful success as a state to the rest of the USA.<\/a><\/p>\nShare this:<\/h3>