Star Member JI7 (73,347 posts)
People are not leaving California because of High Taxes, it's High Cost of Living
People leave California because of the high cost of living and more specifically the cost of housing . If you are paying high taxes , the more you pay the more you make and you can afford to live here.
It's not taxes that are making it difficult to afford housing .
And things like the high costs of houses, high rents is because of capitalism in the state.
this is for the dumbass ignorant right wingers who spew socialism, communism, california is going down etc
Dummy... it is so simple that a cave man could understand it... which means you don't so I will explain.
It all boils down to supply and demand. In this case demand far outstrips supply. Hence the high prices. As long as someone will pay for it, the price will stay that way.
Now the reasons that supply is low could be one, several or many. Regulations, illegals, high property taxes, etc. One can debate the reasons the supply is low, one cannot debate the fact that supply is low.
Now dummie.... here is the lesson for you. If true capitalism was allowed in mexifornia, then all other things being equal, construction companies would be making a fortune building houses.** For some reason they are not. Find out that reason and there you will have your answer. Capitalism has nothing to do with it.
**at least until the price cames down to the point that they couldn't turn a profit doing it.