DUmmies point to CA, IL, NY, MA, MD, and NoVA as examples of how liberalism is still "working" not realizing the golden goose takes decades to kill.
People are moving out of those states in droves. Look at the 5 states I mentioned. These states go as follows since the 1990 Census:
CA 54, 55, 55
IL 22, 21, 20
MA 12, 12, 11
MD 10, 10, 10
NY 33, 31, 29
TOT 131, 129, 125
For the first time EVER, CA did not increase their EV total. Immigration (legal and illegal) is the only thing keeping CA's population from dropping like the rest of the blue states. But more importantly, while the population is relatively steady (10 percent increase over last decade--lowest ever recorded since statehood, compared to just slightly higher nationally) the people coming INTO CA don't pay nearly as much in taxes as those LEAVING.
As I heard a decade ago, lose 1000 day laborers, and nobody gives a damn. Lose one dot-com millionaire, and it HURTS. But they're causing industry to leave in droves, and killing any chance of forming new businesses. This is a situation repeated over many blue states.
But I digress--again, they don't realize their little pet programs work only so long as they have an influx of capital to supplement these states, because the revenues from within the states simply aren't there anymore. When the federal teat runs dry, then you'll REALLY see the defecation contact the oscillation.