The exodus from California

People are leaving California in droves. There has been an exodus of more than a million in the last ten years, and you can be sure that the exodus will continue. In my opinion, it will accelerate. The popular reason being cited for the exodus is that the property prices are way too high, and I can certainly agree with that. However, I think that there is much more to the picture than simply high property taxes.

There is currently the beginning of an insurrection by counties and cities regarding the idiocy of “sanctuary state” policies. Because of these policies, there is an overwhelming problem of homelessness in California. It is quite obvious that since California is permitting rampant illegal aliens to squat in the state, then there will be masses of uneducated, unemployable illegals filling the state, and that is exactly what is happening. Since the “sanctuary state” refuses to either deport or detain illegal aliens who commit crimes, the level of crime committed by these illegals who are destitute is increasing. Also, the security of American citizens residing in California is being flushed down the toilet because violent illegals committing violent crimes are being released back into the general population without any effort to detain or deport them. Of course, this rapidly growing base of homeless, and violent offenders are causing a large increase in cost to the California taxpayers. Although California is already one of the highest taxed states in America, the taxes are rapidly increasing, and if nothing is done to address these “sanctuary state issues”, the taxes will skyrocket. This is compounded by the “liberals” running the state advocating for things such as “free health care for illegal aliens”. Of course, the taxpayers will have to bear the cost of such a giveaway, and the taxpayer will have to pay for his/her own health costs without any state assistance. Add to these problems, the exploding problem of maintaining sanitary health standards when the homeless are defecating and urinating in the streets, and it is only a matter of time before an epidemic breaks out in California.

There are many people in California who can see the advent of the problems, and they are part of those who are packing up and leaving the state. The “liberals” who are in positions of power that are causing these problems are living in their “enclaves of protection for the elite wealthy” isolated from the problems that their idiotic policies are causing. The result is that California is evolving into a small group of very wealthy people who have no empathy for others forcing an ever-decreasing group of taxpayers to pay more and more to support government giveaway programs for illegal aliens. The final result will look like most third-world countries where all of the wealth is controlled by the “elite” class and everyone else has nothing. This is the opposite of the American Dream.