I TOTALLY GET CALIFORNIA, BUT THE GOLDEN STATE’S NIGHTMARE CONFUSES ME: “Luckily for California’s barbarous elected officials, there are other reasons to live, do business, work and play in California. Indeed, if it were only about the costs of public policy, then no one would live in California. But the costs imposed by government do matter, and they take a real toll. Consider, for example, that in terms of net domestic migration – that is, people moving among the states – California lost 556,710 people net to other states from 2010 to 2017. That came after net losses of 1.5 million from 2000 to 2009, and 2.2 million from 1990 to 1999. In terms of people voting with their feet, California excels at sending people elsewhere – and that’s quite a dubious accomplishment again given how much the state has to offer.”

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(Via Maggie’s Farm.)