Kamala's California Dreamin'

"I believe in that old adage that 'as goes California, so goes the country.' " -- Kamala Harris

According to a survey by Consumer Affairs, California ranks as the Number 1 state people are moving from. The state faces three overlapping challenges: rising unemployment, growing fiscal strains and population outflows. All of these pinpoint California as a pocket of relative weakness in an otherwise robust American economy.

California has been in a state of chaos both politically and socially over the last 5 years. Said one recent visitor: "I thought California was going to be a picturesque west coast state, instead it’s a dumpster fire. Population is close to 40 million; you need to make over $120,000 annually to barely live comfortably. Forest fires, earthquakes, and landslides are the norm. Residents seem to care more about banning straws than people openly shitting in the streets of San Francisco and sharing needles. How do so many people like it here?"

In 2023, more than one of every three individuals in the United States experiencing homelessness was found in California. California accounted for half of all individuals counted in unsheltered locations.

California has a huge budget problem: 2024 marks the second consecutive year the nation's most populous state faces a multibillion-dollar shortfall. 

Sorry about your nightmare, Kamala, but please don't make it mine.