Break up California

[ChicosBailBonds]

Ranked 50th by CEOs....the California dream.  Worst state to do business in, bar none.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/robertwood/2014/05/16/california-ranks-last-with-ceos-toyota-goes-now-worst-in-taxes-why-californias-dreamin/

[Jay Bee]

There is no question CA is not a very conducive environment for business. TX is winning because it accommodates corporate need. It is the classic strategy of enabling private sector value generation to replace government-sponsored economic activity. Mr. Jefferson would be pleased. There is no greater, more efficient mechanism than profit motive. Mr. Marx was naïve.   

And not only for businesses IN CA.. but in order for businesses to sell INTO CA.

I frankly enjoy when companies list higher prices for California. Lots of money to be made there, but what a wreck.

[brandx]

Terrible, terrible state. Yet more millionaires move there every year than leave the state.

Why are they so stupid?

[keefe]

Terrible, terrible state. Yet more millionaires move there every year than leave the state.

Why are they so stupid?

A. They can afford it

B. The climate

[ChicosBailBonds]

Terrible, terrible state. Yet more millionaires move there every year than leave the state.

Why are they so stupid?

So now you're supporting the 1%.  Got it.  You sure about your claim, by the way.   http://www.sfgate.com/business/networth/article/State-leaders-closely-watch-migrating-millionaires-5135090.php


LOL.   Yes, California is a WONDERFUL place if you have a ton of money.  I'll miss the weather, the Ducks, the Angels and a few other things...that's about it.  

We have the highest percentage of millionaires and the highest percentage of folks on food stamps.  Meanwhile, the middle class getting assbeaten here, which is why they are leaving.  Awesome.  Progress.  Moving Forward.  

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-03-07/brown-s-california-outpaces-u-s-in-millionaires-and-food.html

[SoCalEagle]

Ranked 50th by CEOs....the California dream.  Worst state to do business in, bar none.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/robertwood/2014/05/16/california-ranks-last-with-ceos-toyota-goes-now-worst-in-taxes-why-californias-dreamin/

Yet your CEO chooses to remain in ... wait for it ... California. 

Must be some good reasons why DirecTV chooses to have its headquarters in California.  Chico's, you're not saying Mr. White is a stupid man, are you? 

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

LOL.


Seriously, though, the crap the press will do to spin things has gotten so disgusting the last few decades.  Did you know our economy contracted this last quarter....first time in years.  You would be hard pressed to find it anywhere that was talked about in the mainstream press.  Have to protect the image, you know. 

This idea that Toyota didn't leave because of taxes...in fact the article says "NOTHING TO DO WITH TOYOTA'S MOVE" is flat out embarrassing that a journalistic endeavor can state this.  My old boss, Kathy Thompson, was the president of the Times until last year...she's now the CMO of Sirius XM Radio...glad she isn't there anymore.  That is just disgraceful reporting designed to do one thing....protect failed policies and a failed philosophy and cover it up. 

Jim Lentz is in CYA mode right now....his own Finance team that worked on the numbers say something totall different, I guess he's just being a politician now because the move has people upset.  The number one reason why businesses have left California...taxes and a gov't that is hostile to businesses. 

Why are a thousand+ losing jobs in Kentucky then?  That's a "low cost" state.

[Lennys Tap]

Yet your CEO chooses to remain in ... wait for it ... California. 

Must be some good reasons why DirecTV chooses to have its headquarters in California.  Chico's, you're not saying Mr. White is a stupid man, are you? 

Mr White running things at Direct TV? Chico must be thrilled.

[ChicosBailBonds]

Yet your CEO chooses to remain in ... wait for it ... California. 

Must be some good reasons why DirecTV chooses to have its headquarters in California.  Chico's, you're not saying Mr. White is a stupid man, are you? 

He lives in Connecticut....no, he's not a stupid man.  I did recently read, however, the company will be bought by another company...in Texas.

[ChicosBailBonds]

Why are a thousand+ losing jobs in Kentucky then?  That's a "low cost" state.

War on coal is part of it.

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

Mr White running things at Direct TV? Chico must be thrilled.

I just keep thinking Reservoir Dogs.  

What's Mr. Pink & Mr. Brown's involvement?

[Lennys Tap]

I just keep thinking Reservoir Dogs.  

What's Mr. Pink & Mr. Brown's involvement?

Was it Mr. Pink who didn't believe in tipping? That diner scene was classic.

[keefe]

I just keep thinking Reservoir Dogs.  

What's Mr. Pink & Mr. Brown's involvement?

"Why am I Mr. Pink?"


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[reinko]

Ah Texas, the Bangladesh of the United States.

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

Was it Mr. Pink who didn't believe in tipping? That diner scene was classic.

Yes.

"Should be about a $buck each."

[rocket surgeon]

wow!  one of the best, most informative topics i've ever followed on the "scoop"!  sorry guys, but chico's got ya by the short ones here.  he's just stating some great facts.  why would he bash a state he's spent much of his life in and what was once probably the most envied state in the union by all means, but being made very difficult for a "middle class" to live in.  ok for those living off the gubmint and those with almost as much money as God.  sit back and listen as many of you are getting the class in economics they must not have offered in school

[Lennys Tap]

War on coal is part of it.

Bring our troops home from Kentucky. Now.

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

War on coal is part of it.

Inexpensive fracked natural gas is killing coal.  A war on it is not even the least bit necessary.

And per Lenny's Tap - "Bing the troops home from Kentucky now."

[ChicosBailBonds]

Ah Texas, the Bangladesh of the United States.

I don't even know what this means.

I guess it would make California something equivalent to Somalia.


Texas educational rankings up to 11th.  California now at 45th in one study, 30th in another.    Cost of living worlds apart.  Tax system worlds apart.  Higher percentage of people on food stamps in California than anywhere else in the country.

Progress.  Moving Forward.

[keefe]

Inexpensive fracked natural gas is killing coal. 

That's a fracking lie!

[ChicosBailBonds]

Bring our troops home from Kentucky. Now.

We don't negotiate with terrorists....oh wait, now we do.

[brandx]

We don't negotiate with terrorists....oh wait, now we do.

Yup - if you see these young kids are cannon fodder who cares?

I think all Americans should be glad he is coming home, but then, what do I know?

But in truth, we have almost always negotiated with terrorists (see Nixon, Carter, Reagan, Clinton, Bush).

[GOO]

Chicos, you can't leave Anaheim now!  My daughter keeps talking about wanting to go to Disney Land to go on the Cars ride.  Seriously, that is the whole reason she wants to go there, for that one ride. 

So, hold off on that move for a while please so we can camp out in a u-haul in your front yard 

[Coleman]

We don't negotiate with terrorists....oh wait, now we do.

That was a nice little tag line... too bad its never been true

[keefe]

I think all Americans should be glad he is coming home, but then, what do I know?

This was a monumental failure. There are profound questions about this guy and the circumstances of his "capture." The Commander -in-Chief should not have been associated with Bergdahl or his family in any way. Good men died because of Bowe Bergdahl's incompatible loyalties. I look forward to this misguided young man having to answer some direct questions. For now, I am reserving judgment of him as a "hero."

John McCain is a genuine patriot and legitimate war hero. His interview yesterday on Bergdahl was direct and biting. It is refreshing for any politician to be that blunt. But on the matter of Bowe Bergdahl, Capt John McCain, USN Ret made clear his disdain for the man and the cost of securing his "liberty."


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/10870318/Bowe-Bergdahl-a-deserter-who-cost-soldiers-lives-say-US-army-comrades.html




http://www.cbsnews.com/news/john-mccain-questions-swap-of-highest-high-risk-people-for-bergdahl/