[–] golgotham 0 points 6 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago
"It's California. The place is gorgeous and has a BANKRUPT economy about the size of Russia." Fixed that for you. IMAGINE the economy when their chief source of income - illegal alien subsidies - dried up! They wouldn't last the first month before screaming to be American again.
[–] Joe_McCarthy [S] 3 points 0 points 3 points (+3|-3) ago
I believe California contributes more to the federal treasury than it receives. The illegals, say what you will about them, also help the economy in driving California's agricultural industry. So there are two sides to that dynamic.
[–] immatureusername 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
California is a drain on everything. Why is it the rats are the first to leave a sinking ship?
[–] nimrodthegreat 1 point 1 point 2 points (+2|-1) ago
The illegals cost CA government $25 billion a year. Tell me again how this helps?
[–] Joe_McCarthy [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago (edited ago)
In practice they probably won't even make it on the ballot to vote on it. When Alaska secessionists tried it the federal courts barred it from appearing on the ballot. At that point it'd take something wild - perhaps California's state government ignoring federal court rulings in order to proceed on the issue. I don't think Democrats in California are prepared to do that.
[–] culofiesta 1 point 0 points 1 point (+1|-1) ago
California has most of the tech. The top tech people live and work there.
They also have NASA, Tesla and weapons manufacturers.
They grown enough food to feed the rest of the country. Most of the Midwest grows corn.
There are much better cities outside of CA though. Chicago, NYC and Boston put LA and SF to shame.
Beautiful land in CA though, everything from deserts, mountains, oceans, islands, whatever you can imagine.