Oh my. The latte drinking babes want Kalifornia to secede from The Union. They say they will have an initiative on the 2018 state ballot to vote on a referendum, to hold a special election in 2019, which will allow a statewide vote on leaving.
This as a result of Hillybob not getting elected as “Liar in Chief”.
Apparently there are some NorCal elitists backing the issue. Shervin Pishavar, an investor in Uber, Marc Hermeon, of Google, and Dave Morin, founder of Path which is some sort of social networking tool.
I’d like to point out that ALL of the elitists above own VIRTUAL businesses. They don’t manufacture hard goods. They don’t raise crops. The products they have pedaled to gain wealth have no physical existence. They are just intellectual property that exists on the Internet or ahem big investment banking.
What does that matter? They don’t really have much of a stake in the ground here in the state. They could conduct their businesses anywhere in the world. Sure they may have a some money tied up in computer server farms, but those could easily be moved anywhere, if they are not already out of state or overseas. Maybe they are altruistic, but I’d bet real money they are still influenced by the accumulation of wealth.
What are the biggest economic sectors in Kalifornia? The top two are GOVERNMENT and SOCIAL SERVICES. Those two make up more than 30% of Kali’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Do either of those sectors create wealth?
The Calexit pantie waists tout that Kalifornia has the 6th largest GDP in the world and that’s why we should be our own country.
Ahem, well about 1/3 of that GDP makes a giant economic sucking sound (to paraphrase Ross Perot). I don’t think you can export government (though I wish we could) or social services to make a profit.
Well that means the other 2/3-ers will have to make all the money to run Utopia. Kalifornia imports most of its energy. Natural gas fuels power plants in the state. Again that’s money going out not coming in. More sucking sound. Manufacturing and agriculture are only about 12% of GDP. You CAN export those. Unless as a country you are independent and self sufficient with your own natural resources, you must trade, otherwise you’re just doing a circle-jerk until you collapse. Looks to me that the 12% will pay for the 88% living in La-La Land. Sounds like a fair deal.
What will STOP the smuggling of goods, production, and labor in and out of Kalifornia to avoid taxes (which will be inevitable) Currently there are only signs along the borders of the state saying “Welcome to California”.
How about this idea?
The “New Kalifornia” pantie waists could build A BIG F’ING WALL and have the DONALD TRUMP LED FASCIST UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PAY FOR IT!