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Tafkam Hokie
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Tafkam Hokie
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Several states seem to have adopted the premise

that Californians are absolutely welcome to bring their talent and businesses, but please leave your voting habits back in California. You left Cali for a reason, don't turn Texas (or Arizona, or Florida, or New Mexico, or wherever) into East California by voting the way you did on the coast.
Posted: 08/15/2024 at 02:43 PM ET
(In response to this post by BleedinOandM)

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California is not doing well financially.
EDGEMAN • 08/15/24 12:55 PM ET
CA reported a much larger surplus 2 years ago, so something changed fast**
WestyHokie • 08/16/24 07:56 AM ET
Well..what a shock😵‍💫**
HOKIERIT • 08/15/24 08:49 PM ET
Good for them.**
IB4TECH • 08/15/24 06:23 PM ET
Mismanagement gets expensive.**
MikeVT85 • 08/15/24 05:17 PM ET
Looks like the socialists are running out of other people's money! Even ->
HOKIERIT • 08/15/24 08:53 PM ET
At least it was balanced…look at the Federal budget. **
Twelfth Man • 08/15/24 02:49 PM ET
Not a revenue problem but a spending problem
turkeywinghokie • 08/15/24 02:14 PM ET
"Unofficial internal borrowing"?
JoesterVT • 08/15/24 01:50 PM ET
Kind of what came to my mind too...NICE!**
HOKIERIT • 08/15/24 08:54 PM ET
Cali is very much a "tax the rich" revenue system.
Tafkam Hokie • 08/15/24 01:48 PM ET
Although he didn't live in California, Jeff Bezos saw the light in WA and..
EDGEMAN • 08/15/24 04:10 PM ET
Calif a lost cause with the present people running the state. Glad I left
AZHokie59 • 08/15/24 01:29 PM ET
"Math is a social construct" (CA's governor...probably).**
HokieNoVA • 08/15/24 01:18 PM ET
Virginia is doing fine. Talking about what to do with surplus.**
UTPr0sim • 08/15/24 01:08 PM ET
So was CA in 2022**
WestyHokie • 08/16/24 07:57 AM ET
Under much better management!**
EDGEMAN • 08/15/24 01:22 PM ET
Nope, better economy. We've had good funding for the last 6 years.
UTPr0sim • 08/15/24 03:24 PM ET
Always has been, whether red or blue. Virginians are just smarter.**
UEMcGill • 08/15/24 03:14 PM ET
You get what you vote for.**
BleedinOandM • 08/15/24 12:58 PM ET
Several states seem to have adopted the premise ◄
Tafkam Hokie • 08/15/24 02:43 PM ET
CA has been blue a long time, in surpluses as well
WestyHokie • 08/16/24 07:58 AM ET
..and yet.............**
HOKIERIT • 08/15/24 08:58 PM ET
Austin, TX is the flagship of this.**
BleedinOandM • 08/15/24 02:44 PM ET
And the rest of us might get that too!**
vthhhi • 08/15/24 01:07 PM ET
Correct...choose wisely.**
BleedinOandM • 08/15/24 02:43 PM ET
Haha…like we have a fiscally responsible choice.**
Twelfth Man • 08/15/24 03:20 PM ET
That just places more of the burden on those who are still there...
EDGEMAN • 08/15/24 01:00 PM ET
🙋 **
CrystalCoveHokie • 08/15/24 03:11 PM ET
I feel for you!
EDGEMAN • 08/15/24 04:21 PM ET
Old Ox and Lahaina Beach House…..Lived in SD late 80s**
CrystalCoveHokie • 08/15/24 04:32 PM ET
I was on Grand and Fanwell (sp?), about 5 blocks from the ocean.
EDGEMAN • 08/15/24 04:38 PM ET