Could America afford to give up California?

@curiosi California is actually a donor state.

@BlueVeins 10th in the list I looked at but on the cusp at about $12 only per capita.

@jackson55 That's the downside. They'll wake from their tax and spend addiction stupor soon enough. You can't tax your way out of your problems.

Will the last person to leave CA please turn out the light?

@SubstantialKick Or in the ocean.

@Carazaa I would hope not. California is a beautiful state.

@SubstantialKick <3 thanks dan i hate posts like this

@Briggett and lulaluboo We need to put a wall around Cali so the liberals / socialists and other nut cases do not escape to other states just to start their bullshit way of governing anew.

@TexChik Yes Hollywood would if Holly could

@lulaluboo And then they come back 😊

@Heartlander China probably already owns it.

@Virgo79 I just had a thought............it would be best to give it to China as it would cost China so much to keep it they would go broke then they would have to borrow money from us.

@Carazaa [quote] China is outlawing Christian churches[/quote]

It's the way communism works. The central committee of the communist party decides everything about you: they pick the churches and god that you are allowed to follow. If they do allow a church to function they pick the ministers. They decide how many children that you may have, or not have. Anything they don't have control over is seen as a possible threat to their authority.

Extending China "most favored nation" status was like hiring Al Capone as a bank's security guard.

@Stereoguy yep .... and why Nancy Pelosi is so powerful. She's the tail that wags the dog :)

@pagandad I would think the "tyranny of the majority" thing would force a breakup with parts going their way.

A interesting thought is that the Democrat push to higher and higher taxes would make super rich Californians inclined to move things that way.

@Roadsterrider nice work

@Briggett Thanks.

@JAYS21 California was Mexican before. Some Mexicans literally lost their Mexican citisenship when they lost part of california to the USA. They are "Chicanos" now. So yes but it doesn't look much like Mexico.

@JAYS21 "The history of California can be, and has traditionally been, divided into: the Native American period (about 10,000 years ago until 1542), the European exploration period (1542–1769), the Spanish colonial period (1769–1821), the Mexican period (1821–1848), and United States statehood (September 9, 1850–present)."

I personally think they are wrong with the 10,000 years ago part though.

@SinlessOnslaught You'd probably like that too much!!!

@HootyTheNightOwl Wut, don’t you want all the hunky doodz to start PM’ing you?

@travelguy01 Only one... and he should just about be getting up soon... 🦉

So rich they are in Cali.. they literally got to burn it to the ground to hide the corruption

@TheOneyouwerewarnedabout @Stereoguy From the wicked cantina!

@luckranger71 I hope the USA doesn't break apart. I have seen how fragile the EU is. I grew up European yet in a few weeks I shall be just an islander near Europe.

@jackson55 Many think its too expensive you are so right. The business taxes are a lot.

@Carazaa And now there’s a ballot initiative to get rid of prop 13 which will raise property taxes on home’s and business. And more will leave.

@jackson55 Ok good to know, less people.

@littlepuppywantanewlife hahah all fair points ;)

@littlepuppywantanewlife One thing I did notice compared to my own state. CA girls are hot and take meticulous care of themselves.

@FurryFace Texas and California rulers America

@FurryFace true furryface!

@PoetryNEmotion California doesn't need the USA they are a country of themselves with all the resources, but they can't take it for granted.

@Carazaa Hmmmm...They sound like Quebec here. Only Quebec wouldn't survive without the rest of Canada.

@PoetryNEmotion Oh I see!

@CopperCicada True, but the Roman Catholic Church is apostate.

@Carazaa Roman Catholic countries are plagued with corruption, not the love of Jesus!

@Carazaa it a big state

@Briggett True! Still a lot of wilderness.

@Briggett You don’t have to believe me, do the work. Do be like most people do the work

@Carazaa not a limey lol

@MasterLee An Aussie?

@Carazaa no. Are you that unobservant

@RedYellowBlue yayyyy...💃

@Stereoguy I happen to think that California is a cool place except it's hot! Blodyn, shut up! You be careful what you say!

@Stereoguy But less than the price of petrol here!

@Iwillwait Not if we are Godly and pray. God says [b]"If MY people who are called by my name shall humble themselves and turn from their wicked ways THEN I will hear in from heaven and answer their prayers and heal their land."[/b]

@Carazaa I pray every single day for our Country's forgiveness. I believe in order for America's heart to be turned towards GOD, it may result in our Country falling to it's knees. When and how this will happen? Unfortunately, I have no idea, but I suspect due to our nature, we as a Country most likely will not do this willingly before having a loss so great only GOD and the Lord Almighty can help us.

@Iwillwait I agree but I think Jesus will come sooner than that.

@Stereoguy I agree fully. I'm just saying the poll as applied to which question can be confusing

@SW-User if it could live within it's means

@Blodyn we would keep northern California so no star change.

@MasterLee I had no idea California was thinking of leaving, yet the UK is leaving the EU and many in my country would like to leave the UK. Personally I like to think of the UK as a loose union of separate countries. The Senedd has shown that during the pandemic. If there were a referendum I would vote to stay in the UK as it is now. But not as it was when my teachers in school were jailed for pulling down English road signs. Sometimes direct action is needed when polite letters make no difference.

@MasterLee Jefferson 😂🤣

@Stereoguy All over the world actually.

@Stereoguy From what I have heard and read the Rock is teaming up with China.

@Elessar In school my Geography teacher said California is the most populous state in the USA. It's the first time I heard the word populous and it stuck! I did have a crush on him which he will never know!

@SW-User how about making North and South Dakota count as one state?

@Briggett I am writing an essay and looking at paving tiles made in the 1200's and still there today. Your decisions today are what will paint the world tomorrow. I shall not enter the debate. I live on an offshore island adrift in the Atlantic. But people of America. Your individual voice is important. Vote!

@Blodyn It's not for me to preach politics either.. but we are all allowed an opinion.. we are all also allowed to express what we see.. that's really all I ever do as in fact you and I are on the same continent so we while we will all, to some extent, have to live with whatever happens -it's less of a problem for us and we can afford to sit back a little and watch/observe.
I would add though... that in fact one of the real concerns is that the election may not be fair... and there are real questions regarding the previous election, that would be an issue we should be prepared to discuss.

@Adaydreambeliever I saw those girls in Minsk. They are Europeans.

@Blodyn uh huh... not quite sure what that means?

@swirlie I think that the rest of the country contributes a little more than you said but thanks for the adulates of California.