Posted by
Playful Walrus on Friday, November 05, 2010 1:06:48 PM
The
Orange County Register printed a letter from one of their regular letter writers, a Leftist who invited us limited-government types to leave California, given the election results. Mark Selleck of North Tustin
wrote in response:
Yes, Mr. Pyle, I’ll give your suggestion to move serious thought [“Californians rallied,” Letters, Nov. 4]. Keep in mind that with me will go my small machine shop and the income tax it generates. Also gone will be sales tax I pay and the money the state takes from me for my boat, cars, interest on savings and other property taxes.
When those of us who work hard for a living are all gone what will you and your ilk do then? You see, the problem with every socialist endeavor is that, eventually, you will run out of other people’s money.
The only problem is, D.C. Democrats would then send bailout money to California to reward Democrat voters. This money would come from taxpayers other states, including the very people who left California to avoid that kind of redistribution.