55 Reasons Why California is the Worst State

[ING82]

1. One survey of business executives has ranked California as the worst state in America to do business for 8 years in a row.

2. In 2011, the state of California ranked 50th out of all 50 states in new business creation.

3. According to one recent study, California is the worst-governed state in the entire country.

4. Thanks to Proposition 30, California now boasts the highest state income tax rate in the nation.

5. Even though California just raised taxes dramatically on the wealthy, state revenues are falling like a rock. State revenue for November 2012 was 10.8 percent below projections.

6. California has the highest sales tax rate in the United States.

7. California has the 8th highest corporate income tax rate in the country.

8. California has the highest ?minimum corporate tax? in the country. Each corporation must pay at least $800 to the state even if a corporation does not make a single dollar of profit.

9. California is tied with New York for the highest gasoline tax rate in the country.

10. California is the only state in America that taxes carbon emissions.

11. The state of California issues some of the most expensive traffic tickets in the nation. This is another form of taxation.

12. As of October, only Nevada and Rhode Island had higher unemployment rates than California.

13. The unemployment rate in California is more than 20 percent higher than the overall unemployment rate for the rest of the nation.

14. The state of California requires licenses for 177 different occupations (the most in the nation). The national average is only 92.

15. California teachers are the highest paid in the nation, but California students rank 48th in math and 49th in reading.

16. California accounts for 12 percent of the U.S. population, but a whopping 33 percent of Americans that receive TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) live there.

17. Only the state of Illinois has a lower bond rating than the state of California does.

18. Including unfunded pension liabilities, the state of California has more than twice as much debt as any other state does.

19. Average pay for California state workers has risen by more than 100 percent since 2005. That is good news for those state employees, but it is bad news for the taxpayers that have to pay their salaries.

20. More than 5,000 California state troopers made more than $100,000 last year.

21. One highway patrol officer ended up bringing home almost $484,000 in 2011.

22. One state psychiatrist in California was paid $822,000 in 2011.

23. Since 2007, the number of children living in poverty in the state of California has increased by 30 percent.

24. Sadly, an astounding 60 percent of all students attending California public schools now qualify for free or reduced-price school lunches.

25. The American Tort Reform Association has ranked the state of California as the worst ?judicial hellhole? in America.

26. Businesses all over the state of California are being absolutely suffocated to death by ridiculous regulations.

27. According to the Milken Institute, operating costs for California businesses are 23 percent higher than the national average.

28. According to CNN, the state of California had the worst ?small business failure rate? in America in 2010. It was 69 percent higher than the national average.

29. The number of people unemployed in the state of California is roughly equivalent to the populations of Nevada, New Hampshire and Vermont combined.

30. Residential customers in California pay about 29 percent more for electricity than the national average.

31. So many poor people and illegal aliens have taken advantage of the ?free? healthcare at emergency rooms that many of them have been forced to shut down in California. As a result, the state of California now ranks dead lastout of all 50 states in the number of emergency rooms per million people.

32. Political correctness is totally out of control in California.

33. One California town is actually considering making it illegal to smoke in your own backyard.

34. The traffic around the big cities is horrific.

35. Los Angeles

36. San Francisco

37. Oakland

38. Stockton

39. Sacramento

40. The rampant gang activity in the state gets even worse with each passing year.

41. Crime continues to rise all over the state.

42. Just recently, the city attorney of San Bernardino, California told citizens to ?lock their doors and load their guns? because there is not enough money to pay for adequate police protection any longer.

43. The murder rate in San Bernardino is up 50 percent this year.

44. In Oakland, burglaries are up 43 percent so far this year.

45. Today, Oakland is considered the 5th most violent city in the United States.

46. There have been more than 250 gold chain robberies in Stockton, California just since the month of April.

47. In Stockton, the police budget cuts got so bad that the police union put up a billboard at one point with the following message: ?Welcome to the 2nd most dangerous city in California. Stop laying off cops.?

48. Jerry Brown.

49. The absolutely insane California state legislature.

50. Wildfires.

51. Mudslides.

52. The state of California lies directly along the infamous ?Ring of Fire?. Approximately 90 percent of all the earthquakes in the entire world happen along the Ring of Fire and the ?Big One? could hit the state at any moment.

53. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, approximately 100,000 more people moved out of the state of California in 2011 than moved into it.

54. During 2011, more than 58,000 people moved from California to the state of Texas.

55. Overall, the state of California has experienced a net loss of about four million residents to other states over the past 20 years.

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[Minte]

I was recently looking at a plant outside of LA.. oddly enough, the chamber of commerce fellow didn't mention any of this.

[shake]

I'm sure one could list many more reasons why California is the best state.

[DBS.US]

High home prices

[HDADULT]

Air Quality except for the beach cities

[lucas131]

oh really thanks to know i can write about it on you facebook

[ruff]

Hmmm! California. Okay, I'm moving to Kansas. Not.

[Rochard]

Originally Posted by ING82

45. Today, Oakland is considered the 5th most violent city in the United States.

I love playing with stats!

I live in California, and I love where I live. Small town feel, close to San Fran and Tahoe and Reno, no traffic, no issues with crime, and the weather here is pretty mild.

With that said, you can pick and choose stats to make any state look bad. Okay is the 5th most violent city in the nation?

That's odd because on this list there isn't one "violent" city in California;
http://www.usnews.com/news/slideshow...rous-us-cities
But Atlanta, Orlando, Miami, Detroit, Memphis, and Miami are on the list.

Not saying California is all that. But for the most part we have better weather than Montana.

[Nasty]

Guess Google didn't see those stats before setting up shop here in California

[xNetworx]

California rules. whatever mang

[NETbilling]

I love California. It has the most diverse and beautiful terrain of any state I have ever been to.

Sure there are many business & tax reasons why it sucks but it is a great place to live and our company NETbilling has done very well here. We have great employees too, and all in California.

[crockett]

Originally Posted by Jesus H Christ

January 1st will be exactly 15 years that I moved out of the San Fernando Valley and California. I had a brief idea in 2010 to possibly move back, but after the 3rd day looking at homes and dealing with the traffic plus really looking at the numbers, no fucking way. That type of money can go a longways elsewhere.

Also, the taxes, permits, and all the third party BS needed to accomplish things in California is just fucked up. For instance.


The blue arrow is my house and the red arrow was heated RV parking, but I extended it 1100ft and put in plumping, septic tank, water in and filtered processing water out. In short, converted it to a seafood (caviar) processing plant. My permit allows me to process up to 10 tons of fish a day as long as I clean the water filter (glorified pool filters) every 10,000 lbs, or every 8 hours operational, and it cannot stay uncleaned overnight.

Anyway, the total cost for the licenses and permits was a whooping $4200 with $750 a year and took less the 15 business days to get all paperwork done. The total cost to expand, build, pipe in/out, equipment, plus licenses and permits? - Just under $150k, in 2014 all equipment and investment overhead will be paid off. There are 4 employees, me, my wife, and two others and due to this being a seasonal business they do not get benefits. This year after paying overhead, upkeep, and taxes we'll just be shy of 6 figures net profit. If this was California, you'd be given a gift from the business gods if you could do this within 6 months and under $500k.

Where I live has no traffic as my neighbor left owns a sugar plantation and my neighbor right works for Halliburton, both weekend homes. I can make it to an international airport within 2 hours and easily one of the most culturally diverse cities on the planet if I want fine dinning and well, anything, it's New Orleans.

The only downside, 4 months of the year bugs and you think your going to fucking die because of the heat. But after a decade of living in the PNW with the cold dark rainy winters, I'm drinking morning coffee with Hawaiian shorts, flip flops, and a wifebeater. I know for a fact I am going to die here.

..thanks op you gave me a great idea to blog about.

What kind of fish are you growing for your caviar? My uncle has a pretty damn big farm that raises a few types of Sturgeon. He's actually the first person in the world to breed them from captivity.

Here is a vid on him if you are interested. http://growingbolder.com/media/money...er-271415.html

[$hurik]

can i get gfy discount for caviar ?

[$hurik]

we can even arrange a barter caviar for content ; )

[AdultPornMasta]

Originally Posted by ING82

1. One survey of business executives has ranked California as the worst state in America to do business for 8 years in a row.

2. In 2011, the state of California ranked 50th out of all 50 states in new business creation.

3. According to one recent study, California is the worst-governed state in the entire country.

4. Thanks to Proposition 30, California now boasts the highest state income tax rate in the nation.

5. Even though California just raised taxes dramatically on the wealthy, state revenues are falling like a rock. State revenue for November 2012 was 10.8 percent below projections.

6. California has the highest sales tax rate in the United States.

7. California has the 8th highest corporate income tax rate in the country.

8. California has the highest ?minimum corporate tax? in the country. Each corporation must pay at least $800 to the state even if a corporation does not make a single dollar of profit.

9. California is tied with New York for the highest gasoline tax rate in the country.

10. California is the only state in America that taxes carbon emissions.

11. The state of California issues some of the most expensive traffic tickets in the nation. This is another form of taxation.

12. As of October, only Nevada and Rhode Island had higher unemployment rates than California.

13. The unemployment rate in California is more than 20 percent higher than the overall unemployment rate for the rest of the nation.

14. The state of California requires licenses for 177 different occupations (the most in the nation). The national average is only 92.

15. California teachers are the highest paid in the nation, but California students rank 48th in math and 49th in reading.

16. California accounts for 12 percent of the U.S. population, but a whopping 33 percent of Americans that receive TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) live there.

17. Only the state of Illinois has a lower bond rating than the state of California does.

18. Including unfunded pension liabilities, the state of California has more than twice as much debt as any other state does.

19. Average pay for California state workers has risen by more than 100 percent since 2005. That is good news for those state employees, but it is bad news for the taxpayers that have to pay their salaries.

20. More than 5,000 California state troopers made more than $100,000 last year.

21. One highway patrol officer ended up bringing home almost $484,000 in 2011.

22. One state psychiatrist in California was paid $822,000 in 2011.

23. Since 2007, the number of children living in poverty in the state of California has increased by 30 percent.

24. Sadly, an astounding 60 percent of all students attending California public schools now qualify for free or reduced-price school lunches.

25. The American Tort Reform Association has ranked the state of California as the worst ?judicial hellhole? in America.

26. Businesses all over the state of California are being absolutely suffocated to death by ridiculous regulations.

27. According to the Milken Institute, operating costs for California businesses are 23 percent higher than the national average.

28. According to CNN, the state of California had the worst ?small business failure rate? in America in 2010. It was 69 percent higher than the national average.

29. The number of people unemployed in the state of California is roughly equivalent to the populations of Nevada, New Hampshire and Vermont combined.

30. Residential customers in California pay about 29 percent more for electricity than the national average.

31. So many poor people and illegal aliens have taken advantage of the ?free? healthcare at emergency rooms that many of them have been forced to shut down in California. As a result, the state of California now ranks dead lastout of all 50 states in the number of emergency rooms per million people.

32. Political correctness is totally out of control in California.

33. One California town is actually considering making it illegal to smoke in your own backyard.

34. The traffic around the big cities is horrific.

35. Los Angeles

36. San Francisco

37. Oakland

38. Stockton

39. Sacramento

40. The rampant gang activity in the state gets even worse with each passing year.

41. Crime continues to rise all over the state.

42. Just recently, the city attorney of San Bernardino, California told citizens to ?lock their doors and load their guns? because there is not enough money to pay for adequate police protection any longer.

43. The murder rate in San Bernardino is up 50 percent this year.

44. In Oakland, burglaries are up 43 percent so far this year.

45. Today, Oakland is considered the 5th most violent city in the United States.

46. There have been more than 250 gold chain robberies in Stockton, California just since the month of April.

47. In Stockton, the police budget cuts got so bad that the police union put up a billboard at one point with the following message: ?Welcome to the 2nd most dangerous city in California. Stop laying off cops.?

48. Jerry Brown.

49. The absolutely insane California state legislature.

50. Wildfires.

51. Mudslides.

52. The state of California lies directly along the infamous ?Ring of Fire?. Approximately 90 percent of all the earthquakes in the entire world happen along the Ring of Fire and the ?Big One? could hit the state at any moment.

53. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, approximately 100,000 more people moved out of the state of California in 2011 than moved into it.

54. During 2011, more than 58,000 people moved from California to the state of Texas.

55. Overall, the state of California has experienced a net loss of about four million residents to other states over the past 20 years.

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California!

The true land of fruits and nuts!

[AdultPornMasta]

Originally Posted by shake

I'm sure one could list many more reasons why California is the best state.

Ohrly?

Get started!

[LAJ]

"54. During 2011, more than 58,000 people moved from California to the state of Texas."

Heh... got that done in 2004.

[seeandsee]

god send me to california please! shithole i am now is on place 5001

[96ukssob]

I lived in Los Angeles for almost 5 years. I loved it when I was there but I sure as fuck don't miss it at all after leaving.

That fucked up state for some reason still thinks I work and live there and continues to try to get me to pay taxes, which they estimate from when I actually did live there. It's been a headache to deal with and so far for the last 4 years, it's the same thing year after year with them.

My 2 cents... F U CA