{"id":13762,"date":"2010-12-07T08:30:41","date_gmt":"2010-12-07T15:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=13762"},"modified":"2010-12-07T08:30:41","modified_gmt":"2010-12-07T15:30:41","slug":"when-the-grasshoppers-vote-to-enslave-the-ants-the-ants-vote-with-their-feet-i-opt-out-of-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/13762\/when-the-grasshoppers-vote-to-enslave-the-ants-the-ants-vote-with-their-feet-i-opt-out-of-california\/","title":{"rendered":"When the grasshoppers vote to enslave the ants, the ants vote with their feet: “I opt-out of California.”"},"content":{"rendered":"

From newgeography.com:<\/a><\/p>\n

So, in protest to the insensitive indulgent big-spenders that run Sacramento, I say, \u201cDon\u2019t touch my junk!!!\u201d My beautiful California home is now on the market for $2,000,000. My next home will be in a no state income tax state like Texas or Nevada. I will not buy that new Jaguar that I was planning to purchase for $75,000. I will keep my old Cadillac and deprive Sacramento of $6,562 from its 8.75% sales tax. My next purchase for my real estate business will be an office building in Prague in the Czech Republic, a democracy that has lower taxes and fewer regulations. My income will remain either offshore or in a state that does not confiscate like the money grubbers in Sacramento. And, I will not be investing my capital to create any new jobs in California. In the digital age, my staff will be located in states that are a little more business friendly.<\/p>\n

Apparently, I am not alone. Migration out of California exceeds the rate of almost every other state. Why are my fellow \u201chigh-earners\u201d leaving the Golden State? Maybe it is because California ranks nationally in the bottom two for business friendliness while placing third in state income taxes.<\/p>\n

We have Jerry Brown as our Governor again, meaning that he will live his entire life without a real job. The Central Valley, once agricultural wonderland of America, has Depression era unemployment, this as a result of a green-inspired court water shut-off designed to protect an Anchovy sized piece of bait called the Delta Smelt. And, our brilliant voters \u2013 including those working class voters most impacted \u2013 rejected Prop 23. That means that on January 1, 2011, California must begin to reduce our greenhouse gases by 40%. To achieve this noble goal, we seem certain to make ourselves even more uncompetitive with other countries and other states.<\/p>\n

If that was not enough, voters also approved Prop 25 which allows the public union dominated Democrats to pass its budget with a simple majority. They did such a good job ($20 billion shortfalls) when they were forced to obtain a 2\/3rds Read more<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From newgeography.com: So, in protest to the insensitive indulgent big-spenders that run Sacramento, I say, \u201cDon\u2019t touch my junk!!!\u201d My beautiful California home is now on the market for $2,000,000. My next home will be in a no state income tax state like Texas or Nevada. 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