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Originally Posted by filtherton
... I'm not going to assume that the facts and conclusions set forth in their editorials are worthy of serious consideration.
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I don't assume that either, if I read an editorial that contains information that I question I check the sources. Regarding IBD's assessment of California's small business climate and the impact it is having on their budget, I have direct personal experience that confirms the information in the editorial, and I have been looking at California demographic trends for about 10 years. For a number of years I was a small business owner and tax payer in California. I left the state. I personally know many others who did the same. Currently I am not paying taxes in California or providing jobs in California, multiply that by the the thousands and thousands of others who have done the same and sooner than later it starts to have a big impact. California will get through this crisis because sooner or later they will do what needs to be done in terms of cutting taxes and cutting spending and businesses and middle class people will return - after all it is or can be a great place to live and make money.