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SpankMe

(3,221 posts)
16. I have no data to support my hypothesis, but...
Fri Sep 13, 2024, 08:18 PM
Sep 13

...anecdotally I'd say a lot of the people leaving Cali are right-wingers fleeing the high cost of living for red states without state income tax and with lower housing costs. They had careers here and created a comparatively larger retirement nest egg due to higher California salaries. They bought their houses 30 years prior and sold them at inflated California prices taking 6 or 7 figures of tax free money with them to rural Arizona, Texas, Nevada or Utah.

With cons leaving at a higher rate then libs, I think the exodus is making Cali bluer overall.

At the same time, they're taking their suitcases full of cash into retirement and are inflating housing prices in these red states, fomenting anti-California sentiment even more.

No matter which way you cut it, Trump is a world class asshole.

Blackmailer-in-chief. Trump is a piece of shit! He and the whole QOP need to be defeated soundly ffr Sep 13 #1
Technically extortion Buzz cook Sep 14 #51
There's a part of me that wishes the blue states could declare an embargo thucythucy Sep 13 #2
I"m in a red state, and I don't blame you! slightlv Sep 13 #13
If he'll tolerate a wildfire storming through the country, he'll tolerate Putin doing the same ck4829 Sep 13 #3
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Sep 14 #49
Boy, conservatives are SO jealous of California's 5th largest economy in the world canuckledragger Sep 13 #4
Exactly. OldBaldy1701E Sep 13 #8
Don't know what scares me most.. Maxheader Sep 13 #5
CA has many Trumpers, DonOld. Let 'em burn? Visit their burned out town and call it the wrong name? keithbvadu2 Sep 13 #6
And this is how a 6'3 man" only with lifts" I Q of 73 thinks a U.S. President should act. ArmedLiberal24 Sep 13 #7
What a fucking disgrace Orange Boy. Sickening. Anti-American. Go suck Vlad's ass. Sorry but Rude Pundit might agree? Evolve Dammit Sep 13 #9
California is laughing at you Trumpo. twodogsbarking Sep 13 #10
LOVING "Trumpo". The Clown!!!!!!!!! BurnDoubt Sep 14 #30
Trump, once again, trying to run the country like one of his businesses sakabatou Sep 13 #11
Similar to the "deal" he offered Zelenskyy. Marcuse Sep 13 #12
"He's a lousy governor." And what a coincidence! no_hypocrisy Sep 13 #14
No wedding for you, my dear. Sequoia Sep 14 #26
Kimberly Gargoyle? BurnDoubt Sep 14 #31
Cocaine and support of sexual abuse Farmer-Rick Sep 14 #39
What a dirty, rotten, S.O.B. N/T tonekat Sep 13 #15
I have no data to support my hypothesis, but... SpankMe Sep 13 #16
I'm on the Oregon coast CanonRay Sep 14 #27
They're making houses more expensive for people who live here ArkansasDemocrat1 Sep 14 #42
I own 2 homes kimbutgar Sep 14 #44
anyway past the paid site? DonCoquixote Sep 13 #17
Try this Zorro Sep 13 #18
thanks DonCoquixote Sep 14 #34
Trump know he's not going to win California, but independents hear this kind of fascist threat too. Martin68 Sep 13 #19
That should immediately disqualify him. JohnSJ Sep 13 #20
What a miserable son of a bitch. LudwigPastorius Sep 13 #21
How about this? No funds for the red states in case of a natural disaster, ungrateful bastards tornado34jh Sep 13 #22
Even when the red states do get aid, they funnel it into their own pockets! Bastards PortTack Sep 14 #46
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Sep 14 #50
Which is telling, because honestly, they are lucky Biden was generous, if it were me, I wouldn't be as generous. tornado34jh Sep 14 #52
Let it burn? The entire contiguous 48 states is down wind. In Minnesota we get California and Canadian progree Sep 13 #23
I fail to understsnd how Figarosmom Sep 13 #24
CAlifornia is lost to Trump MadameButterfly Sep 14 #54
Are those papers along these lines...? Montauk6 Sep 14 #25
Sign ze papers Old Man. OMGWTF Sep 14 #47
Fuckface...you're the one rubbing elbows The Unmitigated Gall Sep 14 #28
Shame if your state burned up Zambero Sep 14 #29
So, he's going to frag his magat minions just to spite himself? BurnDoubt Sep 14 #32
Same approach as Covid--send ad to red states, force blue states to find their own supplies and equipment. Lonestarblue Sep 14 #33
who he repeatedly called "Newscum".... this motherfucking POS wants to be president? LymphocyteLover Sep 14 #35
Who could have predicted "Kamala will send firemen" as a political ad? Vinca Sep 14 #36
The federal government owns almost 50% of the total land in California. twodogsbarking Sep 14 #37
Hmmm... moose65 Sep 14 #38
Born in Long Beach, lived here all my life; I'll die here in OC. Magoo48 Sep 14 #40
And yet... karin_sj Sep 14 #41
I suspect TFG has some arsonists among his rabid supporters. KY_EnviroGuy Sep 14 #43
The idiot threatens CA....the 6th largest economy in the world. He's got turds for brains PortTack Sep 14 #45
Some nice states your MAGAts have along the gulf coast lonely bird Sep 14 #48
Having had an older brother killed in a wildfire elsewhere, I'm inclined to say, "fuck you, Drumpf, you Nazi" ... Harker Sep 14 #53
This alone should disqualify this asshole. Freethinker65 Sep 14 #55
What strikes me is why California? Metaphorical Sep 14 #56
More evidence that he's got bats in his belfry ailsagirl Sep 14 #57
I get the "fall over dead" part, but what is the A? kiri Sep 14 #58
Google is your friend Zorro Sep 15 #61
Melanomia said the same thing HagathaCrispy Sep 15 #59
He actually did try to withhold federal emergency funding last time he was in office travelingthrulife Sep 15 #60
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