California in Decline

California was once considered the best place to live and grow up in America.  That was until around the mid-60’s.  Great weather, best school system in the country, and it led the way in the latest trends.  Many wanted to live here, it was the “Golden State.”

“Kalifornia” is still leading the way… but unfortunately now things couldn’t be further from the trends of a bygone era.  There are roughly 50 million people living here now, it has been overrun by illegals, Draconian anti-gun laws, and a bat shit crazy governor with a state legislature that has a super majority of far left lunatics.  It is a welfare state on steroids.  It has passed the point of no return.  The article below sums up its status in no uncertain terms.

One of the last hold outs has been San Diego, with its large military presence and conservative values.  Well the military is still here, but “Ft. Apache” has gone the way of the rest of the state.  Our position has been overrun…  BROKEN ARROW!

The following pictures and article explain it all…

San Diego from the air –

Downtown San Diego from the ground –

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This just in from what was once the best state in the Union:

Guess which state has the highest poverty rate in the country? Not Mississippi, New Mexico, or West Virginia, but California, where nearly one out of five residents is poor. That’s according to the Census Bureau’s Supplemental Poverty Measure, which factors in the cost of housing, food, utilities and clothing, and which includes noncash government assistance as a form of income.

Given robust job growth and the prosperity generated by several industries, it’s worth asking why California has fallen behind, especially when the state’s per-capita GDP increased approximately twice as much as the U.S. average over the five years ending in 2016 (12.5%, compared with 6.27%).

 The Left’s first, last and only instinct is to throw more money at the problem, but California’s already done that, and guess what?

It’s not as though California policymakers have neglected to wage war on poverty. Sacramento and local governments have spent massive amounts in the cause. Several state and municipal benefit programs overlap with one another; in some cases, individuals with incomes 200% above the poverty line receive benefits. California state and local governments spent nearly $958 billion from 1992 through 2015 on public welfare programs, including cash-assistance payments, vendor payments and “other public welfare,” according to the Census Bureau. California, with 12% of the American population, is home today to about one in three of the nation’s welfare recipients.

 The progressives who control every aspect of the state’s government are not necessarily stupid people. They understand that increasing welfare spending only encourages the arrival of more recipients on whom to spend it, and the high likelihood that those new constituents will vote Democrat as soon as they are able, legally or otherwise. Already, some 55 percent of “immigrants” receive means-tested benefits, while only 30 percent of native Californians do so. 

With 883,000 full-time-equivalent state and local employees in 2014, California has an enormous bureaucracy. Many work in social services, and many would lose their jobs if the typical welfare client were to move off the welfare rolls.

 They’re not “misguided” — in fact, they’re doing exactly what the progressives designed them to do. Higher housing prices means more money in the pockets of Angelenos and San Franciscans when they go to sell, high energy prices have a disproportionate impact on the poor, generous welfare “benefits” mean an endless supply of new Democrats and permanent employment for the public-employee unions who actually run the state.  More people in the state are on welfare than work.

It’s a perfect racket, and one that will continue unless and until the California Republicans get their act together and begin vigorously contesting what has become a one-party state designed to screw the middle class, and keep those on the bottom in permanent penury.

Is it any wonder why hundreds of thousands of hard working, common sense traditional conservatives are fleeing the state at an ever increasing rate every year !