I now live in Texas and have for nearly 40 years. But, I am originally from Illinois. I still have close childhood friends that live there and I visit them about once a year. Oddly, they are absolutely die hard, dedicated and vehement liberal Democrats. They are totally intolerant of any political opinion that runs counter to their liberal beliefs and any criticism of Obama or the Dems produces real anger in them. They simply refuse to admit that liberalism has brought Illinois to its knees. And, they are avid union supporters, abortions supporters, etc. I no longer understand them.......
Thanks, California! Thanks for your monstrous spending and absurd regulatory overreach! America needs you. We need Connecticut and Illinois, too! We need you the way we needed the Soviet Union, as models of failure, to warn us what happens if we believe those who say, "Government can."
Moving to California was once the dream for many Americans. Its population grew at almost triple the national average -- until 1990. Then big government, in the form of endless regulation and taxes, killed much of the dream. In the last decade, 2 million people left California.
Many of them moved to Alaska, Florida,...
When collapse comes, they will be the first to have a look of total bewilderment on their faces and be asking, "WTF".
Good analogy! Leftists truly are delusional.
The most succinct way to sum up lefties: LIBERALISM IS A MENTAL DISORDER