Mary Landrieu blames her impending loss on racism

[Xavier_Onassis]

Apparently, millions of people are quite comfortable in California. It is not losing population, certainly not like West Virginia.

[sirs]

The fact is we are losing businesses and job creators, trading them for low and unskilled,  many of whom are in this country illegally.   That's referred to as unsustainable

[Plane]

http://www.peoplespunditdaily.com/2014/04/03/public-policy/whole-9-top-10-states-losing-population-democrat-bastions/

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According to the Los Angeles Times, the decade measured by the most recent census was the first in a century in which the majority of Californians were native-born, reflecting the state’s transition from a place many Americans are drawn to into a place many prefer to leave. Driven away by high home prices during the housing bubble, enormously high taxes of all kinds, and a deteriorating jobs market, Californians have steadily been leaving for other states for most of the last decade. And who is the biggest benefactor of California’s former most-productive citizens? The answer, for several years, has been the largest Republican state in the union — Texas. GOP nominee Greg Abbott is highly favored to win the Texas governor race in November. 2012-2013 state-to-state net domestic migration: – 49,259

http://www.forbes.com/pictures/mgj45ekkj/1-san-diego-ca/

This Forbes article does not list California in the top ten states loosing population, they seem to be using different source information.


 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_population_growth_rate

Man! look at Texas! California looks like modest growth on this map.


http://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2013/04/15/high-tax-states-are-losing-taxpayers

Using this unimpeachable data, we can see – down to the county level – which areas are gaining wealth and residents, and which are losing them....................Successful people and businesses flee from states with harsh tax environments. They flock to states with benign, progrowth tax structures that allow them to save and invest. This is why a state like California, with its top income tax rate of 13.3 percent, saw a loss of more than $31.7 billion over 15 years. Texas, which taxes its residents at the very agreeable rate of zero, gained more than $22 billion over that same time period......

http://www.minyanville.com/trading-and-investing/taxes/articles/Voting-With-Our-Feet253A-Top-5/11/28/2012/id/46168

California: The Golden State is nearly a tie for the number-two spot, and we are constantly surprised it isn't at the top of the list given the fiscal issues present there. Municipality balance sheets are in shambles, the state already has high tax rates, and many residents are staying close but merely hopping the border into more tax advantageous states like Nevada. Yes, the weather can be great, the people creative, and they still have one of the most productive economies around, but we haven't seen a decrease in the flow of residents out of the state which is always a cause for concern.

 http://www.minyanville.com/trading-and-investing/taxes/articles/Voting-With-Our-Feet253A-Top-5/11/28/2012/id/46168#ixzz3HyVG8l00

   I think I can see the reason for this apparent disagreement, though people are leaving California enough to put it in the top five states to leave , enough are arriving and being born to keep its growth numbers positive.

     This means it is trading age and experience for youth and strength, not too bad unless they make Texans out of all their best.

[kimba1]

texas has great potential for growth but weather is a factor which California has an edge over texas. I know several friends who come from texas and despite all the complaints about California would never ever think of moving back to texas. if they leave it`ll more likely be somewhere else.

[sirs]

It's not that CA is hemorrhaging people.  It's hemorrhaging jobs and businesses that create them.  As I mentioned before, the reason the population is considered "steady", is that the middle & upper-middle class responsible for job creation and filling those higher skilled jobs, are the ones moving out, being replaced by a river of low skilled & unskilled immigrants....most of whom are here illegally.