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I live in Massachusetts, and we actually have fairly low taxes given the level of progressive politics, plus a Republican governor. There are active and organiz
by seibelj 7y ago
I live in Massachusetts, and we actually have fairly low taxes given the level of progressive politics, plus a Republican governor. There are active and organized groups that oppose the wacky "tax and regulate everything to death" types. Maybe California will become so unworkable and impossible to business in that it is forced to reform.
- jedberg 7y agoCalifornia had republican governors for a long time as well as a strong republican minority in the state legislature. But now the Dems have a supermajority in the legislature and a democratic governor so there is no longer a check on the wackiest policies. Plus the fact that we’ve always had state propositions that come direct from the people, a system now being efficiently abused by special interests. The number of ridiculous propositions has gone way up, and most people vote just based on the title. It’ll be interesting to see if there is a course correction in the next few elections.
- lsllc 7y agoYou are right, taxes in MA are not terrible. I'm not exactly sure I'd call Baker a Republican -- he's further left than many Democrats. He is apparently what they call a RINO (Republican In Name Only). Like CA, Mass. also has a super-majority of Democrats at the state level, in fact there are many state & local offices that don't even have more than 1 candidate running for them.
- deathgrips 7y agoWait for Californians to move there and vote for the same politics that made them leave California. It's happening all over the country.