> I don’t know what you’re getting at but it isn’t my point. I can't tell if you're upset by their disingenuousness, or by their refusal to give a cut to the s

> I don’t know what you’re getting at but it isn’t my point. I can't tell if you're upset by their disingenuousness, or by their refusal to give a cut to the state. If the former, I sympathize. But it mostly seems to be the latter. The obvious rejoinder to which: why should they feel so eager to fork over their money to an institution that did ~nothing to contribute to their success? > California is expensive because the opportunity to become rich is greater here than elsewhere Your statement only explains the e.g. high housing costs. The tax question is orthogonal.