>>>For six years it has been one of the only states in America with a budget surplus. Another state with a hefty surplus? Why Texas of course. It went from bud

>>>For six years it has been one of the only states in America with a budget surplus. Another state with a hefty surplus? Why Texas of course. It went from budget shortfall to a surplus in a few years: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/09/us/texas-budget-surplus-proves-as-contentious-as-a-previous-shortfall.html?_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/09/us/texas-budget-surplus-pr... "A boom in revenues from sales taxes as well as taxes from oil and natural gas production have given Texas a budget surplus that the state comptroller has estimated at $8.8 billion." And of course California is bleeding companies and jobs. No wonder its on the verge of bankruptcy: http://www.kcra.com/news/Two-dozen-companies-commit-to-leaving-California/-/11797728/18533954/-/item/0/-/n079fx/-/index.html http://www.kcra.com/news/Two-dozen-companies-commit-to-leavi... "I tracked for 2011, that 254 companies of all sizes and shapes and kinds left the state for primarily other states,” said Vranich, the president of Spectrum Location Services in Irvine."