Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has finally come to his senses and realized that he can't work with the Democrat-controlled legislators who are controlled by big unions that want to bankrupt this state or raise your taxes so high that you'll have to leave to find work somewhere else.
I live at the marina in Channel Islands Harbor. A lot of new development going on right across the channel from us is million-dollar-plus homes with boat docks that sell for $200,000 -- and guess what? Half of them are empty!
It just shows you the rich people that can afford it are just staying away, and one reason is the high taxes we have here. Both businesses and people are leaving this state in droves!
Some of you say, "Good riddance, there are too many people here already!" But the problem is the big corporations stay way too, if they can't find a good workforce.
If California were a country, it would be the 18th largest economy in the world, and it pays more to the federal government than any other state in the union. I've heard as much as 20 percent of all taxes collected by the federal government comes from California. So how is it possible that we could be so broke? It's because we also became the biggest welfare state in the country, next to the federal government, which is getting larger by the day.
What happens when all the wealthy people start voting with their feet and leaving this country, along with our corporations? Then who pays the taxes? The same thing is happening to California. They used to say, "It happens in California first!" Ah, you finally got it!
-- Bob Moeller, Oxnard