Report: California state debt twice that of New York’s, more than Greece

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Meanwhile back in the real world... California's ultra liberal utopion government doesn't allow for fracking, and they put a giant kibosh and on any new drilling activity. The rivers in California run from East to West...like the Colorado River. The Feds are the ones that are forcing Washington, Idaho and Oregon to sell electricity at a cut rate price to California...electricity that's produced from hydro electric dams on the Columbia River. Meanwhile any currency used in California would be based on it's debt ratio which all of us already know how that ones will work.

All California will have is it's millions of illegals, it's gay parades, and it's forced gay history classes.

*Yawn* Take some geography and geology lessons.

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

And the hi tech and biotech industries.

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/389656-why-is-the-worlds-richest-company-such-a-tax-cheat/ <---- not hardly.

*Yawn* Take some geography and geology lessons.

Do you mean the rivers in California run West to East and dump out in the Atlantic Ocean? I learn something new every day.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

And the hi tech and biotech industries.

And the Space Shuttle, JPL, Edwards AFB, Vandenburn AFB, the San Francisco Mint, a good share, if not the lion's share of the world's entertainment industry, and still the number one cash crop - marijuana! (Or is it wine?)

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http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/389656-why-is-the-worlds-richest-company-such-a-tax-cheat/ <---- not hardly.

If you're implying there isn't a huge footprint of hitech and biotech in Cali, you're obviously wrong.

And the Space Shuttle, JPL, Edwards AFB, Vandenburn AFB, the San Francisco Mint, a good share, if not the lion's share of the world's entertainment industry, and still the number one cash crop - marijuana! (Or is it wine?)

Cali would do fine without the rest of the US.

In fact, most regions of this country would do fine without the rest of the US except for the old confederacy. Dragging those knuckleheads back in was the worst decision ever.

[Trompe le Monde 1,107]

And entertainment and aerospace

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

And the Space Shuttle, JPL, Edwards AFB, Vandenburn AFB, the San Francisco Mint, a good share, if not the lion's share of the world's entertainment industry, and still the number one cash crop - marijuana! (Or is it wine?)

Look at Apple for starters. Industry is moving out of California not in. As far as wine goes, Washington and Oregon have put a dent in California's strangle hold in regards to wine. Even the Aussie wine is being imported to the US for cheap.

[MyLittlePony 340]

California has the best weather in the world.

[Trompe le Monde 1,107]

California wine is still a $20 bn industry

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And entertainment and aerospace

'entertainment' being a euphemism for porn.

not that i got anything against porn, mind you.

[MyLittlePony 340]

California is a tree hugging state.

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

California has the best weather in the world.

They say Uganda has some pretty decent weather.

[Trompe le Monde 1,107]

But no one wants to visit Uganda because of its weather - California tourism is worth $70 bn

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Who goes to California for tourism? No one I know. But then again I don't know any crazy hippies.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

But no one wants to visit Uganda because of its weather - California tourism is worth $70 bn

I think Alaska's total annual production is only around $95 billion.

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

But no one wants to visit Uganda because of its weather - California tourism is worth $70 bn

Tourism, wine, and movies are great. The tech and aerospace industry is moving out of California, not in. Fact of the matter is California is in big time major debt and it got a whole lot worse with that high speed rail project that's going to set California back well over $100 billion dollars. California is sinking quicker than the Titanic. GDP doesn't mean jack ####### if you spend more than you take it. That's just basic economics.

Edited September 19, 2012 by Bad_Daddy