Quote Originally Posted by Suppressed Poet View Post
It’s really a shame that California got so screwed up, because it has so many good qualities that I genuinely admire.

The way I see it, the elites in Silicon Valley made an unholy alliance with the poor. The poor are manipulated to vote for policies & tax exemptions that benefit the rich elites, and in return they receive wealth redistribution via taxing the fuck out of the middle class. There is a reason why so many have left that state and their government is on the verge of bankruptcy. What will remain is the few modern nobility vs the poor unwashed masses. Isn’t that wealth gap something you deeply care about?
.. I hope you're trolling with that second paragraph, because that is legitimately a truly zany conspiracy theory. Meanwhile, wealth redistribution did occur, but it migrated to the top 10%.

https://www.federalreserve.gov/relea...l;units:shares