California

After Jill explained that Portland was in Oregon and not Lebanon, she had to explain that the video clips I was watching of the rioting in Chicago – that those were in Illinois and not in Lebanon also. Little hard for me to believe that these Democratic mayors and governors would let this rioting and looting continue. Don’t they know that this could hurt my Presidential run?

Then there is California. A Democrat is assured a victory in CA. But why? The Democrats running the place don’t exactly instill confidence in the party. Let’s look at the facts, folks:

California has the largest economy in the US. If it was its own country, it would be the fifth largest economy in the world. Sounds good, right?

But what do they do with all the money? What do they accomplish?

Well, US News and World Report ranks California as #49 out of 50 in Opportunity.

California has four cities that are on the list of the ten the worst cities in America for homelessness. San Francisco’s homeless situation has been called a human rights violation and has seen homeless numbers rise by over 30 percent in past few years.

According to Safteywise, violent crimes in CA are 21% worse than the US average.

Governor Newsome admitted recently that they spent near the bottom of the pack of all the states on education. And it shows. CA public education is often ranked very low in terms of quality and safety.

Outdated computer systems and incompetence has ranked California amongst the worst in processing Unemployment claims. The computer system apparently hasn’t been updated since the Eisenhower administration.

Prior to the pandemic, during historically low unemployment across the US, major cities in CA still had double digit unemployment numbers.

In June 2020, CA had the 5th worst unemployment.

California road infrastructure ranks 7th worst in the country. The infrastructure in CA is often described as “crumbing”.

According to Forbes, the state’s debt is so large, it’s hard to calculate and may be well over $2 trillion.

CA has the highest personal tax rate in the country and has a bill in the works to increase the top rate by 54%. The current rate has prompted companies and individuals to flee the state in record numbers. The new hike may send even more out to more favorable tax states like Texas or Florida.

CA has a very high cost of living and the largest personal debt to income ratio in the country.

The 2018 ranking in US News and World Report had CA ranked dead last in quality of life.

Healthcare? California is ranked 34th by wallethub. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality ranked CA in the bottom 10 in US.

Los Angeles recently received the nickname of “City of Rats” – not sure if that’s from the number of rats or describing the politicians. But, seriously, only Chicago has more rats than Los Angeles. Again, I’m pretty sure they were talking about rodents, but is about the same with the politicians in Chicago and LA.

I believe the nickname for San Francisco is officially changing from “The Golden City” to “The Glistening Poop and Shining Needle Lined Streets City with a Ton of Crime”. Doesn’t have the same ring to it, but sounds more accurate.

California – the most Democrats in the nation. The Democrats run everything. They have a Super Majority in both houses of the State Legislature. They have a Democratic Governor and most of the mayors in the state are Democrats. You would think with all these Democrats and such a large economy that they would be doing a little better in some of these. Not the bottom 10 in almost everything….!

California stats make Democrats look pretty, pretty bad. Democrats are in total charge and the state is run into to ground. Like a microcosm of what would happen to America? With stats like these, who needs enemies?

But, no one seems to understand, which is great for me. Count those 55 Electoral College votes – the most of any state – for me.

The TV is back to showing clips from Chicago last night. No way that is in the US. It’s definitely video clips from Beirut and not Chicago. What is this, fake news?

Come on, man.