Myths/liberal policies will ruin California

Myth: Liberal policies will ruin California.

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The Myth

Even though liberal policies have worked well in California, right-wingers are convinced that those policies will eventually ruin it.

Examples

Citing the "World of Hurt" article below, J. Michael Krivyanski said:

You people defending California crack me up. For many years California had the largest economy in the country. It was the 9th largest economy in the world. Now? North Dakota, Colorado and Texas all have larger economies. It's not a good trend and many expect it will get worse. Does anyone in that state understand economics? Unions aren't an issue since the makes up less than 5 percent of the workforce. Why is the current trend for businesses to leave California or not go there in the first place? Your governor is...to say the least...not business friendly. Your state government is very corrupt, you have high taxes and stifling regulations. You pay too much for social programs you can't afford. Wages are artificially high. And the best anyone can do is act like spoiled children and say "Well let them go I don't want them here anyway." Year to year the California economy gets worse. It's a trend that is not going to change any time soon.Texas is happy to take all the businesses that leave California and has really benefited from it.

• 2013-03-23 California is in for a World of Hurt: "Demographic trends themselves are creating a crisis brought about by a population that is simultaneously losing its children and getting older, and to a frightening extent poorer."
  • Although this link was used as evidence against liberal policies, it actually does not provide any criticism at all (direct or implicit) of those policies.
  • To the extent that it is seen as a criticism of liberal economics, the logic seems to be based on the myth that helping people makes them dependent.