CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY SEPTEMBER 17, 2021
THE FAILURE TO UNSEAT CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM SAYS SEVERAL THINGS. FIRST, THAT
PARTY LOYALTY IS MORE IMPORTANT TO MANY THAN POLICIES THAT WORK. AS JAMES FREEMAN WROTE
IN YESTERDAY’S IN WALL STREET JOURNAL: “CALIFORNIANS SUFFER ONE OF THE HIGHEST
UNEMPLOYMENT RATES IN THE COUNTRY AND THE STATE HOLDS THE COUNTRY’S LARGEST UNSHELTERED
HOMELESS POPULATION. THOSE WHO FIGURE THAT SACRAMENTO CANNOT GET ANY MORE HOSTILE TO
JOB CREATION SHOULD REMEMBER THAT THE TAX FOUNDATION RANKS THE GOLDEN STATE AS HOME TO
ONLY THE SECOND WORST TAX CLIMATE IN THE COUNTRY. THIS WEEK A NEWSOM VICTORY GIVES
CALIFORNIA THE CHANCE TO SEIZE NEW JERSEY’S CROWN.”
SECOND, PEOPLE ARE FLEEING THE STATE IN LARGE NUMBERS. I KNOW SOME OF THEM. THEY
ARE HEADED FOR TEXAS AND FLORIDA AND OTHER STATES WHERE THERE ARE LOWER, OR NO STATE
TAXES. PRESIDENT BIDEN AND CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS WANT EVEN MORE OF OUR MONEY. DO WE
WANT THE REST OF THE COUNTRY BECOMING CALIFORNIA, EXCEPT AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL WHERE YOU
CAN’T ESCAPE THE LONG ARM OF WASHINGTON? IF EVER THIS WERE A CASE OF ROBBING SUCCESSFUL
PETER TO PAY UNSUCCESSFUL PAUL, THIS IS IT. I’M CAL THOMAS.
