We've touched on a lot of these topics before, but there are some up to date stats.
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As Oracle, Palantir and Hewlett-Packard Enterprise move their headquarters out of California and Elon Musk moves to Texas, California is considering raising taxes on the wealthy to unprecedented levels. Experts say California needs to find more ways to reverse the trend.As Oracle, Palantir and Hewlett-Packard Enterprise move their headquarters out of California and Elon Musk moves to Texas, California is considering raising taxes on the wealthy to unprecedented levels. Experts say California needs to find more ways to reverse the trend.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ez90rXhMWjE
tl;dw:
taxes on the 1% driving out the billionaires
housing cost
covid-19 making it easier for people to work remote
(no mention of the months of smoke)
And now Ezra Klein is letting California have it...
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/11/opinion/california-san-francisco-schools.html
QuoteThere is a danger — not just in California, but everywhere — that politics becomes an aesthetic rather than a program. It's a danger on the right, where Donald Trump modeled a presidency that cared more about retweets than bills. But it's also a danger on the left, where the symbols of progressivism are often preferred to the sacrifices and risks those ideals demand. California, as the biggest state in the nation, and one where Democrats hold total control of the government, carries a special burden. If progressivism cannot work here, why should the country believe it can work anywhere else?
Well, the CA 1% won't be moving to Washington.
Democrats hope to change Washington's regressive tax structure with new taxes on wealthy | The Spokesman-Review
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2021/feb/08/democrats-hope-to-change-washingtons-regressive-ta/
Jeff Bezos would owe $2 billion in state taxes under Washington wealth tax
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/08/jeff-bezos-would-owe-2-billion-in-state-taxes-under-washington-wealth-tax.html