{"id":1406,"date":"2014-08-13T11:15:36","date_gmt":"2014-08-13T19:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/?p=1406"},"modified":"2014-08-13T11:15:36","modified_gmt":"2014-08-13T19:15:36","slug":"ohs-noes-six-states-initiative-create-rich-poor-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/ohs-noes-six-states-initiative-create-rich-poor-states\/","title":{"rendered":"Ohs Noes!  Six States Initiative Would Create &#8220;Rich and Poor States&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"TweetButton_button\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\"  data-url=\"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/ohs-noes-six-states-initiative-create-rich-poor-states\/\" data-text=\"Ohs Noes!%2520Six States Initiative Would Create &#038;%238220;Rich and Poor States&#038;%238221;\" data-lang=\"en\">Tweet<\/a><br \/>\n<script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,\"script\",\"twitter-wjs\");<\/script><\/div>\n<p>Let the Liberal hand-wringing begin. \u00a0Reuters:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2014\/08\/13\/us-usa-california-breakup-idUSKBN0GD1O920140813\" target=\"_blank\"> &#8220;California Breakup Plan Would Create Rich and Poor States: Report&#8221;<\/a>. \u00a0If there is one thing that cannot be tolerated in California &#8211; whether it is one California or Six &#8211; it is <em>inequality<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>In case you are wondering what I&#8217;m talking about, there is an initiative being considered for the California ballot called <a href=\"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/?p=1244\" target=\"_blank\">The Six Sates Initiative<\/a> which would create six separate states out of California.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/happen-ca-proposition-split-state-six-states\/six-calis\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1246\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1246\" src=\"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/six-calis.jpg\" alt=\"six-calis\" width=\"614\" height=\"691\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/six-calis.jpg 614w, https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/six-calis-133x150.jpg 133w, https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/six-calis-266x300.jpg 266w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2014\/08\/13\/us-usa-california-breakup-idUSKBN0GD1O920140813\" target=\"_blank\">Reuters story<\/a>, the richest state would be Silicone Valley with a per Capita income of $63,288, and the poorest would be Central California with a per capita income of $46,477. \u00a0The story also states that the plan has raised &#8220;bipartisan hackles&#8221;, but quotes no one. \u00a0Near as I can tell, everyone outside of &#8220;Silicone Valley&#8221;, &#8220;West California&#8221; and &#8220;South California&#8221; thinks it&#8217;s a great idea because those areas are heavily populated and deeply liberal\/Democratic while the rest of the state is more sparsely populated and leans Independent\/Conservative\/Republican and are tired of being force fed a liberal Democrat agenda. \u00a0As far as the fiscal disparity, they are sure they can handle their own affairs.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, the stated &#8220;inequality&#8221; exists even now, regardless of the initiative, but I doubt the concern is great enough for the rich to &#8220;redistribute&#8221; any of their wealth to their &#8220;poorer&#8221; bretheren. \u00a0All that&#8217;s needed is to defeat the initiative, keep those people on the la-la liberal plantation and everything will be fine.<\/p>\n<p>Cross posted at <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.cuanaenterprises.com\/blog.php\" target=\"_blank\">Men Out of Work Blog<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tweet Let the Liberal hand-wringing begin. \u00a0Reuters: &#8220;California Breakup Plan Would Create Rich and Poor States: Report&#8221;. \u00a0If there is one thing that cannot be tolerated in California &#8211; whether it is one California or Six &#8211; it is inequality. In case you are wondering&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1406"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1411,"href":"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1406\/revisions\/1411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}