Snake Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 This dialogue was punctuated by a pithy tweet from Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez, who describes herself as a progressive Democrat, “F*ck Elon Musk.” At that time, we had no idea how much that tweet, and attitude, would cost us. Nine months later, Elon Musk is gone. He is selling all his personal real estate in the state. He is now a resident of the state of Texas. He has moved his philanthropic foundation to Texas, too. Consider the unfathomable irony of progressive Democrats forcing Elon Musk to give up on California. Musk came to this state as an immigrant and proceeded to do more to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through Tesla Inc. (Nasdaq: TSLA) and its subsidiary, solar panel manufacturer SolarCity Corp., than all the “progressive” politicians in the state combined. Musk didn’t talk about it. He simply brought products to market that benefited the consumer, the environment and his shareholders. He should have been the poster boy for the green agenda, but instead they turned on him because he committed the ultimate sins: He made money and he questioned their authority. This year, Musk is likely paying billions in state tax. Next year, he will be a resident of another state. The damage goes much deeper than the tax revenue of one person. Musk didn’t just leave the state. He turned on the state. It is now his mission to get other innovators to leave as well. According to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, he is on the phone with Musk once a week, strategizing about how to get other California companies to relocate to Texas. In the last few weeks, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. (NYSE: HPE) and Oracle Corp. (NYSE: ORCL) have both announced they are moving their headquarters to Texas, with other potential moves in the pipeline. In a nutshell, California state income tax is the highest in the nation, California’s ranking for “business friendliness” is the lowest, and we have elected representatives who would lob crass, vulgar F-bombs at the people who are paying the freight. The worst thing about the Gonzalez tweet is that no one called her on it. No one in state government had the guts to repudiate her words and show a modicum of respect for a man many call “the da Vinci of our age.” Don’t think other business owners don’t notice. https://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/news/2020/12/31/multibillion-dollar-f-you.html 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DriftBusta Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 In 10 years, California is likely to look pretty much like some backwater Central American state.....as if Mexico just reconfigured their border. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Posted January 2, 2021 Author Share Posted January 2, 2021 12 minutes ago, DriftBusta said: In 10 years, California is likely to look pretty much like some backwater Central American state.....as if Mexico just reconfigured their border. Welcome to world famous Venice Beach! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DriftBusta Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 4 minutes ago, Snake said: Welcome to world famous Venice Beach! looks dreamy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos Danger Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 It looks like the leadership in California Has finally come up with a plan to cure the housing shortage......make it so every good employer moves away leaving behind plenty of empty housing. Must have been in contact with the planners from the city of Detroit. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CFM Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 (edited) We have a handful of families from CA that moved to my little town (here in nh) the past 2 years. Crazy. Hope all those moving in droves, like those to TX, don’t change the red to blue. That would suck bad. Edited January 2, 2021 by CFM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anler Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 It's not just california, lots of states need to take a hard look at themselves and do what needs to be done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaturallyAspirated Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 49 minutes ago, Snake said: This dialogue was punctuated by a pithy tweet from Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez, who describes herself as a progressive Democrat, “F*ck Elon Musk.” At that time, we had no idea how much that tweet, and attitude, would cost us. Nine months later, Elon Musk is gone. He is selling all his personal real estate in the state. He is now a resident of the state of Texas. He has moved his philanthropic foundation to Texas, too. Consider the unfathomable irony of progressive Democrats forcing Elon Musk to give up on California. Musk came to this state as an immigrant and proceeded to do more to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through Tesla Inc. (Nasdaq: TSLA) and its subsidiary, solar panel manufacturer SolarCity Corp., than all the “progressive” politicians in the state combined. Musk didn’t talk about it. He simply brought products to market that benefited the consumer, the environment and his shareholders. He should have been the poster boy for the green agenda, but instead they turned on him because he committed the ultimate sins: He made money and he questioned their authority. This year, Musk is likely paying billions in state tax. Next year, he will be a resident of another state. The damage goes much deeper than the tax revenue of one person. Musk didn’t just leave the state. He turned on the state. It is now his mission to get other innovators to leave as well. According to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, he is on the phone with Musk once a week, strategizing about how to get other California companies to relocate to Texas. In the last few weeks, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. (NYSE: HPE) and Oracle Corp. (NYSE: ORCL) have both announced they are moving their headquarters to Texas, with other potential moves in the pipeline. In a nutshell, California state income tax is the highest in the nation, California’s ranking for “business friendliness” is the lowest, and we have elected representatives who would lob crass, vulgar F-bombs at the people who are paying the freight. The worst thing about the Gonzalez tweet is that no one called her on it. No one in state government had the guts to repudiate her words and show a modicum of respect for a man many call “the da Vinci of our age.” Don’t think other business owners don’t notice. https://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/news/2020/12/31/multibillion-dollar-f-you.html California is a shit hole. Good riddance. Neal 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos Danger Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 2 minutes ago, NaturallyAspirated said: California is a shit hole. Good riddance. Neal It wasn't always a shit hole. I have been going out to SF since the 80s and the transformation good and bad is amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos Danger Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 5 minutes ago, Anler said: It's not just california, lots of states need to take a hard look at themselves and do what needs to be done. NY, IL, NJ, CT Did I miss any? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DriftBusta Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 12 minutes ago, Carlos Danger said: NY, IL, NJ, CT Did I miss any? Yeah I see myself permanently uprooting myself from this liberal shithole at some point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irv Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XCR1250 Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 It's why I moved here at age 44, I had enough living 20 miles to close to Milwaukee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos Danger Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 23 minutes ago, DriftBusta said: Yeah I see myself permanently uprooting myself from this liberal shithole at some point. I would if I could but everything is here for me Family, Friends, Work. I can only hope things will improve as the moving van becomes the state bird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DriftBusta Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 Just now, Carlos Danger said: I would if I could but everything is here for me Family, Friends, Work. I can only hope things will improve as the moving van becomes the state bird. I've been waiting for them to improve for 20 years when i could see the D domination and all the out of control spending. And speaking of voter fraud, remember when Molloy somehow snatched victory from his R challenger after they somehow miraculously found enough ballots, after hours, from his own Bridgeport precinct? Cheating scum as far as I'm concerned, and its now happening nationally. I have about 5 more years before I wet my finger, stick it in the air and see which way the wind is blowing. I have the same issue with work, friends and family right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member steve from amherst Posted January 2, 2021 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted January 2, 2021 3 hours ago, Carlos Danger said: NY, IL, NJ, CT Did I miss any? MA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos Danger Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 1 hour ago, steve from amherst said: MA I see MASS and CT as twins.....sure there are a few differences but not so much as you would notice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos Danger Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 this guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold War Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 I detect a hint of sarcasm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doomxz600 Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 5 hours ago, Carlos Danger said: NY, IL, NJ, CT Did I miss any? Ma Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irv Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 12 minutes ago, Carlos Danger said: this guy This guy has a lot of great vids. He gets it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doomxz600 Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 20 minutes ago, Carlos Danger said: I see MASS and CT as twins.....sure there are a few differences but not so much as you would notice. we are not like you guys-yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos Danger Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 31 minutes ago, Doomxz600 said: we are not like you guys-yet My front yard is in CT and my back yard is in Mass so I have some idea as to how things go with each state. CT sucks for sure but it has been decades since a Mass speaker of the house did not end their career in an orange jump suit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doomxz600 Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 16 minutes ago, Carlos Danger said: My front yard is in CT and my back yard is in Mass so I have some idea as to how things go with each state. CT sucks for sure but it has been decades since a Mass speaker of the house did not end their career in an orange jump suit. Remember when we voted in term limits and they didn't act on it and it was binding. Now speaker Deleo just left office last week when he should have never been in that long. I'm 100 yards from the border, say how come you houses on the market do not sell and ours don't last ten days ? Most of my friends who live in Ct are leaving with homes they cannot sell and that's a shame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos Danger Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 2 minutes ago, Doomxz600 said: Remember when we voted in term limits and they didn't act on it and it was binding. Now speaker Deleo just left office last week when he should have never been in that long. I'm 100 yards from the border, say how come you houses on the market do not sell and ours don't last ten days ? Most of my friends who live in Ct are leaving with homes they cannot sell and that's a shame. Well to be fair western mass is far more hospitable than western CT. Western CT is like the split of Mass from 495 to the ocean. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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