Whenever I see comments to this effect, I always wonder if people are familiar with their history.
Note, I'm not accusing you of this, just saying it makes me wonder. Silicon Valley, Stanford, UC Berkeley, Fairchild Semiconductor..HP..all these things were funded with federal defense money way back in the day. Just saying Ca may be "bailing out" the rest of the country, but the rest of the country invested a great deal in Ca as well.
Don't get me wrong - I love this place and see where you're coming from.
My assumption is that California has been a donor state for much of its history, so much of that defense money "invested" in California was probably Californian tax money to begin with.
Note, I'm not accusing you of this, just saying it makes me wonder. Silicon Valley, Stanford, UC Berkeley, Fairchild Semiconductor..HP..all these things were funded with federal defense money way back in the day. Just saying Ca may be "bailing out" the rest of the country, but the rest of the country invested a great deal in Ca as well.
Don't get me wrong - I love this place and see where you're coming from.