snippy: snippy: california is slated for a buttload of islamic refugees from the countries that hitlery has marched thru recently. but im sure you all are ok with that cause california respects your 2nd amendment right to protect your selves and your families with modern firearms.... oh wait......

Nakkh: Not for Democrat controlled California. It sure is for Kansas. The Sunflower State’s “growth” rate over that 12 months is a minus 0.3 percent — 5th worst in the nation. Only: - Wyoming, Republican - North Dakota, Republican - Louisiana Republican - Oklahoma Republican were behind Kansas. Also Republican run

Riverrat: Most of those states got heavy into the shale oil business. Then when the price of oil dropped it killed those businesses and put a lot of people out of work which hurt all the support businesses that opened up to feed and house the oil people. 3 years ago most of those states were in the top 10.

Fleedle: How many California businesses relocated to Texas again? http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/blog/morning_call/2015/11/california-lost-9-000-business-hqs-and-expansions.html

Fleedle: The country is nearly in a recession again- Thanks Obama! The US economy advanced an annualized 1.2 percent on quarter in the three months to June of 2016, following a downwardly revised 0.8 percent growth in the first three months of the year and well below market expectations of a 2.6 percent expansion, the advance estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis showed.

gettheledout: In California it's silicon valley (less than 10% of the states population) which has turned around. Take away the facebook recovery and the state is in trouble. The greater Los Angeles area, which consists of over 20% of the states population, is badly lagging in the recovery: http://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2015/11/05/the_meaning_of_silicon_valley_to_californias_economy_101876.html Also, since Spring, the states unemployment rate has been steadily ticking up: http://www.bls.gov/eag/eag.ca.htm

Nakkh: Exactly. Businesses have offshored, Outsourced, doubled up employee's job responsibilities, and eliminated jobs through technology and automation.

Riverrat: THere are people right now graduating from college only to find the jobs aren't there. Yes a higher education is good but there still has to be jobs for those kids after they graduate.

snippy: hey i got a good idea for the minuscule amount of jobs becoming available. fuck the peeps (your neighbors and friends) that are outa work or could use an upgrade. lets give the jobs away as a perfunctory and unappreciated bonus to some fucking radical weirdos who wants to CUT OFF YOUR FUCKING HEADS. oh that will be great. thats all we need.