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<blockquote data-quote="tonyexpress" data-source="post: 4634613" data-attributes="member: 1940"><p><a href="https://reason.com/2020/10/02/california-is-a-cautionary-tale-for-america/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>California Is a Cautionary Tale for America</strong></span></a></p><p></p><p>In a series of tweets, Donald Trump has depicted California as a "cautionary tale" for the rest of the United States, as CalMatters recently <a href="https://calmatters.org/explainers/trump-vs-california-fact-check/" target="_blank">noted</a>. As is often the case with this president, his ideas are a mixed bag and his incendiary approach is less than constructive. But, as someone who has been writing about California's policies for two decades, I concede that he makes a valid point.</p><p></p><p>California bounds from one crisis to another, with most of them being self-imposed. The latest one involves the raging wildfires that turned our <a href="https://www.npr.org/2020/09/23/915723316/1-in-7-americans-have-experienced-dangerous-air-quality-due-to-wildfires-this-ye" target="_blank">air</a> into a putrid soup. Obviously, heatwaves and high winds were the proximate cause, but poor land management, ill-conceived liability and insurance laws, and the misuse of existing firefighting budgets are the fundamental problems.</p><p></p><p>The governor and his party always view the private sector as a threat and the government as a solution. Yet everything our government touches turns into a disaster. </p><p></p><p>Nevertheless, California's leaders brag that our state is the fifth-largest economy and that other states should emulate its model—from banning internal-combustion vehicles to limiting companies' ability to use contractors as workers. I look at the state's failures and crises and have to agree that California is more of a cautionary tale than a model. It's certainly not Detroit, but don't forget that 60 years ago Detroit was one of the nation's <a href="https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/147674839X/reasonmagazinea-20/#:~:text=Detroit%20in%201963%20is%20on,Berry%20Gordy%3B%20the%20Reverend%20C.L." target="_blank">great cities</a>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tonyexpress, post: 4634613, member: 1940"] [URL='https://reason.com/2020/10/02/california-is-a-cautionary-tale-for-america/'][SIZE=5][B]California Is a Cautionary Tale for America[/B][/SIZE][/URL] In a series of tweets, Donald Trump has depicted California as a "cautionary tale" for the rest of the United States, as CalMatters recently [URL='https://calmatters.org/explainers/trump-vs-california-fact-check/']noted[/URL]. As is often the case with this president, his ideas are a mixed bag and his incendiary approach is less than constructive. But, as someone who has been writing about California's policies for two decades, I concede that he makes a valid point. California bounds from one crisis to another, with most of them being self-imposed. The latest one involves the raging wildfires that turned our [URL='https://www.npr.org/2020/09/23/915723316/1-in-7-americans-have-experienced-dangerous-air-quality-due-to-wildfires-this-ye']air[/URL] into a putrid soup. Obviously, heatwaves and high winds were the proximate cause, but poor land management, ill-conceived liability and insurance laws, and the misuse of existing firefighting budgets are the fundamental problems. The governor and his party always view the private sector as a threat and the government as a solution. Yet everything our government touches turns into a disaster. Nevertheless, California's leaders brag that our state is the fifth-largest economy and that other states should emulate its model—from banning internal-combustion vehicles to limiting companies' ability to use contractors as workers. I look at the state's failures and crises and have to agree that California is more of a cautionary tale than a model. It's certainly not Detroit, but don't forget that 60 years ago Detroit was one of the nation's [URL='https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/147674839X/reasonmagazinea-20/#:~:text=Detroit%20in%201963%20is%20on,Berry%20Gordy%3B%20the%20Reverend%20C.L.']great cities[/URL]. [/QUOTE]
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