I could not wait to publicize this debatable issue.
A prominent capitalist has been authorized by the Secretary of the State of CA to muster signatures of voters for a petition to split CA into 6 independent states. The petition will qualify for a ballot (Congressional?). His main reason is: "CA has become nearly ungovernable because of recent social and economic changes".
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I see many CONS against the split, mostly financial, such as the ff:
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Taxes in each state created will dramatically increase to finance initial expenses, e.g., salary, housing, benefits, travels, misc. expns. for the governor and leaders of various state departments/bureaus, their staff and personnel; procurement, construction, rents of state buildings for the aforementioned; state vehicles; and so forth, etc., etc.
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On the on-going state, maintenance of the state government created will be financed inevitably as never before
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The CONS do not stop at the state level but continue down to the local governments that will be created and maintained for each state
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On the on-going basis, property and income taxes will be disturbed for the worse
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New projects will surely emerge, as never before, for financing
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New taxes of all sorts will surely be levied or collected
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There will be new fees for basic necessities such as water, gas, light, sewer, garbage collection etc.
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New state rules and regulations will be enforced as never before
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Miscellaneous changes will be implemented, e.g., license plates, telephone area code, ZIP code, zones, etc.
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Citizens of each independent state created will be laden with financial burdens of all sorts as never before
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This will be a monumental endeavor
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The land of CA will be divided into 6 kingdoms as it were
This blog is especially open to comments PROS or CONS, relevant or jokes
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