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Those are already in place a) B) That tax base would rapidly expand. As poorest in the nation at first yes probably. But wouldn't be for long that's for sure. We are strategically located in CA. We are a major transport hub and corridor, we are the biggest ag producers in the nation bar none, and we have major oilfields and one of the biggest potential oilfields in the nation. If we became a separate state, silicon valley would be in our rearview mirror so to speak. We would end up a very wealthy well off state. State spending is at the discretion of the STATE who likes to **** us. Notice the electrical rates. And high speed rail. Both of which **** us and hard. We would prefer the opportunity to make our own way, we are sitting pretty with what we got if we can our hands untied.
It could well happen that way. Right now, parts of the Central Valley are being compared to Appalachia, with the latter coming off the richest. A lot of that is the numbers of illegals who have no education and depend on farmwork to survive.