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Middle-Class Exodus from California

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    Reagan.com’s Mike Reagan on why young, middle-class people can no longer afford to live in California.

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Nearly four million people have left California in the past twenty years most of the most of those people are aged five to thirteen.

And 34 to 45 -- the was they young people young.

Family people.

Mike Reagan is the also all of the new revolution that Reagan revolution he joins us from Los Angeles Michael you -- -- hear -- okay.

Yeah I hear EI I hear you fine all I have to do here four million people leaving -- state.

And it's all the stuff you and I've talked about for almost the better part of the year yeah -- the fact the matters California.

And I hope you got a room in your house for me.

I it was just such a shocking number that's what we've brought it to your attention and you know this all -- and I'll tell -- -- -- million people that it's a shocking number.

Because this state is really being run by the unions is being run by the left and this is an all -- brown.

-- AB 32 -- -- the cap and trade bill the final solution to greening of California which -- businesses do you talk.

Texas and every place else we've brought to you by Arnold Schwarzenegger who vote for the Democrat and Republican movement what's going on.

In this they -- -- and it's unfortunate -- Unfortunate that young couples can't afford even moved here anymore or stay here if they were born here they have to go somewhere else to make a living.

-- got a second point drawn from mr.

-- and -- this is interview that you did in the Wall Street Journal this is disease who is leaving.

Is this is the quote basically if you don't own a piece of face local Google and haven't robbed a bank and don't have rich parents.

Then your chances of being able to buyer -- also raise a family in the Bay Area or in most of coastal California is pretty weak.

That's an interesting -- because he's telling us it's middle class people who believing that's what he's telling us is -- It is middle class people there in fact -- a friend of mine son twenty years supporting eight years old.

Just started moving to Boston Massachusetts because there's jobs in Boston we have eleven point 2% unemployment in the state of California.

And they want to raise our energy your prices even more -- telling -- not too long ago.

I pay 400 dollars a month just for the privilege.

Have water and power delivered to my house my never turn on his -- never -- light switch its -- bucks a month I pay another fee.

To help underwrite those people can't afford to pay for the electricity.

Coming in to their home it -- gotten out of control.

Isn't this state.

What we're number 48 -- the nation as far as business friendly -- last in education we used to be first.

Story out the other day barring.

We're spreading 151000.

Dollars per student in the state of California for school.

And we -- educating idiots they -- graduating with nothing.

OK I wanna bring one more thing to your attention.

The recently on the show we had off the last five famous economist you know -- -- revenues on laugh -- he's written a book how to Q or how to fix California.

And he said to me look.

It is possible that Jerry Brown the current governor of California will change his policies and that Mike -- around the state and save the state.

I don't think that's a rational idea in my pig I can't see Jerry Brown Tony Arnold -- -- I have no idea what he's talking about.

You have Jerry Brown who wants to in -- have a ballot measure for us to vote to raise -- cactus cactus about three weeks -- state assembly.

Voted take a billion dollars from education and put it to low income housing why because they know we wouldn't go to the polls and vote.

To increase our taxes to pay for low income housing so there shorting the Education Department.

Laying people -- so we feel bad that will raise our taxes for the Education Department this is all about Jerry Brown.

And Jerry Brown has no control in this state he's trying to he's trying to raise our taxes this state -- controlled by a -- -- numb skulls.

In Sacramento that's why I'm -- the California -- you know the California legislature now.

Ballot measure to pick -- back to a part time legislature and give the state back to Californians.

You know I was thinking about renewing my off for you to leave California -- come live with those in the great state of new choosy but.

Because.

It looks like you might actually do it.

I'm not gonna make that offer again is that OK we -- you might right can you hear what I'm saying you probably -- at all yeah I guess he got your back your back the jury convict that offer because it start to look forty they have to do -- I'd do it if he can -- -- -- -- -- -- Up -- I didn't like Reagan you've really all the voice of reason baby -- or otherwise thanks for joining us appreciate it was Dickinson that.