In article "Roger W. Norman"
writes:
But that goes on all the time. That's why each state pretty much has their
own Technology Corridor these days. The problem is that Californians no
longer have any business to export. The aircraft industy is bust and has
been for longer than the profits have suggested. The Dot.coms were just as
stupid as most anyone with a brain stem suggested. Obviously no one is
going to invest in any energy manager that comes from California. What's to
lose? California is going to have a long, hard struggle back, and it's
largely to do with the fact that Californians can vote on any damned thing
they want, with either as much information or a little as it takes them to
make that vote. In other words, California isn't really a republic at all
(as opposed to Congress), it's a true democracy. To me that lowers the
abilities of the state to continue to grow directly in proportion to the
intelligence of the voters.

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Roger W. Norman
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The problem with California governance is that the legislature has no impetus
to do the right thing when it's politically unpopular because the initiative
process can be substituted. Then the voters are asked to make the hard
decisions that the Senate and Assembly are supposed to be making. Difficult
matters like water rights and taxation are left to voters who lack the
understanding to properly evaluate.


-Jay
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