Thursday, January 12, 2012

John Galt has left California

My employer, Jukt Micronics, recently opened a west coast warehouse to serve our customers in that region. 
 
Where did we go - L.A.?  Long Beach?  San Diego?  San Fran? 
Nope. 
We opened our west coast warehouse in Phoenix, Arizona.  That's a long way from the coast, where the shipping containers come in, but it's worth the drive.   

No one in his right mind will open anything in California.  The place is a regulatory hell.  The taxes are ridiculous. 


Here's something from Bloomberg News:
California (STOCA1) Governor Jerry Brown’s plan to balance the state budget in part with higher taxes on the wealthy depends on a group of top earners that shrank by one-third from 2007 to 2009.


Tax returns with adjusted gross incomes topping $500,000 fell to 98,610 in 2009, the latest year available, from a recent peak of 146,221 two years earlier, according to data from the Franchise Tax Board, the state agency that collects income and corporate taxes.
Once again, here's the good part:
California (STOCA1) Governor Jerry Brown’s plan to balance the state budget in part with higher taxes on the wealthy depends on a group of top earners that shrank by one-third from 2007 to 2009.

It's called Going Galt.  May the trend continue until Jerry Brown changes his ways. 


6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Secede!

Hot Sam said...
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The Whited Sepulchre said...

Nick,
We have enough colonies as it is.

Daniel said...

Count me in! How long will the producers wait to claim their fruit?

Hot Sam said...
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ΛΕΟΝΙΔΑΣ said...

As a Kalifornia native and refugee, I'm with Nick