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Midterm warning for America, from deep-blue California

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Polls suggest that Democrats might return to power in Congress, winning both the House and the Senate. If so, California is a warning about what deep-blue control looks like.

California’s problems are all linked to the fact that Democrats control every statewide office, and every major city.

We have one of the nation’s highest unemployment rates, because Democrats continue to raise taxes wherever they can, and to impose new regulations on business.

That is why thousands of companies are leaving, taking jobs with them to red states with lower taxes, fewer regulations, and right-to-work laws that restrain unions’ power.

We have the highest poverty rate and a disproportionate share of the nation’s homeless population. That’s not because we are poor. It’s because California doles out the most generous welfare benefits of any state in the Union. 

Instead of helping the homeless move into homes, or helping the poor move up into the middle class, California’s big spending keeps........

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