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and he called California unfriendly to business because of high state and local income taxes.

Far be it from me to point something out to Charlie, but California has the 5th fastest growing GDP in the country, and the 5th highest per-capita GDP in the US, a remarkable number given the tide of low-wage/low income people arriving across their southern border.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/248063/per-cap...

https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/g...

In 'non-per capita' numbers it is by far the largest economy in the country, half again larger than either Texas or New York, which come in at #2 and #3 respectively.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_...

As Lincoln said when people complained about General Ulysses Grant's love of the drink, 'I'm going to find out what he drinks and send a case of it to all my generals.'

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