ClearwaterVol
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As I said, it's an exaggeration to the point of lies. Let's see what the metrics are when the Californians have to apply for visas to immigrate here and reap the benefit of our lower cost of living. And they all stick around in N. Mexico Lite to grow old, increase their socialized medical costs, and support their retirees at home.
Arm wave all you want. Getting back .99 of every federal tax dollar while exporting their old folks is a pretty good deal. It's not quite the picture you initially painted, now is it?
It doesn't seem much like paying for Mississippi's crap-fest. It sounds like they are breaking even while sending some of that overhead out of state.
Neither you nor I know the true numbers, so I'd say your spin is every bit as bad as mine. The article assumes that all these retirees would make it a break even proposition without a bit of evidence to support that assertion other than Cali has a younger population so it must be true. There is also no support that Cali is shipping out retirees in that article.