BK>  
 BK> At the same time the Ca economy is in trouble due to 
 BK> the diownsizing of the defense budget and the 
 BK> consolidation of the defense industries.. we've lost 
 BK> Lockheed, Hugh's, North American and several others. 
 BK> Northrup is downsizing due to lost contracts.. and 
 BK> Boing and M-D is merging.. more loses for Ca.
 BK>  
 BK> A big part of Ca's economy was defense..  
 BK> So while you've seen stability.. we've seen the worst of it.
 
     But your cost of living is higher there, MUCH HIGHER.  Probably costs 
half again as much or twice as much to live in L.A. as it does in Phoenix.  
So you have to PAY PEOPLE MORE, so production costs are higher, profits are 
lower.
This is also a right-to-work state, is California?  (Some dipwads call it a 
"right-to-work-for-nothing state.")
     
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