Don't blame your brother one bit, Decomp. Government meddling like price controls and minimum wage NEVER work as intended and ALWAYS make things much worse. The sad thing is that most Democrats know this is the absolute, undeniable truth - BUT, they feel it is more important to play the part of clueless Progressives than to support market-based policies that will actually benefit the country and its citizens.
California has been spiraling down in a tailspin for a long time, now. When it crashes, it will be spectacular in scope. My only hope is that, when it finally happens, the federal government does not try to make the rest of us pay for California's mindless self-destruction. If those morons in California are hell-bent to turn their state into the next Venezuela, so be it - let that disaster be on their own heads. Any Californian with half-a-brain will be looking to leave that imbecilic morass at their earliest convenience.
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