[quote=CA renter]
If they leave, others will take their place. In a high-demand state like California, this isn’t a real threat.

And other states will have other taxes or fewer/lower-quality services, instead. Every state has its pros and cons; people just have to decide what’s right for themselves. You can’t get something for nothing, no matter how hard you try.[/quote]

I disagree with this completely. A company like Twitter is in San Francisco because they (San Francisco) gave/”was Forced” to give them a huge tax break to build and have their HQ there.

http://america.aljazeera.com/watch/shows/the-stream/the-stream-officialblog/2014/2/13/san-francisco-cityworkersprotesttwittertaxbreak.html

Doesn’t benefit the “other” poor people neither.

If another state offers them that tax break, you can say a lot of businesses will move…

A quick google found these quick links in a second…There are tons more offering employers to move their HQ to lower tax cost areas:

http://blog.heritage.org/2014/02/23/tony-stark-come-home-hollywood-seeks-tax-breaks-lure-movies/

http://www.boston.com/business/personal-finance/taxes/2014/02/22/tax-break-helps-nyc-lure-the-tonight-show-home-tax-break-helps-new-york-city-lure-the-tonight-show-home/l642mOuPLywtsi3kmu5bGP/story.html

Sure, you will always have a guy selling food or haircuts in california, but higher paying jobs will leave if you make it a more inhospitable business climate.

That, and housing is already so expensive in the state that companies aren’t against moving as much to improve the overall quality of life for their employees.