In this article Carroll observes that California is becoming a feudal society, with an affluent few at the top, many poor at the bottom, and most of those in between working for the government. He writes:
To the extent that the California labor market is recovering, it is a McJobs recovery. (snip) If you do happen to have a job already among the highest fifth of California income earners, your weekly wages are up 1 percent since 2006. But every other income group has experienced sharp earnings losses.These conditions have led to outmigration by the middle class, about which Carroll writes:
If any of the current Californians don't like what the new California has become, they are free to leave. The bad news is that millions of middle-class families already have, and the trend is likely to continue.The DrsC were early members of that outmigration.
