Troy Senik,
writing for
National Review Online, about why California politics ignores the needs of its disappearing middle class.
In political terms, the explanation is rather simple: California is a state that owes its regnant liberalism to a political alliance between the super-rich and the super-poor.
I would add "as well as the large and growing number of government employees, many of whose jobs focus on the poor." California, with 12% of the U.S. population, has 33% of U.S. welfare recipients. Meanwhile middle class jobs migrate to Texas, and elsewhere.