Do you think that high gas prices are the main reason the economy is in such a weak state?

As a liberal, I would structure a utopia differently so I really have no idea what you're asking about. Nevertheless, California has the largest GDP of any state in the nation, and if it were a country, it would have the 9th highest GDP in the world. It also contributes more in federal tax than it receives back in federal spending.

This is in contrast to most conservative "welfare" states that feed at the federal trough by contributing less in federal taxes than they receive in federal spending. The high housing prices in areas of California are primarily due to the competition for housing and the high incomes of individuals in those areas. The gas prices are due to a variety of reasons.

Your question is baseless because you make a strange statement without providing appropriate information that actually relates to it and you make it solely for the purpose of criticizing. Edit: Oh, and if you think California housing prices are bad, you should see what you get for equivalent amounts of money in Manhattan. Now why do you think that is?

Obviously the reason prices are high in California is that people in California have a lot of money, on average. People in states like Mississippi and West Virginia have very low incomes on average, so naturally prices are cheaper there. The only thing you've pointed out is that California has a high standard of living.

We all knew that already.

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