CNBC: Is Texas Becoming The New California?

[NurseJackie]

Tesla’s gigafactory and Apple’s second-largest campus aren’t the only big businesses coming to Texas. From Oracle to Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Elon Musk to Joe Rogan, Texas has lured an increasing number of big businesses and billionaires away from California since the pandemic began. While California’s population and job growth both slowed to a trickle, Texas added more residents than any other state in 2020. CNBC talks to those moving and longtime Texans about the reasons behind the trend and what it could mean for the future of the Lone Star State.

[turbinetree]

1. They can't even supply clean water to people when a snow storm hits, they have no power

but guess what someone is going to have to pay for that libertarianism BS, since deregulation of the power system is the most important slight of hand there is for big business, so have at it big tech, you don't pay taxes now even in California just pit another state against another state that's the fucking ticket , and besides Texas doesn't like being part of the Union, so go have at it ..........

https://www.npr.org/2021/02/27/970877890/the-power-is-back-on-in-texas-now-comes-the-recovery-and-it-wont-be-cheap

[PortTack]

3. Agree! They need to think twice b4 risking that kind of move

[jimfields33]

2. I think this is great.

I do hope Texas learns from California to keep housing costs affordable and goods at a reasonable price. But Texas can gain by having more progressive policies which will help everyone.

[ashredux]

5. It is turning Blue...

[IA8IT]

4. Texas--BYOU----Bring Your Own Utilities