Posted by Jon Coupal at 12:05 am on Mar 02, 2015 Comments Off on WHETHER POLITICIANS LIKE IT OR NOT GASOLINE IS CALIFORNIA’S LIFE BLOOD
The Field Poll reports that for the first time in seven years
more California voters believe the state is moving in the right
direction (50%) than feel it is on the wrong track (41%). Those
living in coastal California are much more likely to have a
positive outlook on our state’s future than inland residents. And
Democrats are more optimistic than Republicans, so it may be safe
to assume that Democrats living in Malibu, Silicon Valley and the
Bay Area are much happier than Republicans living in Central Valley
and other areas with high unemployment.
Like politicians everywhere, California’s governing class will
attempt to claim credit for this reversal of what had been nearly
unanimous pessimism. Moreover, they will also claim that this is
vindication of progressive policies that have given California one
of the most harsh tax and regulatory environments in the
nation.
However they explain the voters’ optimism, they are unlikely to
bring up the one thing for which they can claim no credit
whatsoever; the lower gas prices that existed during the period the
poll was conducted, January 26-February 16, just before the cost of
a gallon of gas began to vault… Read More