Operating a retail business in a major California city has to be tough. High taxes, pervasive regulatory requirements, high real estate costs, and rampant shoplifting requires a business to keep raising prices. The consumer is able to find much better pricing outside of the city or online. Over time, city based businesses are destined for failure, entrepreneurs will leave, and other businesses that directly or indirectly benefit from the businesses that left will start to hurt. Tax and other revenues will decline, causing the local Government to reduce services and or increase taxes and other fees. This process is what creates the negative economic feedback loop we see in long term Democratic controlled cities.
It all comes down to a couple of basic, fundamental principles: The productive should be able to enjoy the fruits of their labor and the unproductive should not be subsidized.
What about the disabled? Where church, family, and charity fall short, the government could warehouse the disabled in a low cost area by providing physical shelter, utilities, and food, but without money being transferred. Not transferring money would eliminate most of the abuse of our system.
