There’s been a lot of focus about whether California can secede.  The better question, perhaps, is, why should it? Think about it.  If you live in California, you already live with silly taxes that you don’t have to live with in other parts of the country, beyond the infamous, highly-progressive state income tax.  For instance, do you want to bag your groceries when you check out at the grocery store?  In California, you have to either bring your own bags, or declare how many the store provides for you, because you’re charged $0.10 for each one.  It’s a state-sponsored sin tax for your wicked destruction of the planet (or the state is saving you and the planet from your own non-biodegradable plastic gluttony, however you wish to frame it).  Want to buy a 2-liter container of soda?  Well, that will also be another $0.10 tax per unit.  Consider it the sin tax for your wanton desire for sugary drinks.  Fill the...(Read Full Article)