Tech billionaires are making plans to bail on California ahead a possible ballot measure that would tax their assets to help pay for healthcare.

Sources told the New York Times that venture capitalist Peter Thiel has explored spending more time outside California and opening an office for his Los Angeles-based personal investment firm, Thiel Capital, in another state.

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    4 days ago

    Blue maine is doing just about as good as red kentucky, no?

    Median income in Maine is 14% higher than in Kentucky. Maine’s the poorest state in New England, but that would land it somewhere in the middle of southern states.

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      4 days ago

      Yeah, kentucky is a very poor state, its pretty sad but at least its just easy to blame on mitch, which isnt wrong. No idea whats going on up in Maine though. Someone should look into that. Im only getting familiar with the place because I got people up there and I love it, but man the parallels to kentucky are incredible despite me hoping it would be a lot… better since its consistently bluer than KY.