During my recent trip to Phoenix, locals rolled their eyes at all the Californians who are moving there—mostly middle-class residents who are so tired of our state's chronic mismanagement that they're willing to abandon the temperate coast for a parched desert. Note to Californians: It's best to re-register your cars in other states as quickly as possible, to avoid glares from the locals.
But while the exodus continues—and California's falling population and outmigration figures reinforce the anecdotal stories—progressives still dream of replicating the state's political experiment at the national level. Californians might be voting with their feet, but there's nowhere they can run and hide if the federal government embraces the same policies.
