California socialism California’s quality of life is the lowest of all the 50 states. Its lavish welfare spending is more of a magnet for drug addicts/thugs (aka, the homeless) who resort to a life of crime to support their addiction. California's poverty rate is 20.6 % , the highest in America — twice the national average. To help pay for socialism, California’s regressive sales tax rate is the highest in the U.S. Also, with California socialism comes the elimination of the middle-class and a proliferation of tents and RVs not to mention a proliferation of sidewalk feces and third world diseases — maybe even the Bubonic plague.   2020 is a pivotal year for Patriots and for all of Americans who love liberty. We must reject the filthy stain of s socialism.