California Sucks

I will first start with the rebuttle of Pro's arguments: 1. While I will agree that California is expensive in comparison to other states like Idaho I would like to point out the wage differences of the people. In California Americas 5th most expensive state after New York, Connecticut, Alaska and Hawaii (According to Forbes Magazine) it is also the 2nd highest average income in the whole of the united states Idaho comes in 45. (http://www.myplan.com...) Thus although things are more expensive their the people are better off than in other states. Your family probably made the money in California to buy that 150,000 dollar house. If you had lived in Idaho then you would have a typical Idaho wage and the house to your family would be more expensive due to your wage. Also in the 4 years Obama has been president the prices in Calafornia have also been coming down leading many people to believe that soon Calafornia will be a much more reasonable place to live. 2. Political debate is what makes America America! America is based off of the value of free speech and as an American they have every right to voice their opinions. Yes it is harder when people don't see eye to eye but that doesn't make the place suck! You should be proud that they are allowed to have a healthy debate because in some other countries people just have to suck up and listen to one person and are not allowed these open debates with fear of being killed. While yes it is frustrating it is also positive because you get a sense of freedom knowing that you can debate for what you believe in. 3. America is based off on Immigrants. Everyone except from Native Americans are immigrants normally when countries are in a recession the people blame the immigrants or one group of people who seem to have the jobs. That is one of the reasons the KKK started, it was one of the reasons Hitler claimed such power he blamed the Jews on Germans financial issues. Now going back to my point earlier were I say minimum wage in California is much higher than in most of America meaning that when a teenager does finally secure a job they will be well paid. The issue with jobs however is a Nation wide if not World Wide issue. If you have been paying any attention to the political debates that have taken place the hottest question is all about Job Creation with Mitt Romney telling us how Obama failed ect. The whole country is facing this issue not just California. Now California actually ranks 23rd according to the latest census on Job Creation and Job Quality so they are in the middle of the road for this one. Seeing as you like to compare California with Idaho I will look at Idahos rating which is 5th. So although California ranks below Idaho it also ranks in the middle of American job creation meaning that many other states are below California in job quality and creation so California does not 'Suck' on the large scale of things Now I will propose some starting arguments: 1. California is one of the most tolerable states in America: California is ranked 6th in tolerance meaning that across the board more people are happy and healthy and not discriminated on. Woman have better chances at getting equal pay, Gay People can hold their partners hand in public and Black people are not stereotyped as dumb. Now I will be comparing California to Idaho in every one of my arguments today as my opponent has done so however looking at the bigger picture California is better than 41 other states on this issue and in fact a leader of the world for this issue. Now if we look at Idahos score which for tolerance if very low at 45th place. Meaning it is only better than 5 states in America. Now lets compare the 2 in terms of points scored per issue. 6, California Tolerance score: 70 out of 100 Hate crime score: 30 out of 40 Discrimination score: 29 out of 40 Gay rights score: 5 out of 10 Religious Tolerance Score: 6 out of 10 Hate crime incidents per 100,000 residents: 2.7 (29 out of 50 states) Discrimination cases filed per 100,000 residents: 15.9 (28 out of 50 states) Population in support of same-sex marriage: 56% Population that believes many religions lead to eternal life: 67% 45, Idaho Tolerance score: 41 out of 100 Hate crime score: 22 out of 40 Discrimination score: 16 out of 40 Gay rights score: -1 out of 10 Religious Tolerance score: 4 out of 10 Hate crime incidents per 100,000 residents:: 2.3 (24 out of 50 states) Discrimination cases filed per 100,000 residents:: 23.9 (42 out of 50 states) Population in support of same-sex marriage:: 33% Population that believes many religions lead to eternal life:: 60% 2. Education: Education and business go hand in hand. While California is only ranked at 33/50 it is stronger than Idaho which is ranked 48/50 meaning that it is only better in Education than 2 other states Arizona and Nevada. Education has been linked to life quality and states with lower rates of Education tend to have more depressed people and weaker economies. 3. City of Film and Culture: California is the best state for culture ranked in Forbes and the census at position number 1. All the most talented actors and singers move to California to pursue their dreams leaving most states with a lack of talent in these skills. California is the home of cinema and is the most filmed location in the world with the most successful movie business were all of the top 3 big movie producing companies have their National office in California. Not to mention Music were California again ranks number 1 in America and number 2 in the world after London. Most of the big music companies National offices are in America and this is were musicians come to make their dreams come true. Idaho was not even ranked in this list. 4. California is the wealthiest state in America: All the most wealthy people move to California meaning California has the richest residence and the highest income of Any State. If you wish to start up a business that is luxurious and high end then California is the place to do so as they have the richest people as well as being one of the best places to start a business. 5. The California Culture- Californians are generally laid back, fun loving people and the culture of California is often depicted in such a great light that everyone wants to move their 6. America is in tough times - Calafornia is suffering due to the hard times America is facing as Calafornia was a central distric for business owners nation wide it suffered significantly however with the recovery of America Calafornia will be one of the first states to recover and once again boast what is used to boast years ago as being one of the most fun states to live in the whole America and one of the best places to live in the world! To conclude California is one of the most beautiful , tolerant states in America with a culture of sport, beauty and summer that is envious world wide. Its Education and Job Creation are the middle of the road however still surperios to many other states. The whole of America is suffering not just California so you can not say California sucks compared to the rest of America when it is ranked overall in the top 10 again and again for best places to live in America. I look forward to my fellow debates response. - Lady Lucina -