Ben Shapiro presents on the current issues facing California and the future of the state. Ben Shapiro is editor-in-chief of The Daily Wire and host of “The Ben Shapiro Show,” the top conservative podcast in the nation. Shapiro is the author of seven nonfiction books, including The New York Times bestseller Bullies: How the Left’s Culture of Fear and Intimidation Silences America (Simon & Schuster, 2012). —– CONNECT WITH PASTOR JACK HIBBS Facebook: https://goo.gl/jhJHyL Instagram: https://goo.gl/TkQ4hD Website: https://goo.gl/y1gCnV —– SUBSCIBE Be sure to click the bell icon next to the subscribe button to get alerts when a new video is uploaded.

thank you so much for waiting for my

sabbath to end so i could get here

really i literally just finished sabbath

hopped in the shower

got in the car and got here and this is

the best way to start a week i can

imagine

so let’s talk a little bit about the

state of california and we all live here

and we all know that california is

essentially a national laughing stock

and for good reason it is the worst run

state in the country

without much doubt we have economic

problems we have social problems we have

cultural problems but

we do have solutions to all these

problems let’s start with some of the

problems then we’ll get to some of the

solutions

let’s talk first off the bat about the

economic problems

in this state so according to figures

from the us department of commerce our

effective gdp from 2017

actually stands at fifth in the world

which is good news right we’re

right behind germany just ahead of the

uk just as a state alone which is an

amazing testament to the number of

people

who work hard and live right in this

state despite what the government would

have you believe

that’s thanks to the amazing amount of

innovation in this state but

california continues to do its best to

drive industry

out of the state obviously taxes in the

state are insane

we have the highest income tax rate in

the nation at 9.3 percent for anyone

making about 53 grand

so you want to clear out the middle

class that’s a pretty easy way of doing

it it’s 13.3

for people making more than a million

bucks we’ve raised the income tax

temporarily

my entire lifetime

[Laughter]

and our income taxes are actually more

volatile than other states because our

income tax doesn’t just cover

income normal income it also covers

investment gains and partnership income

and dividends and interest and rent so

when the economy goes south

then the amount of receipt to the

government actually drops pretty

radically

all in all california is not only a

progressive state it is the most

progressive state people making more

than five hundred thousand dollars in

this state

pay more than half of all taxes in the

state the top one percent

pay 50 of all personal income tax

receipts which means

that our state 150 000 people in this

state

pay the taxes for 40 million people that

is how the the economics of the state of

california works now of course

governor brown has approved

i’m sorry i’m just like we didn’t get

enough of him

10 years before i was born

is

the state has so many new ideas that

were like you know would be a great idea

let’s bring back jerry brown i know if

we have a lot of futurama fans in the

room but the

disembodied head of jerry brown will be

governor in 2040 in this state

governor brown has approved a 12-cent

gas tax hike plus increases on the

annual vehicle fee

have you seen your infrastructure

improving in this state

no no one has ever seen a pothole filled

in the state of california

we still don’t have the proper

infrastructure for ensuring water supply

which is great we have this big drought

and then everybody was supposed to stop

using sprinklers and stop taking showers

and so jerry brown in response to that

drought instead of building new

infrastructure didn’t do anything

and that’s great we also have the

statewide the highest statewide sales

tax rate in the united states at 7.25

percent

the only saving grace in california is

prop 13 so naturally the left wants to

destroy prop 13.