Elon Musk’s decision to leave California following passage of anti-parent law

Elon Musk is fed up with California: He has decided to relocate SpaceX and X to Texas after California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a law that aims to keep parents uninformed about their children’s gender identities.

“This is the last straw,” Musk tweeted on Tuesday. “Due to this law and many others that have been introduced, harming both families and companies, SpaceX will be moving its headquarters to Texas.”

He’s even more intelligent than we thought.

The billionaire had warned Newsom a year ago that “laws of this nature would compel families and companies to leave California in order to protect their children.”

Certainly they would.

What parent wouldn’t want to be aware of something as significant as their child’s decision to change their gender identity? Such information is crucial for safeguarding the best interests of your children.

Newsom & Co. believe that the state is better equipped to raise children than their own parents: The new law prohibits school boards from mandating parental notification.

To any rational person, that’s backwards: If anything, the state should restrict schools from keeping parents uninformed.

No company should tolerate its employees’ families being treated in this manner.

Nor should they agree with California’s intention to soon mandate schools to impose its divisive “liberated ethnic studies” curriculum on children.

This “last straw” follows a slew of irrational mandates and policies, including California’s “green” initiatives, which may lead to power outages and the elimination of gas-powered vehicles by 2035.

Or its lenient stance on crime and other progressive policies, allowing criminals to run rampant, drug abuse to become widespread, homeless encampments to overtake neighborhoods, and streets to become open-air bathrooms. . .

In addition, California’s high state tax rates (personal and corporate) and regulations like minimum wage laws consistently place the state at the bottom in terms of business-friendliness.

Notably, Texas has no personal or corporate income tax, reasonable business regulations, and sensible approaches to crime, homelessness, and other quality-of-life issues.

The real question about Musk’s decision is: Why did it take him so long?