California: Drag on Economy

Except for a very brief period of time in which its economic growth was falling, but not as fast as in the rest of the U.S., California's economy has been somewhat of a drag on the U.S. economy since the third and really the fourth quarter of 2006 through at least the end of 2010. Fixing whatever might be wrong with California's economy will go a long way to improving the economic health of the entire United States.