Steve Hilton

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PBD Podcast · PBD Interview: Steve Hilton - How California Became America’s BIGGEST Political Failure · 21 May 2026 podcast

But remember, well, that's just the total GDP.

That's driven mainly by two things.

We got a small number of giant tech companies that are great.

And I want, of course, I want every business to thrive in California.

So I'm a huge supporter of our tech industry, like all our other industries.

That's great that we've got these companies generate a huge amount of revenue, but not many jobs.

And then the second component that's driven up the GDP number, that includes the government.

So all this increase in government spending, that increases your GDP.

But it's not a healthy way to increase your economy.

So at the same time as having the fourth biggest economy, we have the highest poverty rate.

of any state, tied with Louisiana.

Poverty rate is massive.

Poverty rate is the highest in the country, tied with Louisiana.

Unemployment with the highest in the country of all 50 states.

I think the District of Columbia is slightly higher, but in terms of states, we have the highest unemployment rate.

So that's not a healthy economy.

I mean, most of the jobs that have been created since the pandemic, I believe the net job creation in the private sector is almost zero in California.

It's government and stuff like that, healthcare.

And so you've got a really unhealthy economy because it's just so impossible to do anything.

And that's exactly what you're seeing in Europe and in the UK.

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