Your opinion on this major decision taken by the California Governer

[PromoDirect]

There is this major decision taken by the governor of California. This cause a severe impact on the promotional product industry. What do you think, how likely it is that other states would also take the same decision or they would not?

"The governor of California has declared that there will be a ban on the distribution of promotional products in all the Californian state agencies and departments. With the state departments being one of the major clients in the promotional products industry, this news is estimated to impact the businesses of about five thousand which deal in the promo items industry directly. Apart from this, it will also impact several companies which rely directly on business gifting to state agencies for their growth. Read The Whole Story"

[Parvaze]

Probably not the answer you want to hear, but I think its ridiculous that a state that has a $25 billion deficit is paying millions of dollars for promotional items to hand out. Seriously, do you really think getting a key chain or pen with California printed on it going to somehow either sway you to do business with, otherwise generate revenue for, CA?