California: The poster child for dysfunction
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Arnold Schwarzenegger was so preoccupied with lecturing the national GOP about the need to “rebrand” itself and move left that he forgot to mind California’s own business.
Today, his desperate tax-and-spend ballot measures are expected to all go down in flames at the polls. Tea Party activists of all political stripes have lambasted the deceptive initiatives. The intellectually and financially bankrupt state GOP is in full meltdown, having poured $650,000 into Schwarzenegger’s coffers to promote the phony spending cap measure before the state party waffled, then turned around and voted to oppose it and the other tax hikes.
So, where in the world is the Taxinator now? After making a last-ditch pitch for his $16 billion in tax increases at black churches in L.A. (hello, church/state separation activists?) and attempting to fear-monger voters into approving the measures, Arnie has fled to Washington, D.C. today for a pow-wow with Barack Obama to celebrate — what else? — new eco-regulations on cars that will result in massive new costs imposed on drivers:
Battling anger and indifference on the part of California voters, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger implored them Sunday not to make the state “the poster child for dysfunction” by defeating a host of measures on Tuesday’s ballot that seek to restructure the state’s bleak finances.
After years of binge spending, open-borders welfare expansionism, environmental extremism, unchecked unionism (read: SEIU) and hostility to businesses, it’s a little late to try to prevent California from becoming “the poster child for dysfunction,” isn’t it?
You can run, but you can’t hide:
When the going gets tough, the tough get going and that’s what Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is doing tonight: going out of town.
Although the governor has been arguing for months that Tuesday’s election features a package of ballot measures that are absolutely essential to California’s financial future, Schwarzenegger is leaving on a jet plane for Washington, where he’ll spend election day. And he’s not coming home in any hurry, either.
The governor will be in DC for what his staff is billing as a major announcement: California is expected to get its long-sought waiver from the Environmental Protection Agency, which will allow the state to set higher standards for car and truck exhaust emissions.
And Schwarzenegger plans to stay in Washington Wednesday to lobby the California congressional delegation for more budget help for the state.
Important stuff. The tougher emissions standards are something Schwarzenegger has been working on for years and is an important past of his plan for the greening of California. And since California is looking at a $15.4 billion budget deficit under the best — and currently unlikely — circumstances, a chance to smooze the DC-based pols isn’t a bad thing.
Still, would Schwarzenegger be making this trip if every poll wasn’t predicting an election night disaster for the governor’s budget reform package? Things are so ugly that Budget Reform Now, Schwarzenegger’s umbrella group for support of the ballot measures, hadn’t decided by this afternoon when, where or even if they were going to have an election night party.
It will be thanks in large part to both the old guard taxpayers’ rights groups (Howard Jarvis) and the new generation of anti-Evil&Stupid Party activists from the Tea Party movement that Schwarzenegger’s ill-conceived measures go down. But the fight is far from over.
The Taxinator is in D.C. with his hands out — and his figurative gun to the head of the rest of the country’s taxpayers. As I noted last week, California wants TARP money. They’ll argue, as every other successful bailout recipient has, that the state is Too Big Too Fail.
California did itself in. It deserves to suffer the consequences.
Tell your congressional representatives to tell the muscle man looking to pump up his puny state coffers with everyone else’s money:
Not one dime.
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Karl at Hot Air: “[M]any Americans will chafe just as much at the prospect of paying to bail out California’s decades of inept govenment as they do at paying to bail out GM’s decades of inept management. Obama would bail out California to hold onto those electoral votes, but he will have to worry about how many he loses in the process.”
CK MacLeod: Your official Cali budget initiatives guide. Har.
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Blue state bankruptcy, its a good thing.
Surprised he didn’t go running off to Iraq. I thought that was the destination of choice for slime-ball politicos trying to avoid something coming back to bite them.
I heard a California lady say yesterday, “Grey Davis is looking good about now.” Sad state of affairs, my former state. Sure am glad I escaped, and live in the great State of Texas, where the economy is thriving!
As et noted,
My advice to Californians. Get out!!!
(But don’t come to NC, please. We have enough liberals and illegals already.)
Grey Davis STILL isn’t looking good right now. He started this mess with a $35 billion deficit on a $100 billion budget.
Now we have a $40 billion deficit on a $145 billion budget.
All GAS did was kick the can down the road.
He got elected on ‘change’, he was going to ‘break all the boxes’. He lied.
Sound familiar?
PS…all the boxes are alive and well.
‘Terminator’ my a**.
The concept of Pay As You Go would be totally out of the question for the once Great State of California I suppose. No, spend what you do not have, borrow what you can not pay back and tax a decreasing base is the New Model. It has been the ruin of many an individual, family, company and state. But do not bother with logic.
Tis a Brave New World, isn’t it?
Arizona would be willing to take both their Conservatives-if that one guy is still alive. Damn fool Californians come to Arizona to escape California taxes and then demand the social services that caused the problems.
Election Day: vote NO on 1a through 1e and vote YES on 1f to send a message.
As for me, two more years and I am out’a here.
I escaped from Mexifornia years ago and live in Kansas — nice people, cost of living not bad and unemployment is not that bad either. All conservatives should leave Mexifornia as soon as they can.
Ahnuld is a poster child for Peter’s Principle; Everyone will rise to their level of incompetence. He was good at making action movies. But rather than stick with that, he rose to his level of incompetence.
Sill on the road, I was born in Coffeyville, Kansas. Where do you live in the Sun Flower State?
California is the Beta test for Obama’s national plan. Nice to see measurable results, eh?
Done.
Already.
The Golden State is now the Junk-Bond State. Its bond ratings are in the toilet.
Brought to you by LBJ. Never ending cycle of nannyism.
What happened to good old fasioned American exceptionalism?
Blacks get PIMPED again.
California Uber Alles
tre said:
Right up the 169 highway between Osawatomie and Paola. I work in Overland Park but it is well worth the drive.
What is really scary is that what Obama is doing makes Arnold look like a piker.
Note to Californian liberals: Texas sucks. Do not come here. Oregon is much, much better. Maybe New Jersey, yeah, Jersey is nice. I hear Michigan is great, you should go there. I repeat: whatever you do, do not come to Texas.
Tre, Stillonthe road:
Quite the Kansas contingency here. I was born, grew up, and educated in Emporia. Moved to Texas then to Illinois (bad move, want to move to KC area). My folks still live in Emporia, and can’t wait for Sebilius (sic?) to go to DC, and give the GOP a good shot at retaking the Governorship next year. Then maybe Tiller the Baby Killer will finally face justice.
Alas, telling my Congressional delegation not to approve a bailout for California won’t do a bit of good. Asking Gerry Connolly, Mark Warner and Jim Webb not to spend money on stupid ideas is as pointless as asking Tom Davis not to waste taxpayer money.
And besides, President Bush established that he could do anything he wanted with TARP money even it if was obviously against the letter of the law. Barack will do the same. Laws don’t matter in 21st century America…
– ArizonaNeanderthal
Yeah, I’m still alive. I’m going to stick around in Cali at least long enough to vote against these measures.
It’ll be interesting to see what happens when they all fail.
I’ll add Virginia to that list. It’s just nasty here. And we are not really blue – that’s just NOVAstan.
Illegal Aliens cost the State of Mexifornia and estimated 16 billion a year. Gee I wonder where we could find the money to balance the budget without raising taxes?
I’m voting NO on all props except 1F. NO RAISES for idiots in office.
And Nevada, here I come. Sometime this year hopefully. It will be nice living in a state with NO income tax.
You reap what you sow. If a state as large and rich in natural resources as California,cannot balance it’s budget, then they have no business expecting other tax-payers from more fiscally responsible states to subsidize their profligacy. Let them fail.
Once my uncle and brother are safely out of the West Coast Clown Factory, the whole damn thing can fall into the ocean for all I care.
Oh, and Louisiana sucks, too, but I hear New York is nice…
On May 19th, 2009 at 10:04 am, BlameAmericaLast said:
“I’m voting NO on all props except 1F. NO RAISES for idiots in office.
And Nevada, here I come. Sometime this year hopefully. It will be nice living in a state with NO income tax.”
Welcome to Nevada — However, while we don’t have a state Income tax, their are a crapload of other tax’s (fee’s) to keep us at the top of the total tax’s (fee’s) paid.
If you are coming from Kalifornia, you will need to be de-briefed and exorcised first….
Just got back from the polls and voted NO on everything.
Here in Oklahoma, the 10 Commandments will be placed at the state capitol. As part of the 30 states, we welcome any conservative who would like to flee their liberal state and help us become stronger. By the way, our legislature is considering abolishing the state income tax. I love Oklahoma! If you are an illegal alien, stay out. If you are for gay marriage, stay out. If you are pro-abortion – stay the he-double-l out!
California liberals…please don’t come to Minnesota. Besides having too many libtards here already…the mosquitoes are so big, they literally pick you up and drop you into one of our horrible, good-for-nothing lakes! You would hate it here! I am going out to water my garden now. If I don’t come back, call mosquito “control”.
AHNULD needs to get back on the juice….maybe then he’d have some guts…
“Conservatives should leave California”
Isn’t that the problem with conservatives? We always run away from a fight? We are WINNING! Hang around a while!
I have to chuckle at all the provincial commentors who ignore that their states are pretty awful too. I don’t think anyone from Arizona should be lecturing anyone for instance. Same with North Carolina.
The way to win this is to stand your ground and fight where you are. Here in CA, we need to burn down the village to save it. I threw the first match this morning by being the first vote cast in my precinct. I voted “no” across the board. And I’m going to hang around.
If it makes you feel better. The swine in Sacramento will still find a way to make sure their salaries are padded. They always come first.
Tree. Rope. Politician….some assembly required.
Well, when I can get out of KaliforniaSSR, I won’t need de-briefing or exorcism. My famliy having moved from Iowa and Iliving in this state for over 50 years and witnessed its spiraling decline ibn the last 25, I’ve never considered myself a Califorian, more like an Iowan in exile. I WILL need a good hot decontamination shower, however. Maybe burn my clothes, and after getting a driver’s licence from my adopted state, burn my CAL DL too!
I don’t understand why everyone is criticizing The Terminator. He is trying to cut costs!! He cut the “Save the Otter” budget in half! And he plans to drastically cut firefighting, healthcare and school funding. So quityerbellyachin’.
Errah if the FEDs give him any money I’m sure he’ll say “I’ll Be Baaack”. Ahhnold is a RINO “toomah” on the Republicam party. How soon before he and Maria are driving a new 35 mpg Obamamobile from their “Maanshun” in Excremento baack to Haaaaleeewood Cawleefornnyja?
Torch. Pitchfork. Tree. Rope. Politician….some assembly required.
Needed a couple more links in the chain.
1F is just a salve to make Californians feel as if they’re doing something. It’s inconceivable to me that it will have any measurable affect on our legislators balancing future budgets. For one thing, these folks only get paid about $100k/yr. While that’s substantially more than I make, it’s also still solidly a middle-class income in CA, making it hard for me to believe these folks are in it for the money in the first place. They could certainly make more in the private sector if they were concerned with income. With that as a given, I fail to see how preventing them from a few percent raise when there’s a deficit will change their votes one way or the other. It’s definitely not going to make liberals of the sort we have in Cali vote against their fundamental positions (larger govt, larger entitlement programs, etc. etc.).
I’m voting against ALL of these props.
Sorry, I meant $115k/yr.
Pasadena Phil, I’ve heard that with the exception of Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, and Sacremento, California is a Conservative state. Those four cities are looney liberal and control the state.
If any Conservatives want to move, Oklahoma is a great state. If any looney, leftwing liberals want to move, you wouldn’t like it here. We have too many thunderstorms and tornados. Our idea of fancy eating is going to Red Lobster.
uncle ted, at the next hyannisport football game, this thanksgiving, do us a favor and clothesline AHNULD…
come on teddy, thats for the little people…
RIIIIIGGGGGHT! : )
To add more to what others have said, liberals really, really don’t want to come to Texas.
You have no concept of how hot it is in summer. In winter we have snow and serious ice storms. Also, if we aren’t having hurricanes, we are having tornadoes.
Not only that, but the number of large pick ups on the highways would seriously undermine your perfect mental health. And, as if that weren’t enough, most of our men still have testosterone in their systems.
Liberals should realize that this is just not the place for them.
Only for a photo op…then its into the HUMMER and away! : )
Errah, One clothesline coming up! I hope it doesn’t spoil my view of the windmills.
There is a another type of Californian not mentioned on this thread, and that is the type that gets fed up and sets boundaries for politicians — prop 13, 187 and others. If you don’t set boundaries, then they walk all over you and do irresponsible things, much like children.
They implement an approach to politicians that is not seen often elsewhere: that polticians serve at the pleasure of the people. Which is why we’re signing a petition to recall the governor. If the the next guy screws up, we recall him, and so on and so on, until we get it right.
We should do that in all 50 states. Don’t let the statists get the upper hand.
while ahnuld is no conservative, if the moron californians keep electing tax and spend thieves and weasels to be their state representatives and state senators, the governor is poweless. just as with the presidency, the governor Proposes, the representatives and senators Dispose. CHANGE YOUR LOCAL REPRESENTATION, OR CONTINUE TO SUFFER. do you really think the CEO of general motors wants to continue doing business with the uaw? he is trapped by laws and existing realities. bankruptcy will free gm from those laws and realities, and bankruptcy would free california if it were smart enough to shut it’s government down, and outsource it. oh well, change governors, elect a democrat so he can “work” with those democrats in sacramento. just like barry works with nancy and harry.
Errah, how’s the fifth largest economy teetering on the verge of bankruptcy working for you??!! Maybe another tourism commercial will work for you!
I heard an astounding figure the other day. Something like 15000 millionaires fled the state of California between 2000 and 2003. Essentially, the network of California dropped by over 15 Billion dollars during that period. No state can afford to drive out this much wealth and expect to prosper.
Nah, you wouldn’t like it here.
Besides, we have seen what mass migrations over borders from south to north produce (Mexico->CA, and, CA->OR) and don’t want any more of such thing. Let Californians sort it out on their own.
Hell, the only money I would lend to the Mexifornian government would be to drill, pry, and crack the state off into the Pacific Ocean. Look at the upside, Sodom & Gomorrah (S.F and L.A.) go away, new waterfront real estate for Nevada.
Addendum to #52…
… Now we just need to get that border fence finished. No, not the one between US-Mexico, the one between Kahleefornyeea and Orygun.
Just got back from the polls out here, all 4 people I ran into that were actually out voting had a look in their eye of “Not on my watch Govenator” to bad the dumba$$ voters didn’t vote with Brains in Nov.
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The citizens of the People’s Republik of Kalifornia are getting what they deserve. They keep electing and re-electing these democratic / liberal / socialist / marxist / communist clowns.
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They also appoint the Rule of Judges courts that trash most people’s rights in the name of “living” constitutions. And the judges override valid election results.
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Like Margaret Thatcher said, “Socialism only works until you run out of other people’s money!”
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The bill is coming due for Kalifornia and the Taxinator. But the rest of the red state country will be forced to BAIL OUT Kalifornia.
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I wish I could BAIL OUT of my bad financial decisions. Since I can’t I just have to act responsibly in my choices. And President Obama (PBUH) will be coming for my modest savings soon–with higher energy taxes and inflation. Watch your wallet–brace!–it’s going to be a really rough landing.
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John Bibb
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California? Is that place not a haunt of jackals yet?
My plan to fight back against the insanity:
Buy a Ford Mustang V8…in Arizona. Register it in New Mexico.
You point on conservatives is true. But the only reason the freaks run this place is because the GOP sold out.
Unless something drastic happened in the past year or so, there are more Republicans per capita here than virtually any other state. And polls consistently show that we are every bit as conservative as conservatives in TX.
The problem is that the state GOP party (thank you David Dreier) signed off
on the most outrageous gerrymandering scheme ever concocted to ensure that incumbents cannot be voted out. Last election, not a single elected office in CA changed party.
We then voted for term limits which made things even more corrupt because now, politicians can vote for ANYTHING knowing that they won’t be around to face the consequences. They then accept cushy jobs from whoever bought them off.
Those who mock CA as a loony anomaly are misinformed. What is happening in CA is happening everywhere even if you don’t think so. I come from MA initially and things were/are even worse there. States, just like citizens and America itself, are rapidly losing their constitutional rights.
Partisan politics are completely irrelevant in a corrupt one-party system at war with its citizens. We need to stand where we are and fight.
California’s demographics are such that the majority of the State’s population is concentrated in the urban areas of Los Angeles and San Francisco. Once you escape the urban environment, the rest of the State is generally conservative (such as the Central Valley, where I currently live).
I turned in my absentee ballot yesterday, and voted NO across the board. I liken the California Legislature to an alcoholic, and this vote is akin to snatching the booze from them, which has to be done to them for their own good.
Against my better judgement, I voted for Ahnold in the original recall election (instead of McClintock), but I learned my lesson from that and did not vote for him again when he ran for reelection. Schwarzenegger has certainly been a colossal disappointment.
Libs moving out of California? May I suggest Canada. A veritable lefty paradise, and not even part of the evil USA, however would certainly be defended by it if need be, much like California.
I hear its nice there. Warm and sunny in winter too.
as is 99.9% of all politicians.
Agreed but the gerrymandering and term limits are the main problem. It’s short-circuited the democratic process. We outnumber the freaks but they run the freak show.
- ArizonaNeanderthal
Your state is too freaking hot in the summer. I *like* that when I buy my eggs, I can get them from the store to my fridge BEFORE they end up cooked in the shell.
Where are you thinking of going? The LibTards ™ are infiltrating EVERYWHERE. Colorado looked good – then, last election – BAM! – voted for Obamessiah and went BLUE. Texas, er, has the same weather patterns as AZ in the summer. ID, ND, SD, MT and WY have White Supremists/Neo-Nazis – although WY DOES have Dick Cheney, we Like him and MT does have less than 1M people in the WHOLE state and DID pass that law telling O and Holder to stick their gun laws up their noses. AK looks good – as does the Lovely Gov.P, but again with the weather patterns and Daylight issues.
On the other hand, weather in PSRK is good, but is it worth the HUGE chunk o’change that GAS is going to require?
Oh, and obviously, if we are leaving Peoples’ Republik of Kalifornia, it’s because we have been debriefed…and de-shirted, and de-pantsed, and de-walleted….but can we please keep our tin-foil hats for a while? Just until the government loses track of us and can’t hone in via the GPS in the mercury fillings in our teeth. Or our teeth rot out because the dentists have been sent to the LibTard Camps ™ for programming on insertion of said GPS transmitters…
Inquiring minds and alla that….
OT – Are we sure that Obamessiah is not a Hybrid Alien ™, you know, like between the Greys and Reptilians? Just check out his eyes and affect (or lack there-of) next time he’s on TV. Maybe THAT’S why he doesn’t release his birth certificate. You don’t get one of those from the on-board incubators, I hear…
– publiuswarmac9999
Seems really bad, until you consider there are 572,000 millionaires in the state. That’s less than 3% of that total, and I’m willing to bet that a comparable amount of new ones were created in that time frame as well.
Nahhh–he’s a Sleestak!
I got a call from the California GOP to ask for money to fight the free spending Dems. I gave the poor young man a piece of my mind–the Reps have been just as bad!
Today I’m voting no, all down the line! Stop the madness!
– madshark
San Joaquin Valley resident here. . .and you’re right, geographically, the state is mostly conservative. Unfortunately, the majority of the population lives in the cities, which lean the other way (some of the bigges, like SF and LA lean FAR the other way).
Yashmak, I agree but we do have an AG that likes to make changes to the propositions. Maybe we can get brown to change 1f to read “no salary paid until budget is balanced”.
/sarcoff
What is about to happen in CA today (defeat of the tax propositions) should be a rallying cry for Tea Party participants all across this nation. Liberal power comes from spending your tax money on their special interests. Take away the taxes and their power to levy same, and they are undone!
Money makes the world go round. Cut off the money supply and their world grinds to a halt… Reset!!!!!
Pasadena Phil, sounds to me as if your state Republican Party needs a bottom-up rebuild. Real Conservatives need to take over the local offices first, then work up.
I know, I’m sure it’s easier said than done.
Arnold has been a disaster for California.The worst Governor ever in Mexifornia history.
He has broken every campaign promise that he made to get elected and more. We have talk radio hosts John and Ken on KFI in Los Angeles.
For the last month they have been playing his campaign speeches on the air so all Californians can hear what a liar he has been. One of his speeches is about how the Government taxes people to death.
Then they remind everyone how Arnold has raised taxes on everyone including doubling the DMV tax he originally cut 50% to get into office.
It is funny but sad. See them for yourself at John and Ken on the web.
Yes, I voted for the terminator. I had great hope for the future of Cali, but Ahnold has turned green, turned liberal and now not much different than the a-hole we kicked out–Gray Davis. Right now, if I could, I would move to Alaska, because it’s already over 90 here (palm springs), but unless they vote for drilling in ANWR, there’s not alot of jobs up there.
I don’t live in California, went to live there 20 yrs ago for a year and left, didn’t suit me. I’d rather live around normal people.
NO TARP or bailout for Cali, this would be TAXATION with out REPRESENTATION! Plus if they start this there will be more down the pipeline….
Have you noticed the states with the biggest deficits are progressive states that tax the hell out of their citizens? THINK THINK THINK Obama, liberals, progressives whatever you want to call yourself, IS IT WORKING?
There is no way to vote them out so when they do stoop to contact you, all they want is your money (which they don’t need), not you. They don’t look for volunteers or organizers.
The CA State GOP Committee is a very small, tightly controlled country club run by the hopelessly inept and corrupt William Simon JUNIOR. They’ve worked out all the angles for maintaining tight control so it’s hopeless without the torches and pitchforks.
A collapse of state government is what we need. That is what we are voting for today.
Yup, Auhnoold says that he will be releasing 40,000 inmates from prison and cutting back services like firefighters, teachers and, ummm, police.
That should bode well for the safety and security of PSRK.
Off to Wally World….
“A collapse of state government is what we need. That is what we are voting for today.”
Good luck with that Pasadena.
I’m surprised that Hollywood liberals aren’t blaming Bush on California’s financial problems. Is there any other conservative politician in the state other than Duncan Hunter?
Every big liberal run state in the country is about to go down the same tube. The common folks who continually vote for liberals think that they actually care about them and will improve their lot in life. Ask them how they’re doing for me? Maybe when their employers and jobs leave the state en mass, they’ll think about voting for conservatives. Until then, let em suffer. I’m sorry that conservatives like you have to go down with them.
Weel, since many of us may or have already lost our jobs, we should all form community volunteer fire brigades, buy weapons and take small arms training and police our own neighborhoods, home school our children. California might be better for that, BUT, heaven forbid that the state should actually cut funding for social services for illegals – $13 billion worth. Not that anyone in Sacramento has entertained that thought.
That’s ok with me. Most of them are going to be outsourced to other state prisons. The rest…well… that’s why us good guys own guns.
Precisely. If the dang tree-huggers would only let people harvest those natural resources, you would think CA would be rolling in the dough. Well, I guess they can get a great tan on their pristine beaches while they’re on unemployment.
Errah, that 40,000 new democratic voters then . . . .
I’ve lived in California all my life and I’ve been to five continents. I know that California has some of the best weather and most beautiful geography in the world. So it’s ironic that I’m actually thinking about leaving it because of a man-made calamity — the perpetual criminal mismanagement of the state’s fiscal affairs by the kindergarten that runs things in Sacramento.
BTW, I aready voted NO across the board on the propositions.
GM was supposed to be too big to fail, thus the bailout. Explaining why it was not allowed to proceed to bankruptcy court the old way, took several months of fast talk, news conferences, and misery for all. Now it is ok for it to seek relief in bankruptcy.
California is supposed to be the shining beacon showing the rest of the country how (absurd) EPA rules improve the lives of people. Not being able to explain why businesses and families are leaving the state, why the economy is in the toilet, why concern for smelts (which are NOT endangered) closed farming in thousands of acres in the Central Valley, and why taxes are going up, up – made the Governator seek shelter in Washington, D.C. Is it OK now to drop EPA’s absurd claims from idolatry?
I used to love California in the 1980s; after a couple of stints in Monterey courtesy of the Army, I wanted to move there just to get away from Oregon and its dreadful climate for nine months of every year.
But now? I’m not even sure I’d want to visit anymore. That’s what you get when you turn the inmates loose and let them run the asylum. “Mexifornia” has become a petri-dish experiment for everything that’s wrong-headed and malevolent in modern-day liberalism.
So sad.
You all probably have seen this opinion piece in the WSJ:
Soak the Rich, Lose the Rich
It happens time after time. Raise the cost of living in a state, and the successful people leave. California, NY, NJ, MI…..
Some things liberals will never learn.
California has had a long, long road to decay. Being a 3rd generation Californian, I went to college in the early 60’s. At that time, California lead the nation in education. And then it began. California as a wellfare state is a good example of where the rest of the nation is headed. I do not balme Arnold, he inherited a quagmire, and the only way to correct it is to get tough, very very tough, which does not win elections.
Repubs should rebrand? Riiiight, so we can mover closer to the dem side and govern more like California because it worked so well for them!
Of course most of those “rich” people leaving CA are big government liberals who helped create this problem in the first place. Depends on how you define “rich”.
Hey, I have an idea! Lets bail out California so they can vote even more money from everyone else’s pocketbook!
In my book it is successful people with taxable income and assets that have pride in their wealth and refuse to be the target of leeches. (Some day I hope to be one, too.)
You know, it kind of chaps my keester that I fled the Left Coast 10 years ago to get those corrupt bastages out of my pocket, and they’re STILL gonna end up getting tax dollars from me. Filthy pigs…
Does anyone else feel like throwing up?