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1. #742690
   On July 11th, 2009 at 9:26 am, jbh45 said:

   I have been in LA for only the last 4 years. I can honestly say I hardly have the history here to comment on what the economic climate was like in the past. In my opinion at the rate this state is going the only people that will be left in California in 20 years will be the extreme wealthy and the illegals. No one else will be willing (nor financially able) to take the beating to stay.

2. #742785
   On July 11th, 2009 at 1:24 pm, frontierguy said:

   See my post above: The people who make the babies make the future.

   Lucius, you are right, my optimism was too much of fantasy. The illegal Mexicans who come here work so hard to make this place exactly like their home. It is home, but with checks that they don’t get in Mexico. I was listening to the Roger Hedgecock show one morning. He was talking about the many problems the illegal alien population was causing in the state. A guy called in and said, I have 6 children and I am not here legally, but they are. My children are your future leaders and I am teaching them to be loyal to the homeland first (Mexico). I thought maybe it was a trick call to get people riled up, but I am not 100% sure. Either way, it will be a hard, grim demise for the California dream. The LA mayor is a proven La Raza and Mecha member. These radicals achieving the governorship is not far behind. I mean, something is weird when the President of Mexico always stops for a “meeting” with the LA mayor everytime after seeing the US President. Goodbye California, it was nice knowing ya.

3. #742968
   On July 11th, 2009 at 8:06 pm, Dimsdale said:

   The worst part of all: this liberal “utopia” will drive itself into such a state of disrepair, that Obambi will probably “spread the money around” from the red states where a work ethic still exists.

4. #743158
   On July 12th, 2009 at 9:57 am, publiuswarmac9999 said:

   As a small businessman, I am always looking for ways to help my clients achieve a better result for a reasonable cost. However, if this progressive thoughtlessness and associated action continues very much longer, I will switch my efforts to finding ways to take advantage of government goodies and provide a lesser or even non-existant service. If played right, I can probably keep my business functioning for years without producing a damn thing. My hope, of course, is that I can bring down the progressive leadership that is destroying the United States of America. I recognize that I am but a small part of a much needed movement to return America to its constitutional foundation, – but if enough of us “small parts’ get together, we can make real change happen and restore real hope for our future, our children’s future, and for future generations.

5. #743298
   On July 12th, 2009 at 2:58 pm, Wildcatter1980 said:

   I continue to be amazed at the stupidity of the leftists/statists/progressives that they actually believe they can tax and otherwise attack the people and businesses who work without repercussions. So long as there is someplace for those people and companies to go to avoid these capricious attacks, the leftists/statists/progressives will be the losers just as we see with Newcombe and his Creators Syndicate.

6. #743669
   On July 13th, 2009 at 10:43 am, dadmin said:

   Unfortunately, Galt’s utopian solution won’t work in this world. Who has the wherewithal to buy thousands of acres of land in the Rockies, that happens to have an unmapped valley where one can live anonymously and comfortably while waiting for the world to self-destruct? The looters are not regional, they’re national and even global. After awhile, all the states will fall in line with the Californias and the New Yorks because States Rights has been bred out of the culture. It’s now a fight to “get their share of the pie,” instead of fighting the true evil in this land; from calling for “spreading the wealth,” to calling the profit motive, “evil”. God help us.

7. #743812
   On July 13th, 2009 at 12:25 pm, SHoward said:

   On July 13th, 2009 at 10:43 am, dadmin said:

   Unfortunately, Galt’s utopian solution won’t work in this world. Who has the wherewithal to buy thousands of acres of land in the Rockies, that happens to have an unmapped valley where one can live anonymously and comfortably while waiting for the world to self-destruct?

   Context is everything. When the book was written, that was very much possible. Today, we would have to do it differently, probably by hiding in plain sight. Remember, even in the book, Galts people worked in the outer world, just not in their previous capacities.

   I agree with your assessment that things are moving in the direction you indicated all over the place, but that doesn’t mean every state and locality will follow suit in lockstep. We may yet prevail, even in this environment.

8. #744277
   On July 13th, 2009 at 6:44 pm, dadmin said:

   SHoward said: We may yet prevail, even in this environment.

   Sorry, but I don’t share your optimism.

   Another evil that needs to be fought is what I call the “greed of benevolence”. Have you noticed how “benevolent” our government has become? Does anyone consider that the people in power are really doling out benevolence with other people’s money? It’s as if the government expropriated the Church’s responsibility to benevolence. Why is that? Power is one reason, but in a democratic society, one can’t get elected if one’s ideas aren’t embraced by the constituency. In other words, the people in power are mere reflections of its constituency. The American populace is being bought by the lie that you can have your cake and eat it too; that there’s a chicken in every pot; that one can have a free lunch on someone else’s dime. This is the great evil of our time, but no one seems to be listening.