Why conservatives should want to bail out California

The Daily Caller ^ | 12/27/10 | Peter Tucci

[ZirconEncrustedTweezers]

I am a conservative and a Californian. I do NOT want the federal government bailing this state out.

[vbmoneyspender]

attaching strings to crack doesn’t end crack addictions - it just teaches junkies how to use scissors.

[Lazlo in PA]

Peter Tucci has no idea what a Conservative is. Bail outs, especially with strings attached is against everything we believe. The only true correction with Cali will come at the end of it's full destruction. Rebuild it from scratch. Peter you are a progressive hack and a child.

[Never2baCrat]

I may not be the brightest, but what would happen if all those pension funds weren’t able to pay those exorbitant figures and they said “Screw you, we can’t afford it” and they stopped paying them. What would they do, sue the State and if they did, where exactly would the money come from if it’s broke?

Put me out of my misery and tell me why it couldn’t happen.

[rickb308]

6. California is immediately a “shall issue” state. No excuses.

[skeeter]

I dont want the government’s money for CA - its like drugs for a junkie.

[GregoryFul]

Bail out a state that spent 1/2 billion dollars to build a high school? Cold day in hell!

[moodyskeptic]

Bo NOT bail us out! How will our leaders LEARN? This is basic psychology.

[Mariner]

It's a silly idea.

Even IF we were able to come to terms, nobody would ever enforce them. CA would spend the money then look for more...with no intention of ever enacting the harsh medicine.

Not. One. Penny.

[surfer]

Being fiscally responsible means saying no...PERIOD.

If they bailout CA...watch TX ditch the union.

[Dianna]

Why would any conservative encourage the feds to interfere with state laws?

[wally_bert]

Or deliver them via airburst from secure launch sites outside of Kaulifornia.

[Windflier]

I think we should sell California to the Chinese as a start in buying down our debt.

Do you realize how many thousands of California veterans lay buried in that soil? What will you say to them when you so cavalierly sell the ground they fought and died for to China?

[muawiyah]

California made a fundamental error. They voted Democrat in a Republican year.

They get NOTHING.

[muawiyah]

I was just thinking that the Obama regime set the standard of transcontinental sympathy when they stole the Indiana State teachers' retirement fund and gave it to the UAW.

[Dead Corpse]

Well said...

[ADSUM]

Just turn the lights out after everyone has left.

Then watch it wash into the Pacific, hopefully taking the spenders that ruined the state.

[Windflier]

This is Peter Tucci, the author of this article? Why, he's a mere boy. No wonder the article is nonsensical.

Do some growing up, kid, before you attempt to advise conservatives about an issue as large as bailing out a failing state.

[eaglesiniowa]

NO,never, not in this lifetime. They dug the hole by electing that swineherd of liberals, let them lie down with their stymates.

[patriot preacher]

Not just NO, but #)#)*$)(&@#_)$R&#@)$$_&*#)(*Y&$_)(@#)(&$#@)(#)(#)(&$$##&)$(&$(*@Y^@)#+@+@+&*@)$(*&@(* NO!!!