CA APNewsAlert {California Legislature Passes Budget with massive tax hikes}

AP via SFGate ^ | 2/19/9

[CottonBall]

Like I said, where ever you go, leave your California ways behind.

Pretty rude of you to assume that someone on FR who leaves CA because it's too liberal would act liberal. Those from the coastal areas are the ones to be concerned about - inland counties are as red as any red state out there (except OK, which seems to be the ONLY state that is close to 100% conservative in thought, votes, and actions.)

[CottonBall]

I hate to say this people, but as California goes...so goes the rest of the country. You can’t hide in Ten. Tex. Utah. Obama is gonna get you too.

Since the sheeple voted in socialism, you are right. KS is already withholding people's tax refunds. And many other states are also having budget problems - watch and see them raise taxes on the working citizens as well.

This isn't the last of socialism we'll see.

[Centurion2000]

Considering Utah, Idaho, Iowa and Tennessee.

Open to suggestions.

Skip the eastern states and head to Texas or your first two choices.

[Centurion2000]

One of the serious questions should be: How long before both the “blue states” and the “red states” possibly decide to separate from each other and then form their own countries, if they ever do decide to form their own countries?

The blue states will never let it happen peacefully.

[dbz77]

It is time to point out that Democrats raised taxes.

[Mr. Lucky]

My dad never spoke that fondly of Utah Beach.

[NormsRevenge]

The word, Jackass, comes to mind.

afp

[Zeddicus]

There in lies the problem. These migrants from CA or Mass. etc are moving out and bringing with them the same looney ideas that runied those States. It’s called exporting insanity. I am just glad they haven’t discoverd the Gulf Coast and South Alabama. By the way, every Spring we spray for liberals down here.

Please don't automatically discount all blue-state transplants. I've lived in MA all my life and I'm as politically conservative as you'd ever want. I can't stand it up here any longer and once the kids are out of high school, we're moving to a Southern red state where our votes might actually count for something.

[OKSooner]

Don’t move to Oklahoma. Nobody here but Okies. :)

[CottonBall]

Please don't automatically discount all blue-state transplants. I've lived in MA all my life and I'm as politically conservative as you'd ever want. I can't stand it up here any longer and once the kids are out of high school, we're moving to a Southern red state where our votes might actually count for something.

Funny that anyone would think someone posting here would be a lib. I think it's either a holier than thou ego thing or...I don't know what else.

When we get to move, I'll tell anyone who will listen that we moved to get away from liberals. That will leave no doubt as to who we are and will further discourage libs from talking to me. It's the same thing I say now about why I left teaching. That one simple statement makes no other explanations or conversations necessary.

[skippermd]

Nevada.

[skippermd]

Stay in Northern nevada... Everyone in southern nevada is a Harry Reid puppet. There’s some really nice property in the Minden/ Gardnerville area. Beautiful country.

[CottonBall]

I think it's either a holier than thou ego thing or...I don't know what else.

I guess I'm skipping what others here have said - that libs from CA move to a state and try to ruin it. I don't get that. Libs should love CA and stay here. Why move just to recreate something like what you had? (I have the same question for illegals).

The people I know here of above average intelligence are conservatives. And all plan to move out when they retire, if not sooner. Most conservative states should be happy to have some real conservatives move in. Perhaps to discourage libs from moving in, if nothing else.

[Amish with an attitude]

You mentioned Idaho, just in:

From recent testimony of a state employee commenting on what they are seeing on the front lines of the unemployment lines in Idaho.

“A year ago, Idaho had the lowest unemployment rate in the nation at 2.7 percent. This December, the rate had jumped to 6.4 percent. Clearly many states are seeing harsher circumstances than Idaho. Our neighbors Oregon and Washington are among them. But after posting the lowest rate
in the nation, nearly half the states now have lower rates. No state has seen as large a percentage increase in its unemployment rate as Idaho – 137 percent in 2008. No other state has had a percentage increase in their unemployment rate above 100 percent during this time period.”
“The impact has been felt throughout Idaho. At the end of 2007, only seven counties had unemployment rates over 5 percent, and the highest was 9 percent in Clearwater. Twenty
counties had rates below 3 percent. A year later, only 12 counties are under 5 percent, and 37 of the 44 have seen their jobless rates at least double. Nine counties have double digit rates. The highest is over 17 percent in Adams,
and Clearwater is above 16 percent. All 44 counties have more unemployment than a year ago. Only one – Owyhee – had a rate below 3 percent. The pressure for unemployment benefits and employment services has been intense.
Since Labor Day, the phone traffic into our 25 local offices has more than doubled. Initial applications for unemployment benefits during the last three months of 2008 exceeded 61 thousand – nearly double the number during the last quarter of 2007. Total weeks claimed – the number of workers getting checks — have more than doubled from last year at this time. Appeals of unemployment benefit decisions are 40 percent higher than December of last year.”

[newgeezer]

Iowa would certainly benefit from having more conservatives. We’re quite proud of our distinction as the birthplace of the 0bama-nation (partly because it helps people forget our pivotal role in Jimmuh Cahtuh’s ascendancy).

[RedhairRedhair]

Orange Beach or Gulf Shores — not so much of a beach in Mobile

[Deb]

Both Idaho and Utah have been swamped with California refugees and real estate prices are sky high. Don’t know about Iowa or Tennesse, but pull up “Texas Real Estate” on google and you’ll see incredible houses, ranches even mansions for practically nothing. And it’s a Red State!

[americanophile]

It's not just about taxes. Part of the Faustian bargain struck by Maldonado is an open primary for California. That means Democrats and Independents will be voting in California's Republican primary. We are totally screwed now, we will never get another conservative in California.

[pterional]

I would have preferred the .12 per gallon additional gas tax over the 0.25 percent increase in income tax. At least the illegals would pay with the increase in gas tax now there is just more burden on the the high income worker.

[chilepup]

It is terrible! The Libs in CA get what they deserve. If they want to be idiots, then let CA rot. However, if the good people of CA who are Conservatives want to leave to, say, CO and balance things out, that would be ok with me.

Basically, let the CA libs suffer from their idiocracy...but don’t let them bring it to other, more sensible, parts of the country.