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Because of asset seizures, I am starting my new company outside California
Pando Daily ^ | 3/25/2013 | BRYAN GOLDBERG

Posted on 03/25/2013 4:09:45 PM PDT by swamp40

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While the law stipulates that I must surrender this money, I refuse to acknowledge this as a tax at all. This is not a tax. This is an asset seizure plain and simple. The term “retroactive tax” is a despicable euphemism. It is no different than when Hugo Chavez used the benign-sounding “nationalize” to describe his seizure of private property in Venezuela.

Now before I go any further, let me tell you what I am not.

I am not a Tea Party member. I am not even a Republican. Twice I have voted for Barack Obama, and I was supportive of his tax compromise earlier this year. I am not a person who opposes paying taxes, even higher ones. I am a very reasonable person who respects the great opportunity that America has given to me.

But there is a very clear and unambiguous line between taxes — regardless of how high they are — and asset seizures. The State of California has taken money from me. Money that I already earned and paid taxes on, and I will not tolerate this act of theft.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; US: California
KEYWORDS: california; proposition30; schadenfreude
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To: forgotten man

Amen to that!!! This is exactly how I feel about this group..just tell them they voted for this so suck it up and shut up...you put us all in that cesspool....that is my reply to em.


61 posted on 03/25/2013 5:26:49 PM PDT by celtic gal
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To: swamp40

I guess that person is getting what they wanted.....twice. I would further guess they just don’t like living with the results of their decisions.
tough.


62 posted on 03/25/2013 5:33:55 PM PDT by count-your-change (you don't have to be brilliant, not being stupid is enough)
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To: Moose4

No, he’s a “Californian at heart.” Let him move to another blue state where his damage will be minimized.


63 posted on 03/25/2013 5:35:53 PM PDT by Lexinom
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To: MV=PY
Math was your allegory - not mine.

Conservatism does not need angry liberals in its midst, nor do conservatives need to reach out to angry liberals. The math does not work.

64 posted on 03/25/2013 5:36:27 PM PDT by KittenClaws (You may have to fight a battle more than once in order to win it." - Margaret Thatcher)
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To: swamp40; markomalley
I am not a Tea Party member. I am not even a Republican. Twice I have voted for Barack Obama, and I was supportive of his tax compromise earlier this year.

Good riddance. Just be sure to take some friends with ya!

65 posted on 03/25/2013 5:37:46 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: dragnet2

Your refuse ends up on our doorsteps.


66 posted on 03/25/2013 5:39:07 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: swamp40
To the original author:

YOU VOTED FOR THIS CONFISCATORY THUGGISH GOVERNMENT, AND EVEN ADMIT TO VOTING FOR THE NUMBER-ONE THUG.

STFU AND PAY.

67 posted on 03/25/2013 5:40:39 PM PDT by Lazamataz ("AP" clearly stands for American Pravda. Our news media has become completely and proudly Soviet.)
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To: central_va

Well, lets hope the trend continues!

The more leftist that bail out of CA, the better!


68 posted on 03/25/2013 5:40:39 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Kirkwood

The page in your link has been deleted.


69 posted on 03/25/2013 5:40:53 PM PDT by aomagrat (Gun owners who vote for democrats are too stupid to own guns.)
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To: swamp40
I am not a Tea Party member. I am not even a Republican. Twice I have voted for Barack Obama, and I was supportive of his tax

Maybe, just maybe, you should reevaluate your text above.
The very fact that you're surprised at the deeds of the California legislature and their addiction to taxing and spending indicates that you must sleep 23 hours a day at least, read nothing, listen to and watch nothing, have no friends, have no acquaintances and wear earplugs and blackout glasses 24/7.

Your post is unbelievable.

70 posted on 03/25/2013 5:42:35 PM PDT by Joan Kerrey
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To: swamp40
As I write this, I am hiring people on the East Coast who might otherwise have been hired in California. Some have already been hired. My California employees will be relocating to New York by early next year.

Lord. Dude learned NOTHING.

Could he have just moved to Maryland or Illinois or Massachusetts, for the Hat Trick?

LOL

71 posted on 03/25/2013 5:43:17 PM PDT by Lazamataz ("AP" clearly stands for American Pravda. Our news media has become completely and proudly Soviet.)
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To: dragnet2
The more leftist that bail out of CA, the better!

No. Concentrate them in ONE STATE please.

72 posted on 03/25/2013 5:44:27 PM PDT by Lazamataz ("AP" clearly stands for American Pravda. Our news media has become completely and proudly Soviet.)
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To: Kirkwood

OK, this one works.


73 posted on 03/25/2013 5:46:06 PM PDT by aomagrat (Gun owners who vote for democrats are too stupid to own guns.)
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To: aomagrat
California will always be a part of my life. I will happily move back when I retire

Gezzzz...

Maybe we should build a fence so these commie voting leftist stay out. For good.

74 posted on 03/25/2013 5:50:38 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: swamp40
Posted directly to the author on his website:

LOL. You have learned NOTHING. You have voted for Obama twice, and presumably for California democrats who have confiscated your wealth... and when you get upset that your actions have had consequences, you move to... NEW YORK???? The only state in the union that could qualify as similarly Liberal (read: Thuggishly Communist) as California?

Well. At least I have the satisfaction of knowing you won't be moving to a Red State to undermine our conservative principles, and capitalist mindset and work ethic. Please be aware: Texas, Georgia and similar states have NOTHING you would want. Please, as your next state (once New York does you too), I would recommend Maryland, Massachusetts, or Illinois.

LOL

75 posted on 03/25/2013 5:55:27 PM PDT by Lazamataz ("AP" clearly stands for American Pravda. Our news media has become completely and proudly Soviet.)
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To: El Cid

Moving from California to new York.

Out of the frying pan into the fire.

This is one stupid Obama voting a-hole.


76 posted on 03/25/2013 5:59:26 PM PDT by Venturer
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To: swamp40
What's he bellyaching about now? He won...twice and now he can't take YES for an answer. What did this asshat think he was voting for? Obama has been brutally honest about his intentions to fundamentally change America. He is keeping almost all of his campaign promises. Obama is the most honest and forthcoming president in US history. So quit your bitchin already. Sarcasm .
77 posted on 03/25/2013 6:03:26 PM PDT by edboock (The United States Constitution ©1787, All Rights Reserved)
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To: swamp40

Talk about doubling down on stupid ... here’s a guy who voted for the Food Stamp President, not once, but twice. And now is going to spit in the face of Moonbeam by moving to Emperor Cuomo’s fiefdom. Slow Joe, is that really you?


78 posted on 03/25/2013 6:17:24 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (Leveling the playing field for a Progressive is dragging everyone down to their level.)
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To: KittenClaws

The math reference was a (too?) subtle reference to the last several elections.

No one needs angry liberals!

Angry conservatives aren’t much fun to play with either.

And, yes, this clown deservers New York. :)


79 posted on 03/25/2013 6:17:59 PM PDT by MV=PY (The Magic Question: Who's paying for it)
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To: muawiyah

So he’s packing up his beeber and going home.


80 posted on 03/25/2013 6:42:47 PM PDT by Oberon (Big Brutha Be Watchin'.)
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