Posted on 11/07/2012 5:43:58 PM PST by doug from upland
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Businesses and individuals get tired of being viewed mainly as an ATM machine for government.
By STEVEN GREENHUT
For the Register letters@ocregister.com
SACRAMENTO – Not long ago, I made a case for staying in California, arguing that there's nothing wrong here that isn't fixable.
California, blessed by magnificent and varied geography, mild weather and an "anything's possible" culture, suffers mainly from a political process controlled by public-sector union advocates hell-bent on protecting their power and privilege, no matter what that means for the state's finances and public services.
While affirming this "we should stand our ground" point of view, I've found little to be hopeful about in the current political season, with polls showing Gov. Jerry Brown's tax-increase plan (Proposition 30) holding a solid lead, an initiative that would chip away at union power (Prop. 32) failing, and President Barack Obama holding a 24-point lead in California. These three examples are not surprising, but they do suggest how far we are from the paradigm shift needed to get California back on a better track.
The most troubling thing I've seen is the delusion embraced by the state's dominant Democrats, who really seem to believe that California is only one massive tax increase away from being fixed.
"Maybe I know too much about this stuff, but we're in a recovery, a slow recovery, and it'll keep recovering with any luck," Gov. Jerry Brown said in early September. "And if the Republicans would get out of the way and let, you know, the stimulus and the investment go forward, such as the Democrats have proposed, we'll be better off."
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“So it is OK if I bring my 10,000 rounds of .223 with me?”
Absolutely... in fact Idaho honors all CCW from other states. And I checked the bridges are load rated not to collapse when you drive that much armory over them.
Saw the writing on the wall.
BVI?
British Virgin Islands
Utila has always interested me.
Do you live in San Filepe year round or just during the winter? Any opinion about the Ventana del Mar area?
Just like moonshine.
Always fun to watch people spin about how tobacco is bad for you but weed is just fine and dandy.
What worries me is now my chances of getting run into and killed on on the highway just doubled. Maybe more than that as millions migrate to Colorado because of the free flow of pot.
If Texas seceded, it could be fixed. Reform voting and cut off the free stuff.
All that really needs to be done to fix the whole nation is to limit voting to those who own property, have a job, pay taxes and are the head of a household.
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