Posted on 05/26/2009 3:20:52 AM PDT by Scanian
California is facing economic failure resulting from years of a liberal legislature pursuing a liberal version of utopia. The liberal utopia has become the Forgotten Man's hell. California has been at the forefront of many trends in America including a tax revolt that led to Proposition 13. Is it time for a repeat?
Californians have just given the raspberry to the state's legislature's plan to fix the current budget deficit. Had the initiatives passed, California would only be under water by $15B as opposed to the current $21B, and that number is sure to rise as unemployment in the state rises. The plan was inadequate and the 22% of the voters who saw fit to vote saw through the charade of the ballot initiatives for what they were -- which was a band aid to cover the twin cancers of structural tax deficiencies and partisan politics masquerading as thoughtful dialog.
The Golden State has lost its luster. California ranks 48th out of 50 in business tax climate according to the Tax Foundation. Only the beacons of limited government found in New York and New Jersey scored lower than California. The states bordering California scored much better in terms of business climate.
- Oregon - ranked 9th - Nevada - ranked 3rd - Arizona - ranked 21st
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He does no wrong...(sarc/off).
There still seems to be lots of successful businesses in California. They don’t like the state government, but won’t or can’t leave. Where do you think 2 buck Chuck comes from? apple, Oricle, cisco. I know of a lot of successful businesses where I live, that while work may be down, it’s not out. The state government is a failure, not the whole state. I live in a semi conservative area. Semi because like the rest of CA we have plenty of illegals.
Well some of the big guys like gallo and bronco(2 buck chuck) wineries can’t leave. But I recently worked for a man who was obviously not poor who has a business making compactor heavy duty wheels (Caron compactor), and he said the local builder of his product wanted to RAISE his hourly labor rate $15.75 an hour. He is still based where I live, but moved the manufacture of his product to Illinois. The goverment IS the problem.
And, why don't all those Hollywood limousine liberals save their state? I mean, they are always preaching that we should help the poor...so help Arnold dole out more dollars to illegals and for their own state entitlement programs, and just give money to the state govt. That would be a way to donate to the underprivileged, as they claim that everyone else should do.
Good state; lousy government.
“... What is supposed to happen in a democracy is that each sovereign citizen will always vote in the public interest for the safety and welfare of all. But what does happen is that he votes his own self-interest as he sees it… which for the majority translates as ‘Bread and Circuses.’
‘Bread and Circuses’ is the cancer of democracy, the fatal disease for which there is no cure. Democracy often works beautifully at first. But once a state extends the franchise to every warm body, be he producer or parasite, that day marks the beginning of the end of the state. For when the plebs discover that they can vote themselves bread and circuses without limit and that the productive members of the body politic cannot stop them, they will do so, until the state bleeds to death, or in its weakened condition the state succumbs to an invader—the barbarians enter Rome.”
— Robert A. Heinlein (To Sail Beyond the Sunset)
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
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