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Tag Archives: California
California: Don’t Believe Your Lying Eyes
I had to laugh as I read a breathlessly pro-union article at The Hill by San Fransisco State Professor John Logan because it made me want to eat my head. This is how he starts the article: Conservative activists in … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Government/Politics
Tagged Academia, California, Class Warfare, Election 2012, Media Bias, Shameless, Unions
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California: Going Full Retard
In the movie Tropic Thunder, Robert Downey Jr.’s character is discussing method acting and a recent role of Ben Stiller’s character when he suggests: Check it out. Dustin Hoffman, Rainman, look retarded, act retarded, not retarded. Count toothpicks to your … Continue reading
California Doom: A Perfect Storm Of Fail
The hostile business climate in California continues to force business out of the state. From the Daily Caller: “Part of [moving operations to Texas] was the cost of doing business in California,” Ronald Mittelstaedt, CEO of Waste Connections, told CBS … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Government/Politics
Tagged Budget, California, Debt, Democrats, Doom, Progressives
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Who Chooses The Favored and The Failures?
General Motors received a bailout because they were too big to fail. Bankruptcy protection for restructuring was unacceptable. The bondholders were left with nothing. Unions received an ownership percentage. And to date only a small percentage of the “loan” has … Continue reading
California: Falling Apart At The Seams
In 2006, then California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed AB32, “The California Global Warming Solutions Act” into law. IVN.com posts: Successful passage of the law effectively turned the state into one of the most stringent regulators of green house gas emissions … Continue reading
California Doom: The First Domino Falls in Stockton
The LA Times is reporting that the City of Stockton is preparing to file for bankruptcy. This Gold Rush-era port city, an epicenter of California’s agricultural exports, will become the nation’s largest city to seek protection under the U.S. bankruptcy … Continue reading
Forbes: America’s Best Places to Start a Company
Sometimes, “I told you so” just doesn’t cut it. Look at California: Overall small business friendliness: F Friendliness of licensing regulations: F Friendliness of environmental regulations: D Friendliness of zoning regulations: D Publicity of training programs: C- Publicity of networking … Continue reading
California’s Priorities
California’s Budget simplified: The data is straight from the Governors Budget documents. Item Cost (Millions) % of Budget HHS $25,963.00 28% Schools $48,056.00 53% All Other Government $17,368.00 19% Education is very important. But “53% of the total General Fund” … Continue reading
Cal Watchdog Article Cites Astronomic Deficit (Updated & Bumped)
Over the weekend I posted some comments on an article Katy Grimes posted at Cal Watchdog. There was a line in particular that has been itching at me ever since: While the budget has been declared as balanced, California is … Continue reading
California’s Education Woes
The Governor’s revised budget for the State of California is out and it gives some insight into our legislative priorities. In a $91 billion dollar budget, $26 billion goes to Health and Human Services and $38.5 billion to K-12 Education. … Continue reading
Califonia’s Balanced Budget is a Catastrophic Economic Tsunami
In 2010, to help motivate our Legislators, Californians voted to dock legislative pay when the State’s budget is not passed on time. We should have known our slimy representatives would find a shameful, selfish and inevitably destructive way to game … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Government/Politics
Tagged Budget, California, Debt, Democrats, Doom, Progressives
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Why is California Boned? Reason 2,164
National Review’s Nash Keune takes aim at one of my favorite targets, California, and its bloated welfare rolls: California is the nation’s welfare queen: The state accounts for one-third of America’s welfare recipients, though it only contains one-eighth of the … Continue reading
Is There Hope for California, Yet?
Incredibly, the voting citizens of San Diego and San Jose, the state’s second and third largest cities, overwhelmingly voted to cut pension benefits to city workers in the election yesterday. In San Diego the vote was 68% to 32% and … Continue reading
Regulations for Thee, But Not for Me
Poor, boned California. It’s easy to pick on the Golden State. But it’s losing its entertainment value as it becomes more clear that their troubles are catching up to them. In the last decade more than 4 million residents have … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Government/Politics
Tagged Budget, California, Environmentalists, Progressives
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There’s a Reason California is Boned
From Breitbart, “59% of Californians Happy to Raise Taxes“: Despite the fact that the projected budget deficit has risen from $9.2 billion to $16 billion, and despite the fact that Brown wants an $0.0025 increase (1/4 of a cent) in … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Government/Politics
Tagged Budget, California, Class Warfare, Democrats, Entitlements, Socialism
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California: Have You No Shame?
I like to pick on California. But this isn’t very funny. From ABC, reporting an AP story: After the 2001 terrorist attacks, California lawmakers sought a way to channel the patriotic fervor and use it to help victims’ families and … Continue reading
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Tagged Budget, California, Democrats, Misconduct
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California: Still Stuck on Stupid
I snark at flatulent arrogant progressive California on a regular basis. But the latest economic news out of the state is so bad it falls deep into “You Can’t Make This Stuff Up” territory: The governor, who unveiled his revised … Continue reading
California Train to Nowhere: Fastest rate of transportation construction known in U.S. history
The LA Times is running a story about the high-speed boondoggle in southern California, a 130 mile rail segment from Fresno to Bakersfield: The bullet train track through the Central Valley would cost $6 billion and have to be completed … Continue reading
California Stuck on Stupid
From Reason: As an example of misplaced priorities, California’s Democratic legislators say they have no time to deal with the pension crisis, busy as they are creating new rules, regulations, and programs. Their big idea was to create a new … Continue reading