Laughable juxtaposition of terminology, being rather oxymoronic (emphasis on moron).
Beam me to Planet Gore !
Posted on 05/13/2008 8:39:24 AM PDT by SmithL
California has always been looked upon across this country and around the globe as the state that leads – in its diversity of communities, its beautiful coastline, its commitment to protecting the environment from the ravages of climate change, its world-renowned public universities and the innovation by its best and brightest minds. However, California's luster has tarnished, today boasting the highest gas prices in the nation, consumers paying top-dollar for groceries and being among the top five states in home foreclosures last year. As if this weren't enough, Californians are about to be sucker-punched again from the effects of an anticipated $20 billion state budget gap.
The state budget is supposed to reflect the priorities for California – what we as a society value and how to direct resources to make good on those values. It is the single most important policy document that guides and supports the roles and responsibilities of government, which fundamentally are about ensuring access to equal opportunity and improving and maintaining the qualify of life for all Californians.
The key to California's economic future is a high quality public education system to prepare our children to compete in a global economy. Yet deep education cuts are proposed in the state budget, already resulting in pink slips being issued to thousands of dedicated teachers and likely dragging California down even further among states in per-pupil spending.
As one of the top 10 economies in the world, California (and the rest of the United States), unlike many other industrialized nations, does not guarantee access to health care to its citizens. Access will be curbed further by the proposed cuts in reimbursement to Medi-Cal providers, leaving many to rely on more expensive emergency room care when they become sick.
The mortgage crisis has not only increased...
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The Legislature has mismanaged every other dollar they’ve gotten their hands on, let’s give them more, just to see if they can do better, this time.
Sell leases to the freeways and make them tollroads. Close the gov’t schools. Sell offshore oil/gas leases. Problem gone.
Will the last productive Californian leaving the state please turn the lights out. Oh, wait, the lights have stopped working due to absurd green energy regulations? Never mind then. See you in Nevada, or Arizona, or Oregon, or Washington, or ....
I say lets open the door to Mexico and waste more money on stem cell research.
(I'm not joking, but I'm not holding my breath either)
I agree! (particularly on #2 and #3)
Yep, sure worked for Michigan! Ooookayyyy....
brainless wonders...
When are these idiots ever going to figure out that tax policy is not a zero sum equation...
And for those of you wondering...
Yes, she’s a Democrat.
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Oh, it says a lot about our values, alright.
all Californians,, especially Teachers and Guards, Lawyers and Leftist Legislators, Oh, and illegals would agree...
I would ask how are the values of your home compared to 5 years ago, 10 years ago.. ? Has your spending increased as fast as the state's spending the last 5 years, much less the last 10? I guess 'disposable income' means something else to certain state legislators
Not entirely true, we still have that 100+ year old light at the Livermore Fire Station still burning.
Ahhh. The wonderful, glorious State of California!
Running headlong off the cliff.
Betty T. Yee works for the State Board of Equalization - their sole function is collecting taxes. Gee, what a surprise/s/.
Noooooooooooo Don’t send them to AZ.....we have too many already and they LOVE social programs....they leave CA...but don’t learn their lessons.
The people of CA are getting the government they deserve.....they want the proverbial “free lunch”.......
Rounding up every illegal and dumping them back into their countries of origin would relieve a large strain on the California welfare and public services budgets
Notice her gauge is “per-pupil spending”. DC has one of the highest PPS, and produces some of the finest bar trash students in the nation. In other words PPS means jack.
“California has always been looked upon across this country and around the globe as the state that leads . . .”
This is true, to some extent. When I was practicing law in another state, we always looked to California laws and cases for information on how hair-brained ideas had worked there before implementing them in my former home state. California was known for leading the way off the cliff when it came to legislative schemes. It was the “Mikey” (of the old Life cereal ads) of the United States, i.e., it would try anything. Can’t tell you how often we avoided our own disasters by learning from California’s mistakes. Now that I am a California resident, it doesn’t seem so funny anymore.
Those who hate wealth creators, those whose allegiance is to Mexico, those who want a socialist Utopia have totally taken over the California legislature. We are watching the systematic destruction of the once great state of California.
California is an example of democracy coming to an end when the people discover they can vote themselves goodies from the public treasury.
The Founders were very concerned that our Republic would be turned into a Democracy, and tried to structure our government in such a way that it would not happen.
Democrats have been working for the past century to destroy our Republic, starting with the 17th amendment.
"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
California has been touted for years and years as having such a high quality educational system!!!
How bad is it?
I moved to Calif in 1964, and bought my first house in 1966. Neighbor next door was a senior in high school. She ran to the market and picked up a couple of things for me.
She absolutely could NOT figure out the change that she owed me back for the purchases. I thought she was kidding, but she wasn’t. We’re talking less than $10.00.
When I went to some college classes for accounting, I found myself with far more education from a midwest high school (which was preceded by a one room school) than most of the people in the class with me. It surely hasn’t gotten better- what with all the $$$$$ they wasted with “bi-lingual education” and now the influx of all the illegals who cannot speak any English, and are dragging to the bottom all the kids who were born in this country and actually speak English.
If anyone thinks that California education is great, they need to convince me.
"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
You are so right! According to one of our Los Angeles city supervisors,we are spending over a billion dollars a year on illegals and their children, for welfare, food stamps, and healthcare, and that is not even counting the cost of their education. LA is a Sanctuary City, and as such, we will be certain to be welcoming in more and more for our free sevices. We are being taxed to death.
Laughable juxtaposition of terminology, being rather oxymoronic (emphasis on moron).
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