From the article:
“As regionally syndicated talk show host Joe Getty puts it, the State of California is like the Mafia: they want a cut of everything that goes on in its turf. And like the Mafia, it will destsroy those who refuse to give them a cut.”
Nailed it right there.
“Al Capone” was on TCM last evening. His comment: we are going into the protection /insurance business, pay us or else.
Pretty soon the fed and state governments are going to run out of other peoples money and then the SHTF.
Yeah,......and a few years ago the CA State Board of “Equalization” under Migden was likened to the Gestapo.