Posted on 10/02/2010 7:11:14 PM PDT by Texas Peartree
California is America's most physically beautiful state. From her snow capped mountains, to her gorgeous beaches to her silicon-enhanced starlets, it is a state very whose image conveys transcendent beauty.
For much of California's long history she also represented the ideal of the American Dream. Miners flocked to the gold mines. Traders came to San Francisco. Men and women with a dream to be famous departed for Hollywood. The Beach Boys sang about the lifestyle that came from such easy living in mild weather.
Even the money was better: in 1950 Californians enjoyed a per-capita income that was 24% higher than the American average. The state spent a whopping 22% of the state budget on infrastructure projects. Her school system was the best in the nation.
However, starting in the 1960s something happened. Progressive politics led to an unholy alliance between the Democrat Party, as represented by Governors Jerry Brown and (his father) Pat Brown, and labor unions. Spending skyrocketed and so did borrowing.
Jerry Brown was the worst. He got the nickname "Governor Moonbeam" for brilliantly suggesting that California spring to open a state space agency (ed: Starfleet Academy is eventually to be built in San Francisco per Star Trek). Brown also was one of the first of celebrity pols who openly courted and dated other celebrities.
Today California has a busted budget that can only make sense IF a Democrat-controlled Congress bails them out after the November elections. Her schools are now below-average. Her hospitals are failing under the pressure of illegal immigration. California’s most talented workers are decamping to Arizona, Idaho and, especially, Texas.
Businesswoman Meg Whitman is running against Brown for the Governorship. Meg is not very conservative, but she is the best that can be hoped for. In fact...
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Oh that brilliant NIHILISM strategy .
How long would already broke California last with Jerry Brown as Governor? Brown would raise taxes and impose draconian environmental restrictions causing businesses and tax paying citizens to flee. An open immigration policy would fill the state with immigrants who would cause a collapse of state welfare, medicaid and school systems. My bet is California under Brown would be completely bankrupt in less than two years and be begging for billions in federal bailouts.
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you summed up this Nihilistic nonsense nicely.
I don’t live in Riverside but I must go there to get on the freeway. For a week or two some years all the hills around here are covered with glass and flowers.
The more I think about it, that makes a lot of sense.
What you said!
This article gets to the heart of the matter. If Brown is elected, there is no way the fiscal crisis will be resolved. It will be escalated with Brown depending on Obama and his administration to bail the state out so it can continue on its irresponsible ways at the expense of taxpayers of other states.If the Republicans win at least the house, hopefully they can thwart any efforts to bail them out and force them to deal with their own situation. Brown is the anti Christie.
So why not let it happen.
California should be maintained as a sort of "zoo" to educate Americans of the consequences of liberal politics.
1950 Californians enjoyed a per-capita income that was 24% higher than the American average.
Then the mexicans showed up then the unions then it all weny to hell.
With Jerry it will take two years to kill California. With Meg it will take three. It only took Arnold eight years to get it where it is. All these folks are horrible. We need Chris Christie to transfer to California for awhile.
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