Posted on 11/07/2013 10:55:46 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
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"CORNISH: Now, one of the criticisms that people level about this turnaround is that it's left people behind, that the poverty rate in California is higher than the national average, currently 23 percent. And while the unemployment rate is down, for instance, the percentage of people who are looking for work, who want full-time jobs, is still quite high - 19 percent - one of the worst rates in the country.
BROWN: Well, that's true because California is a magnet. People come here from all over the world - close by from Mexico and Central America and further out from Asia and the Middle East. So California beckons and people come. And then, of course, a lot of people who arrive are not that skilled and they take lower paying jobs, and that reflects itself in the economic distribution. So, yeah, it's there. But it's really the flip side of California's incredible attractiveness and prosperity.
CORNISH: Given all this - the high poverty rate, some argue a diminished middle class and one of the highest tax rates for the wealthy in the country - is this recovery sustainable?
BROWN: Well, California has been going a long time, since at least the Gold Rush in 1848. It's had reverses. There have been recessions, depressions, panics. But over time, it's continued to move. The economy is about two trillion, the gross domestic product. So, yes, we have challenges. We have issues..."
....CORNISH: Now, as we've discussed, things in California in terms of the politics have calmed down remarkably. And how much of that is due to the fact that, frankly, Democrats run the state now, hold most of the major offices, the legislature? It's not really a two-party system anymore.
BROWN: Well, there's plenty of two-party system in different parts of California. But overall, the Democrats have a majority. Of course, the people who are independent, who decline to affiliate with either party, is over one of every five voters. So that's the equalizer.
But it just reflects the fact that a lot of people in California don't buy the Republican argument that you've got to spend so much time and effort protecting those who are at the top, because over the last 30 years, they've done better than 95 percent of the people. So given that, I'd say the party numbers of the Democrats over the Republicans reflect the choice of people in the state reacting to the changes in the economy.
CORNISH: Well, what does it say that to see progress that you essentially end up with single-party rule, right? In the end, the progress in California politically is not necessarily coming from bipartisan compromise and a deal at the national level will.
So we like having a dictatorship as long as we have single party rule?
Jackass Brown!
ah yes... the rambling mind of an aging Jesuit. Good luck making sense of it
Well you have Politicians and way down there
You have the little people
People come from all over the world to ride in the wheezing gravy train operated by the Democrats in return for votes. There is no such thing as an illegal Democrat voter or welfare recipient.
So are we done with that whole “diversity is a strength” meme?
Politics were remarkably calm in the USSR, too. No arguments at all.
lol Idiot. There is no GOP in CA. It’s dead and gone forever.
How about Republicans and half the democRats?
5-6 million illegal aliens.
Gov Brown:.....[but. but....] "But it's really the flip side of California's incredible attractiveness and prosperity."
"....California is a magnet."....
It's the hand-outs Jerry - the give-aways, free education, free lunches, free healthcare....
Yup. Now that their side's got the upper hand, it's all about "unity."
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