Did you vote for a congressional representative who brings home more to your district in pork and federal programs than your district pays in? Or, if you voted for their opponent, would the opponent have done so? These aren't rhetorical questions; I'm genuinely curious. If so, you're supporting big government, and saying you're going to wait until California isn't progressive anymore before supporting federal budget cuts is ridiculous -- we all know that ain't happening any time soon. You're either for small government or you're not.
Could this be part of the problem?
From the L. A. Times
1. 40% of all workers in L. A. County ( L. A. County has 10.2 million people)are working for cash and not paying taxes. This is because they are predominantly illegal immigrants working without a green card.
2. 95% of warrants for murder in Los Angeles are for illegal aliens.
3. 75% of people on the most wanted list in Los Angeles are illegal aliens.
4. Over 2/3 of all births in Los Angeles County are to illegal alien Mexicans on Medi-Cal , whose births were paid for by taxpayers.
5. Nearly 35% of all inmates in California detention centers are Mexican nationals here illegally
6. Over 300,000 illegal aliens in Los Angeles County are living in garages.
7. The FBI reports half of all gang members in Los Angeles are most likely illegal aliens from south of the border.
8. Nearly 60% of all occupants of HUD properties are illegal.
9. 21 radio stations in L. A. are Spanish speaking.
10. In L. A. County 5.1 million people speak English, 3.9 million speak Spanish.
(There are 10.2 million people in L. A. County . )
(All 10 of the above are from the Los Angeles Times)
Less than 2% of illegal aliens are picking our crops, but 29% are on welfare. Over 70% of the United States ‘ annual population growth (and over 90% of California , Florida , and New York ) results from immigration. 29% of inmates in federal prisons are illegal aliens.
“Did you vote for a congressional representative who brings home more to your district in pork and federal programs than your district pays in? Or, if you voted for their opponent, would the opponent have done so? These aren’t rhetorical questions; I’m genuinely curious.”
Actually, for years, I have had the luxury of voting for a candidate who pretty much avoided the pork rolling in Congress. We’ll see how the new guy does.
CA is a big part of the national political disease. I see no reason to impose its dysfunction on US citizens who live in somewhat less dysfunctional places.
I’m quite serious when I say CA has to crash and burn. That’s the only way its citizens will ever start electing small government conservatives. Until CA gets on the side of progress and stops sending leftists to congress and the whitehouse, a repair of this nation’s problems is basically impossible. A bailout of CA just kicks that can down the road.