California allows parents to continue to receive money for dependent children long after their adult benefits have maxed out. As a northern County bordewring on Oregon, we see a steady stream of people coming south from Oregon and west from states who have no such extended benefits.
Welfare to work also presuposes work. California is the most regulatory state in the union in the natural resources industries. It is a fact that our local people have been put out of work in the forests, in mining, farming and ranching because of environmental regulations. The state and federal regulations have been dismantling our non-industrial economy over the past 20 years. As a consequence, we have high unemployment and welfare.
Perhaps backing off regulation, defunding regulation crazed bureaucracies like the regional water boards and dropping stupid initiatives like sustainable communities and climate change could get our budget and economies back on track.
yeah, and a little off-shore drilling couldn’t hurt either.
Good luck with that! In the last week alone, I have read about two NEW initiatives by the liberal elite in California which will drastically affect consumer prices, jobs and product availability.
California air regulators voted unanimously Thursday for a mandate requiring auto manufacturers to include sun-reflecting glass on all vehicles sold within the state by 2014.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2280237/posts
Los Angeles will eliminate the use of electricity made from coal by 2020, replacing it with power from cleaner renewable energy sources
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285325/posts
California policy makers continue to stick their noses in the air and act in direct opposition to the interests of the consumer. And don't for a minute think that we (the rest of the nation) won't end up paying for it.