They also get to keep their deluxe healthplan. Yes, it looks like the return of the imperialist class system. The only people who had money in the USSR were the politicans and their close lackies.
Left coast politicians lack all shame regarding their self-enrichment at public expense. Even though their outrageous conduct has sunk a once-prosperous state $10 billion in debt, the public seems not to care. In November, voters recycled Jerry Brown as governor even though Gov. Moonbeam’s disastrous tenure during the 1970s enabled the compensation packages for a unionized public sector that are busting the budget today. When California finally goes bankrupt, voters need only look in the mirror when wondering who deserves the blame.Lots of reasons in this editorial to explain why I'm glad I don't live in the Kingdom of California.
Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these Ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or abolish it. Check.
When a long train of abuses . . . evinces a Design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their Right, it is their Duty to throw off such Government. Check.
He has forbidden his governors to pass laws of immediate and pressing importance . . . Check.
He has obstructed the administration of justice. Check.
He has erected a multitude of new offices, and sent hither swarms of officers to harass our people and eat out their substance. Check.
He has kept among us, in times of peace, standing armies, without the consent of our legislatures. (Officers of regulatory agencies pack heat. Just in case a citizen gets uppity.) Check
He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our Constitution and unacknowledged by our laws, giving his assent to their acts of pretended legislation. (UN) Check.
For taking away our charters, abolishing our most valuable laws, and altering fundamentally the forms of our governments; (State government subservient in all ways to national) Check.
For suspending our own legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever. (EPA, Dept of Education . . . )Check.
He has excited domestic insurrection among us. (Open door to illegals) Check.
But hey, what do I know?
Don't recall exactly how the language was worded in England but essentially.....
People were allowed to own weapons for their defense and other lawful purposes as was suitable to their status, class and as permitted by law.
Many of our elected officials truly believe that they are royalty.