[Gaffer]

They just will not do that. There are an awful lot of nice conservative folks in Kallie - most of them inland and way from LA, SF, etc. minding their own business, working and paying taxes. They still, however, refuse to believe that state is lost and that the people that vastly outnumber them will be coming for what they have when the money is gone. The leeches in Kallie are depending on the other states. Maybe Obama will give them the $16 billion, maybe not. Problem is that there is no $16 billion to give Kallie. Reconquista the place - cut it loose - give it back and write it off, along with all their electoral votes. Would do wonders for the rest of the country.

[canuck_conservative]

DEFICIT = $16 Billion

... the deficit is the short-fall for just this year

... then next year it’s another 16-20 billion ... and more the year after that ... and so, and so on. California has a serious problem with simply saying “no” because its politicians are gutless