Well, California (directed at the state, not you, MinRep)... you get the economy you vote for, so change your voting habits. Of course you won`t, but it doesn`t hurt for you to hear that once in a while.
No on 30
Yes on 32
I talk to people from California. I try to explain to them how voting liberal Democrat is bad.
And they sneer and take that smug, holier than thou glow as they begin lecturing me about how much they care and how I’m ignorant, etc.
Then I read stories like this and can only shake my head.
I was in Nashville, TN for the CMA, and I saw a California tourism ad on television. Really, California is having to advertise to get people to go to their state? Things must be really bad.
Maybe by the time California get to be like Michigan (Detroit), they’ll start rejecting liberal politics.
1.) City public schools have high dropout rates and a majority that graduate are functionally illiterate. Illiterates are not prepared to work and do not contribute to society or pay taxes.
2.) Cities have been dominated by Democrats for decades. Democrats focus on handouts and involving city governments in ventures that should be left to the private sector. In the process, cities have accrued massive debt and no means to pay down their debt.
3.) The people that live in cities by and large do not take responsibility for their own property, surroundings, and safety. They assume government will take care of them and they are entitled. Government always does the least efficient and effective job.
The solution is simple. State and federal funds need to be eliminated from cities. The people that live in cities need to pay for things with their own money. If they paid for their own schools, then maybe they would value their educations. If they had to pay for their own housing, they would have to work. If they had to pay for their own local government services they would quickly determine what they can afford and what they can't. Truly nonessential services would disappear, creating a focus on what is really needed. Which in reality is very little. The last lesson that city folks need to learn is the hardest. They need care for their own environment. This means cleaning their yards, sidewalks, and streets of trash, drug dealers and thugs. This means taking personal responsibility and not relying on government to do so.
What a shame — a town with such a rich history and once the largest town in California — the Barkleys must be turning over in their graves ... and reruns.
Thank you American media outlets for repor.... uh, oh. Never mind.