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Income inequity a hot topic on California ballots
San Francisco Chronicle ^
| Joe Garofoli
| Joe Garofoli
Posted on 01/26/2014 8:14:41 AM PST by artichokegrower
President Obama is expected to make the widening gap between wealthy and poor Americans a major theme of his State of the Union speech Tuesday, but it's unlikely that he'll be able to shove legislation through a gridlocked Congress this year. Instead, the real action could come in California.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: California
KEYWORDS: 2014election; 2016election; california; demagogicparty; election2014; election2016; memebuilding; partisanmediashill; partisanmediashills
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posted on
01/26/2014 8:50:32 AM PST
by
RedMDer
(Happy with this, America? Make your voices heard. 2014 is just around the corner. ~ Sarah Palin)
To: Chode
I’m wondering, does this new law apply to all these movie stars? I wonder what these leftist movie stars will do if those same laws will be applied to them. And of course, these union presidents and politicians must be forced to obey this law. I wonder how long this law and those liberals, socialists and communists that passed it, if it was applicable to them?
To: ClearCase_guy
Unless they are stopped, we are heading toward a Guaranteed Annual Income, and confiscatory taxes for especially productive people.Eventually, the focus will be on accumulated wealth, rather than income. Then the crap really hits the fan--why bother to work if most of it is taken away, and why bother to save if they tap the rest?
To: artichokegrower
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posted on
01/26/2014 9:08:39 AM PST
by
Lazamataz
(Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
To: Chode
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posted on
01/26/2014 9:09:09 AM PST
by
Lazamataz
(Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
To: All
I can’t wait to get out of here.
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posted on
01/26/2014 9:11:10 AM PST
by
Rodney Dangerfield
("America is the greatest country on Earth and we intend to change that" - Barack Obama)
To: gingerbread
i'm sure any law would only apply to evil greedy Republicans...
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posted on
01/26/2014 9:12:07 AM PST
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
To: artichokegrower
I wonder if any Republican has the b@lls to mention to the MSM how much the “gap” has increased in the 5 years of the Baraqqi Regime?
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posted on
01/26/2014 9:13:15 AM PST
by
nascarnation
(I'm hiring Jack Palladino to investigate Baraq's golf scores.)
To: Lazamataz
i'm sure some will look at it that way...
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posted on
01/26/2014 9:14:02 AM PST
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
To: artichokegrower
said Ron Unz, a wealthy Palo Alto conservative who is funding the ballot measure to raise the minimum wage to $12 an hour by 2016. So in California, "conservatives" are behind measures to raise the minimum wage. Why stop there? Why not $30 per hour? Any wonder why California is so screwed up?
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posted on
01/26/2014 9:15:03 AM PST
by
Opinionated Blowhard
("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
To: artichokegrower
Given that California is very dependent on income taxes from it’s wealthiest citizens, I would think that taking money from tax payers and giving it to people who don’t pay taxes is not a good business plan.
To: EricGurr
Wouldnt that better path be helping them to get jobs? There are no jobs and there won't be any jobs. Maybe 2017 and not in Kalifornia if you don't mind part time.
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