Posted on 04/01/2026 3:44:17 PM PDT by BenLurkin
California is a cash machine.
The state collects some of the country’s highest income, business, and fuel taxes, and now spends more than $300 billion per year.
And yet, everywhere you look, California seems to be falling apart.
Mismanaged wildfires have turned neighborhoods into ash. Drug addiction and homelessness have metastasized, turning parts of Los Angeles and San Francisco into no-go zones.
And the cost-of-living crisis is pricing middle-class taxpayers out of basic necessities like groceries and gas, even as the state spends billions on welfare programs that never seem to lift anyone out of poverty.
Where is all this money going?
On paper, it funds public services. But beneath the surface, something else is happening...
The best estimates suggest that, on the governor’s watch, fraudsters, scammers, and organized crime rings have stolen at least $180 billion from taxpayers.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
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....and no one goes to jail. End of story. As they say in Chicago, land of intergenerational corruption going on for decades....”shut up and pay your taxes.”
Waste, fraud and abuse in government at all levels has been grossly underestimated. Taxpayers are carrying a giant monkey on their back called Democrats. The 35 trillion in national debt is what it costs to buy Democrat votes.
AG Bonta is fighting tooth and nail to stop candidate Chad Bianco from investigating massive vote fraud.
“The Allegations: Sheriff Bianco and critics allege Bonta is trying to suppress evidence of election impropriety, citing a reported discrepancy of approximately 45,800 ballots (where 45,800 votes were counted beyond public records) and claiming Bonta fears the count will uncover wrongdoing.”
The biggest fraud yet - besides Gavin Newsom - is the high speed rail from nowhere to nowhere - that will never be built - 18 years later, not an inch of track laid down.
“Over $15 billion has been spent on California’s high-speed rail project with no operational service yet, and critics argue this represents wasted taxpayer money due to massive cost overruns and delays.”
Sacramento is organized crime and gav is a mob boss, well trained by Baltimore mob boss daughter pelosi..
Take this latest example of duplicity
If you own a house in California you really need to watch this
Vid.
Democrats Are About to Take Your House!
California Democrats have already passed ACA-1 through the legislature. ACA-13 is right behind it.
Both are sitting on the November 2026 ballot. And if your neighbors don’t know about this — they’re going to vote wrong. Or worse — they’re not going to vote at all.
I’m breaking down exactly what’s coming for your house, your property taxes, and the one law that’s been protecting you since 1978.
Run time 10 m 45 s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTTx2gh0Ppo
A lot of Republicans too
Cut the crap. He ain’t going to jail. Get over it.
WTH are you ranting about?
Government workers, NGOs, grant recipients, unions.. that’s a lot of voters to keep fat and happy.
Not much good comes from it anymore. Maybe 50 years ago it did. Today, most of the clerical stuff could be automated and the staffing downsized. Hire only people who actually do work like paving streets and giving food to the needy. Not to groups who give it to groups who give it to groups who give it to groups who buy their cousin’s warehouse of near-expired food and uses parolees to distribute it.
Please (re)read my post. He’s running for POTUS.
Don’t have high enough wifi right now (at sea). Can you summarize video? Thanks.
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Albany, NY is no different.
Albany should be next.
NEWSOM STILL TRYING TO KEEP IT ALIVE
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