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Posted on 09/06/2003 1:29:45 PM PDT by John Jorsett
There's another strategy that some have started using: appear to live elsewhere. I know of someone who set herself up as a Nevada resident - car registration, voting, etc. She actually spends most of her time in California, but she doesn't pay state income tax nor the recently boosted vehicle license fee. It's not a walk in the park - she doesn't dare use her credit cards in California, for example - but it's an approach that looks more and more attractive. Myself, I might check out what it would take to become a virtual resident of Mexico.
As to Indian burial grounds, when did they stop frying loved ones on a rack? I'd like to see the shovels used, if they did bury their kin. Dotting the landscape with dead bodies hardly equates to what is commonly referred to as a 'cemetary'.
They'd better revisit the term 'sacred', as their hold on a gambling monopoly in this state will surely get them a visit from the liberal 'revenuers' at some point, forked tongues and all, as the socialist utpoia doesn't come cheap.
So they earn $20,000, pay no taxes, spend $15k to live, receive $13.6K in aid (Net $1400 into economy) and send $5k to Mexico. Oh yeah, they are just pouring money into the California economy.
No. Not any more than I, as one of 3 million conservative New Yorkers got what we deserved. We were simply outnumbered by wimpering Liberals, both the Republican and Democrat kind.
What have they done, other than try and overcome the rampant puke liberalism that infests the state?
Probably the same I did. I gave money, I campaigned for the best people, I wrote letters, I worked in the Party organization, I ran for office myself. But, in the end I moved to a more conservative state. There is now less wear and tear on the wallet and psyche.
However, "moving" is not always the same as "escaping". The same pathology is slowly moving here, so the struggle goes on. However, nowadays I spend more money on gun oil and sincerely hope it is ultimately only for fun.
Very true. What's insane is that they owe whatever prosperity they now enjoy to 'developement', casinoes in particular. Those who want to continue to play the race card will one day wish they hadn't.
Alternatively, this could result in a drop in demand for property and improvements (new stuff). A freeze on new development will drive up demand for existing stuff. More improvement in existing property values. Higher property tax revenues from the population that chooses to hang around.
Are you saying those 11 million conservative Republicans are getting what they deserve?
Actually they are getting what they deserve. To round off numbers, let's say that CA has 30 million. The Conservatives need to attract 15 million + 1 to the polls on election day. That means that they have to find a way to get 4+ million non-Conservatives to get out to the polls and vote with them.
But all I read are rants about how "Conservatives should stick to their principles", usually in connection with some issue, like abortion, which isn't even under state control.
It's going to take a heck of a lot longer to get a majority of conservatives in the state (esp. since the laws encourage most of them to leave) than it would take to set priorities (like fiscal restraint and pro-business rregulations) and start on the path to conservative gov't.
People who insist on all or nothing most often wind up with nothing.
Republicans are the minority in the lib-controlled state of California. The "all or nothing" crowd you refer to (11% at last count) are minorities as well.
And, sure, *some* are willing to vote for mcclintock even though THEY KNOW HE STANDS ZERO chance of getting elected because, hey...they've got principles!
It's just too bad for the rest of us they have no sense.
We don't deserve the ramifications of THEIR stupidity.
It's just too bad for the rest of us they have no sense.
Yes. It's so frustrating that people will vote for some obscure principle instead of a sure improvement in status. Arnold could win, and he has a good chance of improving the financial status of CA. Why isn't that good enough?
In California, polls taken just days before the election showed an unprecedented number of voters unwilling to choose either Democrat Gray Davis or Republican Bill Simon as the state's next governor. In the end, only about 30 percent of the state's 21.7 million eligible voters even bothered to go to the polls.
Proof that if conservatives want to they can take their state back.
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