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Shortfall in California’s Budget Swells to $16 Billion
New York Times ^
| May 12, 2012
| ADAM NAGOURNEY
Posted on 05/12/2012 5:06:21 PM PDT by reaganaut1
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To: reaganaut1
Raise those taxes, watch those businesses and rich people leave, watch that revenue continue to fall.
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posted on
05/12/2012 5:09:13 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
To: reaganaut1
The important thing is that they purged all those darned capitalists from their state. Now all they have to do is “tax the rich and feed the poor, ‘til there are no rich no more”, and everything will be free and nobody will have to work ever again.
And then they will destroy all the machines, because it is they who are to blame for pollution and destroying nature.
It will be The Age of Aquarius. With, like, cannibalism.
To: yefragetuwrabrumuy
If so, then, like, Governor Moonbeam should be the first to be eaten.
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posted on
05/12/2012 5:16:47 PM PDT
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: reaganaut1
This means we will have to go much further and make cuts far greater than I asked for at the beginning of the year.How about a 100% tax on total personal wealth upon leaving the state for ALL people in California?
An EXIT tax.
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posted on
05/12/2012 5:17:55 PM PDT
by
EGPWS
(Trust in God, question everyone else)
To: reaganaut1
Cooking the books with rosy revenue projections doesn’t negate the need for real cash.
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posted on
05/12/2012 5:23:45 PM PDT
by
umgud
(No Rats, No Rino's)
To: GeronL
How about a Linda Rhonstadt concert to save California?
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posted on
05/12/2012 5:24:40 PM PDT
by
EGPWS
(Trust in God, question everyone else)
To: yefragetuwrabrumuy
Here’s an idea: import more Illegals. And free contraception. That’s the ticket! [/s]
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posted on
05/12/2012 5:28:01 PM PDT
by
rbg81
To: reaganaut1
Couldn’t happen to a better state.
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posted on
05/12/2012 5:30:54 PM PDT
by
familyop
("Wanna cigarette? You're never too young to start." --Deacon, "Waterworld")
To: EGPWS
wow. What happened to her?
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posted on
05/12/2012 5:36:29 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
To: yefragetuwrabrumuy
That is apparently how the Kalipornia liberal thinks
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posted on
05/12/2012 5:38:37 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
To: reaganaut1
Can’t they just buy a unicorn that has “we love children” branded into its head and that farts out billions of dollars in golden coins?
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posted on
05/12/2012 5:41:34 PM PDT
by
BRL
To: reaganaut1
(...forcing state officials to assemble a series of new spending cuts that are likely to mean further reductions to schools, health care and other social programs)
Notice that cutting salaries or benefits to State union employees is somehow never part of the choices, God forbid! Once they have cut all services to taxpayers, all of the taxpayer revenues will go toward state employee salaries and benefits, and those employees will be...doing what exactly? Oh, that’s right, they will be deployed to collect more and more fees from the producers!
(Californias shortfall was now projected to be $16 billion, up from $9.2 billion in January.)
Can’t cook the books forever! We should all believe government statistics, especially when we see a deficit jump more than 42% in an allegedly improving economy!
To: GeronL
What happened to her?After dating Moonbeam she got weird and let herself go. ; )
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posted on
05/12/2012 5:43:08 PM PDT
by
EGPWS
(Trust in God, question everyone else)
To: GeronL
yes...why don't those idiot, spoiled thieves try drastically reducing their bloated pensions and salaries! What a bunch of legal criminals.
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posted on
05/12/2012 5:43:24 PM PDT
by
fabian
(" And a new day will dawn for those who stand long, and the forests will echo with laughter")
To: GeronL
Rinse...repeat...rinse...repeat...etc
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posted on
05/12/2012 5:53:07 PM PDT
by
Hotlanta Mike
(Resurrect the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC)...before there is no America!)
To: GeronL
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posted on
05/12/2012 6:08:22 PM PDT
by
4Liberty
(88% of Americans are NON-UNION. We value honest, peaceful Free trade-NOT protectionist CARTELS)
To: fabian
They never want to cut their own salaries, benefits and pensions. Maybe it is beginning to dawn on a few of them that raising taxes is bringing in less revenue but they will just go into denial mode.
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posted on
05/12/2012 6:08:46 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
To: GeronL
Yes...that denial is a real devilish thing!
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posted on
05/12/2012 6:09:59 PM PDT
by
fabian
(" And a new day will dawn for those who stand long, and the forests will echo with laughter")
To: Hotlanta Mike
they can keep repeating but the returns keep deminishing
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posted on
05/12/2012 6:10:31 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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