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  • June 19, 2009 at 4:55 PM #15917
    Trojan4Life
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    I live in Los Angeles and my neighbor is pulling up stakes and relocating…to Nebraska! Yes, I know there is no ocean there, the summers are as brutal as the winters, but this state has reached a point where even the fine qualities it still possesses are not justification enough to stay.

    Case in point, when the state is fighting for its economic life and schools in Los Angeles seriously need to restructure and lean themselves out in order to remain financially viable entities, those in leadership positions with the state schools and LAUSD go public on wanting to raise property taxes to fund shortfalls. This announcement is on the same day when California announces the highest unemployment rate in RECORDED HISTORY (using current measures) at 11.5%!

    Is it just me, or have people absolutely lost their g-damn minds? I recall posting a comment on piggington once pondering what would happen if everyone just decided “screw it, I’m not paying my bills anymore!” Someone replied saying they expected a USC grad to be a little more intellectual than that. Not saying “told you so,” but the mentality we are now facing with upside-down homeowners, car notes, credit cards, etc is exactly that. And you know what, those dumb ass politicians and bankers are playing right into it by creating new moratoriums on foreclosures, new subsidies to get people to buy still overpriced homes, subsidies to buy new cars, and expect to do this on the back of a smaller workforce making less money.

    I’m just absolutely dumbfounded at the lack of common sense anymore. It doesn’t pay to save money to send your kids to college, because if you’re in debt up to your eyeballs some govt program will be made available to pay their way or introduce them to student debt. Most of my family’s friends aren’t saving anything for their kids college educations, and that was before the meltdown. What has happened to this country?

    I’m just a little disappointed in my fellow man right now. This country is collapsing as we speak and there isn’t a single person in a position of leadership who will acknowledge this and take the steps necessary to stop it. I’m going to make a prediction, this country is nowhere close to the economic bottom we’ve all been seeing called, not by a long shot. We are on our way to become irrelevant as a world power and we are watching the collapse of our civilization come about before our eyes. I feel terrible for my kids, ages 11 and 8, that they will have to grow up with this to look forward to. Thank God I saved money for them (not invested…saved) and their college educations are assured, if the college systems are viable by that time.

    June 19, 2009 at 5:08 PM #417697
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    Woody Guthrie circa 1930s:

    Now as I look round, it’s mighty plain to see
    The world is such a great and a funny place to be;
    The gamblin’ man is rich and the workin’ man is poor
    And I ain’t got no home in this world anymore.

    June 19, 2009 at 5:08 PM #417931
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    Woody Guthrie circa 1930s:

    Now as I look round, it’s mighty plain to see
    The world is such a great and a funny place to be;
    The gamblin’ man is rich and the workin’ man is poor
    And I ain’t got no home in this world anymore.

    June 19, 2009 at 5:08 PM #418193
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    Woody Guthrie circa 1930s:

    Now as I look round, it’s mighty plain to see
    The world is such a great and a funny place to be;
    The gamblin’ man is rich and the workin’ man is poor
    And I ain’t got no home in this world anymore.

    June 19, 2009 at 5:08 PM #418260
    Deserted
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    Woody Guthrie circa 1930s:

    Now as I look round, it’s mighty plain to see
    The world is such a great and a funny place to be;
    The gamblin’ man is rich and the workin’ man is poor
    And I ain’t got no home in this world anymore.

    June 19, 2009 at 5:08 PM #418420
    Deserted
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    Woody Guthrie circa 1930s:

    Now as I look round, it’s mighty plain to see
    The world is such a great and a funny place to be;
    The gamblin’ man is rich and the workin’ man is poor
    And I ain’t got no home in this world anymore.

    June 19, 2009 at 6:41 PM #417722
    Eugene
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    It’s always amusing to hear people rant about California, why it sucks and why we’re all better off living in Nebraska or Idaho or some other hellhole.

    The most curious parts is that rants always come from two diametrically opposite directions.

    Group #1 complains that we have wasteful government that spends money out the wazoo and they are going to leave because can’t take these insanely high taxes.

    Group #2 complains that the state is falling apart because we have worst schools, because states like NY and CT spend twice as much per K-12 student as do we, that crime is rampant because our police departments don’t have enough money and people (thanks to prop 13) …

    June 19, 2009 at 6:41 PM #417956
    Eugene
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    It’s always amusing to hear people rant about California, why it sucks and why we’re all better off living in Nebraska or Idaho or some other hellhole.

    The most curious parts is that rants always come from two diametrically opposite directions.

    Group #1 complains that we have wasteful government that spends money out the wazoo and they are going to leave because can’t take these insanely high taxes.

    Group #2 complains that the state is falling apart because we have worst schools, because states like NY and CT spend twice as much per K-12 student as do we, that crime is rampant because our police departments don’t have enough money and people (thanks to prop 13) …

    June 19, 2009 at 6:41 PM #418218
    Eugene
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    It’s always amusing to hear people rant about California, why it sucks and why we’re all better off living in Nebraska or Idaho or some other hellhole.

    The most curious parts is that rants always come from two diametrically opposite directions.

    Group #1 complains that we have wasteful government that spends money out the wazoo and they are going to leave because can’t take these insanely high taxes.

    Group #2 complains that the state is falling apart because we have worst schools, because states like NY and CT spend twice as much per K-12 student as do we, that crime is rampant because our police departments don’t have enough money and people (thanks to prop 13) …

    June 19, 2009 at 6:41 PM #418285
    Eugene
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    It’s always amusing to hear people rant about California, why it sucks and why we’re all better off living in Nebraska or Idaho or some other hellhole.

    The most curious parts is that rants always come from two diametrically opposite directions.

    Group #1 complains that we have wasteful government that spends money out the wazoo and they are going to leave because can’t take these insanely high taxes.

    Group #2 complains that the state is falling apart because we have worst schools, because states like NY and CT spend twice as much per K-12 student as do we, that crime is rampant because our police departments don’t have enough money and people (thanks to prop 13) …

    June 19, 2009 at 6:41 PM #418445
    Eugene
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    It’s always amusing to hear people rant about California, why it sucks and why we’re all better off living in Nebraska or Idaho or some other hellhole.

    The most curious parts is that rants always come from two diametrically opposite directions.

    Group #1 complains that we have wasteful government that spends money out the wazoo and they are going to leave because can’t take these insanely high taxes.

    Group #2 complains that the state is falling apart because we have worst schools, because states like NY and CT spend twice as much per K-12 student as do we, that crime is rampant because our police departments don’t have enough money and people (thanks to prop 13) …

    June 19, 2009 at 6:51 PM #417728
    paramount
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    Trojan: IMO if you spend enough time on this board you might surmise that many piggs expend a tremendous amount of effort intellectualizing even trivial topics. That’s because they’re trying to out do one another.

    I guess it’s part of the So Cal culture – when you have to many rats competing for limited resources they tend to become aggressive and competitive.

    June 19, 2009 at 6:51 PM #417961
    paramount
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    Trojan: IMO if you spend enough time on this board you might surmise that many piggs expend a tremendous amount of effort intellectualizing even trivial topics. That’s because they’re trying to out do one another.

    I guess it’s part of the So Cal culture – when you have to many rats competing for limited resources they tend to become aggressive and competitive.

    June 19, 2009 at 6:51 PM #418223
    paramount
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    Trojan: IMO if you spend enough time on this board you might surmise that many piggs expend a tremendous amount of effort intellectualizing even trivial topics. That’s because they’re trying to out do one another.

    I guess it’s part of the So Cal culture – when you have to many rats competing for limited resources they tend to become aggressive and competitive.

    June 19, 2009 at 6:51 PM #418289
    paramount
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    Trojan: IMO if you spend enough time on this board you might surmise that many piggs expend a tremendous amount of effort intellectualizing even trivial topics. That’s because they’re trying to out do one another.

    I guess it’s part of the So Cal culture – when you have to many rats competing for limited resources they tend to become aggressive and competitive.

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