CA State Budget Passed – State’s demise imminent

[cr]

Okay, let’s say this actually balances our budget. CA raises taxes on everything and becomes one of the highest states to live in and do business in across the US.

What happens? Businesses leave. Jobs are lost. Sales go down. All lead to less taxes, and in a few short years taxes have to be raised again because the root of the problem is not solved: there are too many politicians in our state that can’t balance a budget and limit spending.

Why is the solution always to raise taxes? Why are there no state layoffs at upper levels? And I don’t mean teachers and CHP as that extremist liberal example from the LA times.

• Look at state schools: they fire teachers before they fire board members. Why?
• They cut police on the streets before they cut assemblymen and council members. Why?
• Why does private businesses have huge layoffs but never the state?

The system is the problem. There are plenty of solutions, they are just too lazy and too scared to do what’s right.

What would I do?

• Cut the $4 Billion stem cell reaserch program in La Jolla. Let Obama fund that.
• Reverse to $20 billion high-speed rail from LA to SF.
• Open up drilling on CA’s coast – that would yield $10 billion today! And don’t give me the oil spill environment BS. If you’ve ever been the beach in Santa Barbara the stuff washes up on shore.
• Layoff 10% of the state employees not directly providing services to taxpayers.
• Give the remaining state workers who make over the CA median income a 10% paycut.
• Ditch their pensions and make them pay state taxes.
• Cut personal spending budgets, staff, perks, benefits like company cars and private jets.

What will lower taxes do?

Attract business. Add jobs. Both will increase spending in local economies and increase tax revenues and the cycle repeats.

This “solution” of raising taxes does the opposite.

No one asks how we got here. The RE boom gave them huge revenue growth. What did they do? Manage it and save for lean years? No, they went on spending sprees.

Taxes weren’t higher before the boom, why is raising them the only solution?

It’s not. But politicians are too disconnected short-sighted, and uninformed to comprehend that and don’t know how to stop spending once they start.

[Anonymous]

Well stated Coop. I wish I had more to add, but you make a great point. I for one was going to set up a small business in CA one hear ago. Commercial & Residential property was sky high, and I would be unable to turn a profit. Now throw in the fact that the CA economy is on life support, I would be bankrupt. I decided to open my business in Dallas, Texas. Give the small business owner an incentive to start a business, i.e. tax break, then they/I would create jobs by hiring employees, in turn spending more money in the state of CA. Instead, Texas won out to CA. Granted this is a small scale, but it’s an important example backing up the argument presented by Cooprider.

[Anonymous]

Well stated Coop. I wish I had more to add, but you make a great point. I for one was going to set up a small business in CA one hear ago. Commercial & Residential property was sky high, and I would be unable to turn a profit. Now throw in the fact that the CA economy is on life support, I would be bankrupt. I decided to open my business in Dallas, Texas. Give the small business owner an incentive to start a business, i.e. tax break, then they/I would create jobs by hiring employees, in turn spending more money in the state of CA. Instead, Texas won out to CA. Granted this is a small scale, but it’s an important example backing up the argument presented by Cooprider.

[Anonymous]

Well stated Coop. I wish I had more to add, but you make a great point. I for one was going to set up a small business in CA one hear ago. Commercial & Residential property was sky high, and I would be unable to turn a profit. Now throw in the fact that the CA economy is on life support, I would be bankrupt. I decided to open my business in Dallas, Texas. Give the small business owner an incentive to start a business, i.e. tax break, then they/I would create jobs by hiring employees, in turn spending more money in the state of CA. Instead, Texas won out to CA. Granted this is a small scale, but it’s an important example backing up the argument presented by Cooprider.

[Anonymous]

Well stated Coop. I wish I had more to add, but you make a great point. I for one was going to set up a small business in CA one hear ago. Commercial & Residential property was sky high, and I would be unable to turn a profit. Now throw in the fact that the CA economy is on life support, I would be bankrupt. I decided to open my business in Dallas, Texas. Give the small business owner an incentive to start a business, i.e. tax break, then they/I would create jobs by hiring employees, in turn spending more money in the state of CA. Instead, Texas won out to CA. Granted this is a small scale, but it’s an important example backing up the argument presented by Cooprider.

[Anonymous]

Well stated Coop. I wish I had more to add, but you make a great point. I for one was going to set up a small business in CA one hear ago. Commercial & Residential property was sky high, and I would be unable to turn a profit. Now throw in the fact that the CA economy is on life support, I would be bankrupt. I decided to open my business in Dallas, Texas. Give the small business owner an incentive to start a business, i.e. tax break, then they/I would create jobs by hiring employees, in turn spending more money in the state of CA. Instead, Texas won out to CA. Granted this is a small scale, but it’s an important example backing up the argument presented by Cooprider.

[OnPoint]

Great article, thanks for that. Nice tone. From the article:

“The math seems pretty simple. But apparently it’s too rigorous for many Republican politicians.

…Some politicians are in denial. Some are demagoguing. Some are just ducking. Scared.

The scared are rather pathetic. …they cower before conservative bloggers, radio talk entertainers and activists of a declining party.

It’s Republican dogma…” blah blah blah…

So let me get this straight: We’re in this mess because of conservative Republicans? Riigghht… Unbelievable. Gee, I can’t imagine why the LA Times and others like it have seen their circulations drop by a number roughly equivalent to half the electorate.

These Democrats are like obnoxious college professors with a gambling problem. Pedantic, condescending, oh and btw their lives are a total mess and “could you help out with a few bucks, you stupid little person. Pretty please, I’ll be good? Hey thanks for the cash. You Nazi!”

This situation is like a divorce that builds over time. One day, the breadwinner spouse, after years of coldness and verbal abuse, borne for the sake of the children or religious commitment etc, meets someone who treats them kindly, examines their life and decides screw this, I’m walking.

I’m happily situated as an employee right now. But if I start my own company or find a better opportunity, I’m outta here. I expect my ilk are legion.

[OnPoint]

Great article, thanks for that. Nice tone. From the article:

“The math seems pretty simple. But apparently it’s too rigorous for many Republican politicians.

…Some politicians are in denial. Some are demagoguing. Some are just ducking. Scared.

The scared are rather pathetic. …they cower before conservative bloggers, radio talk entertainers and activists of a declining party.

It’s Republican dogma…” blah blah blah…

So let me get this straight: We’re in this mess because of conservative Republicans? Riigghht… Unbelievable. Gee, I can’t imagine why the LA Times and others like it have seen their circulations drop by a number roughly equivalent to half the electorate.

These Democrats are like obnoxious college professors with a gambling problem. Pedantic, condescending, oh and btw their lives are a total mess and “could you help out with a few bucks, you stupid little person. Pretty please, I’ll be good? Hey thanks for the cash. You Nazi!”

This situation is like a divorce that builds over time. One day, the breadwinner spouse, after years of coldness and verbal abuse, borne for the sake of the children or religious commitment etc, meets someone who treats them kindly, examines their life and decides screw this, I’m walking.

I’m happily situated as an employee right now. But if I start my own company or find a better opportunity, I’m outta here. I expect my ilk are legion.

[OnPoint]

Great article, thanks for that. Nice tone. From the article:

“The math seems pretty simple. But apparently it’s too rigorous for many Republican politicians.

…Some politicians are in denial. Some are demagoguing. Some are just ducking. Scared.

The scared are rather pathetic. …they cower before conservative bloggers, radio talk entertainers and activists of a declining party.

It’s Republican dogma…” blah blah blah…

So let me get this straight: We’re in this mess because of conservative Republicans? Riigghht… Unbelievable. Gee, I can’t imagine why the LA Times and others like it have seen their circulations drop by a number roughly equivalent to half the electorate.

These Democrats are like obnoxious college professors with a gambling problem. Pedantic, condescending, oh and btw their lives are a total mess and “could you help out with a few bucks, you stupid little person. Pretty please, I’ll be good? Hey thanks for the cash. You Nazi!”

This situation is like a divorce that builds over time. One day, the breadwinner spouse, after years of coldness and verbal abuse, borne for the sake of the children or religious commitment etc, meets someone who treats them kindly, examines their life and decides screw this, I’m walking.

I’m happily situated as an employee right now. But if I start my own company or find a better opportunity, I’m outta here. I expect my ilk are legion.

[OnPoint]

Great article, thanks for that. Nice tone. From the article:

“The math seems pretty simple. But apparently it’s too rigorous for many Republican politicians.

…Some politicians are in denial. Some are demagoguing. Some are just ducking. Scared.

The scared are rather pathetic. …they cower before conservative bloggers, radio talk entertainers and activists of a declining party.

It’s Republican dogma…” blah blah blah…

So let me get this straight: We’re in this mess because of conservative Republicans? Riigghht… Unbelievable. Gee, I can’t imagine why the LA Times and others like it have seen their circulations drop by a number roughly equivalent to half the electorate.

These Democrats are like obnoxious college professors with a gambling problem. Pedantic, condescending, oh and btw their lives are a total mess and “could you help out with a few bucks, you stupid little person. Pretty please, I’ll be good? Hey thanks for the cash. You Nazi!”

This situation is like a divorce that builds over time. One day, the breadwinner spouse, after years of coldness and verbal abuse, borne for the sake of the children or religious commitment etc, meets someone who treats them kindly, examines their life and decides screw this, I’m walking.

I’m happily situated as an employee right now. But if I start my own company or find a better opportunity, I’m outta here. I expect my ilk are legion.

[OnPoint]

Great article, thanks for that. Nice tone. From the article:

“The math seems pretty simple. But apparently it’s too rigorous for many Republican politicians.

…Some politicians are in denial. Some are demagoguing. Some are just ducking. Scared.

The scared are rather pathetic. …they cower before conservative bloggers, radio talk entertainers and activists of a declining party.

It’s Republican dogma…” blah blah blah…

So let me get this straight: We’re in this mess because of conservative Republicans? Riigghht… Unbelievable. Gee, I can’t imagine why the LA Times and others like it have seen their circulations drop by a number roughly equivalent to half the electorate.

These Democrats are like obnoxious college professors with a gambling problem. Pedantic, condescending, oh and btw their lives are a total mess and “could you help out with a few bucks, you stupid little person. Pretty please, I’ll be good? Hey thanks for the cash. You Nazi!”

This situation is like a divorce that builds over time. One day, the breadwinner spouse, after years of coldness and verbal abuse, borne for the sake of the children or religious commitment etc, meets someone who treats them kindly, examines their life and decides screw this, I’m walking.

I’m happily situated as an employee right now. But if I start my own company or find a better opportunity, I’m outta here. I expect my ilk are legion.

[mike92104]

If the state is blaming this mostly on the housing downturn,

Then how did the state operate before the bubble?

Seems like cuts can be made, and should get us pretty close to where we were in 2002. and have about the same revenue.

[mike92104]

If the state is blaming this mostly on the housing downturn,

Then how did the state operate before the bubble?

Seems like cuts can be made, and should get us pretty close to where we were in 2002. and have about the same revenue.

[mike92104]

If the state is blaming this mostly on the housing downturn,

Then how did the state operate before the bubble?

Seems like cuts can be made, and should get us pretty close to where we were in 2002. and have about the same revenue.

[mike92104]

If the state is blaming this mostly on the housing downturn,

Then how did the state operate before the bubble?

Seems like cuts can be made, and should get us pretty close to where we were in 2002. and have about the same revenue.

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