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June 19, 2009 at 6:51 PM #418450June 19, 2009 at 6:56 PM #417732
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Participant[quote=Eugene]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) …
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Given our tax rate I’m surprised our per student spending is so low…oops, my bad – I forgot – most of the money is being spent to pay California teachers 30% higher than the national average and to fund their Golden parachutes – same goes for most other gov’t workers.
June 19, 2009 at 6:56 PM #417966Participant[quote=Eugene]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) …
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Given our tax rate I’m surprised our per student spending is so low…oops, my bad – I forgot – most of the money is being spent to pay California teachers 30% higher than the national average and to fund their Golden parachutes – same goes for most other gov’t workers.
June 19, 2009 at 6:56 PM #418228Participant[quote=Eugene]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) …
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Given our tax rate I’m surprised our per student spending is so low…oops, my bad – I forgot – most of the money is being spent to pay California teachers 30% higher than the national average and to fund their Golden parachutes – same goes for most other gov’t workers.
June 19, 2009 at 6:56 PM #418294Participant[quote=Eugene]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) …
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Given our tax rate I’m surprised our per student spending is so low…oops, my bad – I forgot – most of the money is being spent to pay California teachers 30% higher than the national average and to fund their Golden parachutes – same goes for most other gov’t workers.
June 19, 2009 at 6:56 PM #418455Participant[quote=Eugene]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) …
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Given our tax rate I’m surprised our per student spending is so low…oops, my bad – I forgot – most of the money is being spent to pay California teachers 30% higher than the national average and to fund their Golden parachutes – same goes for most other gov’t workers.
June 19, 2009 at 7:01 PM #417737ParticipantEugene: You sicken me with your denigrating remarks about Nebraska and Idaho. Your damn lucky to live anywhere in the United States.
You put down Idaho and Nebraska or any state for that matter and you put down the whole country as far as I’m concerned.
June 19, 2009 at 7:01 PM #417971ParticipantEugene: You sicken me with your denigrating remarks about Nebraska and Idaho. Your damn lucky to live anywhere in the United States.
You put down Idaho and Nebraska or any state for that matter and you put down the whole country as far as I’m concerned.
June 19, 2009 at 7:01 PM #418233ParticipantEugene: You sicken me with your denigrating remarks about Nebraska and Idaho. Your damn lucky to live anywhere in the United States.
You put down Idaho and Nebraska or any state for that matter and you put down the whole country as far as I’m concerned.
June 19, 2009 at 7:01 PM #418299ParticipantEugene: You sicken me with your denigrating remarks about Nebraska and Idaho. Your damn lucky to live anywhere in the United States.
You put down Idaho and Nebraska or any state for that matter and you put down the whole country as far as I’m concerned.
June 19, 2009 at 7:01 PM #418460ParticipantEugene: You sicken me with your denigrating remarks about Nebraska and Idaho. Your damn lucky to live anywhere in the United States.
You put down Idaho and Nebraska or any state for that matter and you put down the whole country as far as I’m concerned.
June 19, 2009 at 7:21 PM #417753creechrr
ParticipantI don’t know that this is a rant speficically about California. You could substitute just about any state for California. The nation as a whole in the crapper. I suggest everyone listen for the woosh and prepare for rotation.
Very few of my peers save, much less apply sort of financial planning. Their attitudes are that someone else will take care of it. No matter the issue, someone will take care of it.
Even if the prevailing attitude change to one of thrift and self sufficiency it would make much of a difference at this point. I can’t help the feeling the we have passed the peak and are heading down hill at an ever accelerating rate.
June 19, 2009 at 7:21 PM #417986ParticipantI don’t know that this is a rant speficically about California. You could substitute just about any state for California. The nation as a whole in the crapper. I suggest everyone listen for the woosh and prepare for rotation.
Very few of my peers save, much less apply sort of financial planning. Their attitudes are that someone else will take care of it. No matter the issue, someone will take care of it.
Even if the prevailing attitude change to one of thrift and self sufficiency it would make much of a difference at this point. I can’t help the feeling the we have passed the peak and are heading down hill at an ever accelerating rate.
June 19, 2009 at 7:21 PM #418247ParticipantI don’t know that this is a rant speficically about California. You could substitute just about any state for California. The nation as a whole in the crapper. I suggest everyone listen for the woosh and prepare for rotation.
Very few of my peers save, much less apply sort of financial planning. Their attitudes are that someone else will take care of it. No matter the issue, someone will take care of it.
Even if the prevailing attitude change to one of thrift and self sufficiency it would make much of a difference at this point. I can’t help the feeling the we have passed the peak and are heading down hill at an ever accelerating rate.
June 19, 2009 at 7:21 PM #418313ParticipantI don’t know that this is a rant speficically about California. You could substitute just about any state for California. The nation as a whole in the crapper. I suggest everyone listen for the woosh and prepare for rotation.
Very few of my peers save, much less apply sort of financial planning. Their attitudes are that someone else will take care of it. No matter the issue, someone will take care of it.
Even if the prevailing attitude change to one of thrift and self sufficiency it would make much of a difference at this point. I can’t help the feeling the we have passed the peak and are heading down hill at an ever accelerating rate.
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