California finally has something to be proud of, we are the State with the highest taxes.
Even better the Governor wants to raise those taxes. Plus, we have Los Angeles wanting to raise their sales tax by a penny, as well. Not to count the tens of billions of bond measures on the November ballot from the State of California to the $7 billion for LAUSD.
Today we found out that California only has the fourth highest unemployment rate in the nation. But if Perata has his way with another double digit deficit, to go along with higher taxes, we could be number one in that category before the end of the year.
During the first week of September the Governor and his Chief of Staff, Susan Kennedy, will be deposed. Clark Kelso, the one man bankruptcy team, is suing the Guv because Arnold would not steal $2.5 billion for him. Now Kelso wants $3.1 now, $5 billion later, than another $7 billion or more for other prison projects.
Anybody know where that $15 billion will come from.
Folks, California is in deep trouble.
(Oh, why do I call it stealing? When you demand someone give you money that does not belong to them, that is theft, stealing.)
Let us not forget the $550 million lawsuit lost by the State last week, and due to interest, growing rapidly every day.
On Sunday the State Assembly, apparently, will have a vote on a budget. The budget will have $10 billion in new taxes, $3 billion in new spending and maybe a "rainy day fund", whatever that may be. Last year we had a reserve fund that was gone in less than eight weeks.
High taxes, high unemployment, lawsuits and a dysfunctional Legislature. Makes me proud to be a Californian.
Will we have a budget by August 23 so the Democrats can go to their convention.
What do you think, raise taxes, kill employment and move?
What do you think as caused the massive budget meltdown and escalating unemployment in California?
Let's face it confronting the huge budget deficit, brought upon the people of California from 'Sanctuary city' policies and allowing illegal aliens access to state, county and city welfare programs has caused a major disaster. Now Arnold and the state morons must look for other means to extract taxes and dollar bills from property owners to keep overcrowded schools running , the free health care (illegal alien) system and make room in the also overburdened prisons.
The assembly is overrun with Latino radicals who reserve the right, to allow the influx of as many illegal third world country cheap labor force that can spirit into the border states. Arnold seems to have lost his way, or been intimidated by the Democratic-Liberal-Socialist makeup in Sacramento's assembly.
The major malefactor is the predatory employers, who hire cheap slave labor because its easy to exploit them. Chasing down illegal immigrants is mainly a waste of time, because their are millions of them, as they are being attracted by jobs. Giving ICE more funding and training regular police departments with more enforcement powers against the company CEO, directors or managers is a serious deterrent.
If the E-verify system becomes mandatory and businesses become paranoid of the next ICE, sweep. Knowing that massive fines confiscation of assets and prison. Therefore our government must go after the pariah businesses, because they are the culprits and they must be held accountable.
Appropriations of money and equipment would come from enactment of the Federal SAVE ACT (H.R.4088). Funding from bill is but a few cents, for what federal, state, county and local government expenditures are now to financial support illegal alien families.We cannot even comprehend the amount of money expounded, if AMNESTY becomes law.
It's also unthinkable if we keep underwriting illegal immigrants, while their employers collect the profits. Then their are the millions waiting quietly just over the undermanned border. YOU are the payee, the taxpayer? You need to realize the implications of irreversible OVERPOPULATION. Go to NUMBERSUSA, CAPSWEB, to learn the real truth and not the propaganda.
Bush, Obama, McCain are all pro-amnesty creeps who would do anything for the illegal aliens and nothing for americans
Want to know where the state has half a trillion stashed away??
They have it stashed away on wall street for the retirement of teachers, state workers, judges, college employees, and other public employees
According to the Census Bureau, the state, local governmente, and school districts in the state are running 61 separate retirement systems for public emloyees holding $562 billion in stocks, bonds, real estate
see:
http://www.census.gov/govs/retire/2006ret04a-1.html
Why does the Star publish the Steve frank idiocy? First it was the nutjob Ann Coulter and now Steve Frank.
Actually, I am proiud to be put in the same class as Ann Coulter--she is not afraid to tell the truth, nor am I.
Seems like some ideologically driven people do not like discussion of corruption, incompetence and fraud in government.
Sorry, like Coulter I will continue speaking out for those who are forced to pay blood money to unions in order to be allowed to work.
I will speak out against deficits and higher taxes, which directly harm families and kills jobs--remember, your job could be killed by the budget being proposed.
Your right to work could be taken away by a union--note the corruption of the SEIU in the LA Times story today. http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-union17-2008aug17,0,3350520,print.story
Thanks for the compliment!!!
I hope a lot of people read this.
We have to fire all of them. Lets hire real people who really care and whom are responsible for getting the budget done on time.
You see if this were a business, they would all be fired for failure to perform. They have served all of the Californians with deceit and increased debt.
It is time we begin to take control of our government. Now if I could only get 1 million or so of you to go with me to throw these pukes out on their face. Whose with me?
Right on, Steve! We need independent voices like yours out there, especially when it comes to telling the truth about these union hacks who use threats and intimidation to get their way.
The same thing is happening in Ventura right now with the proposed Wal-Mart store on Victoria Avenue. The union hacks don't want it there because it doesn't pay retail clerks $30/hour to run a product through a scanner. Unbelievable!
Keep it up, Steve. You're a valued voice in Ventura County for those of us who care about its future.
RE:Cason
...the state has plenty of money....the state is taking in $40 billion MORE in tax revenue now than it did four years ago
...and we are pensioning off public employees at age 50 now with full blown pensions up to 100% of their ending salary...which can range up to $400,000 and above
Steve Frank - You wouldn't know what is fact if it bit you in the As*.