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Hüsker Dü said:
Yeah, no doubt! Wanna see what lack of tax revenue does for a state go to Alabama, Mississippi or one of those other "red states" . . . but then again, these guys "think" they would enjoy a more "rustic" life . . . until they find out the truth of it.
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Whistleblower may be blowing the lid off of the CFPB this week
Jazz Shaw Dec 12, 2017 9:21 AM
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Making it up as they went along
 
I guess LE isn't going to come up with a source for his claim that California spends 40% of its revenue on welfare.

... and he gets on e about the Civil War thing, hypocrites to the end.
 
Wez said:
I guess LE isn't going to come up with a source for his claim that California spends 40% of its revenue on welfare.

... and he gets on e about the Civil War thing, hypocrites to the end.
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Schooling in California is akin to a " Welfare " program.....so LE is spot on !
Now what Wez....let's see you argue otherwise with the poor performance
California schools show.


Overview of the California state budget

Taxes and fees are projected to put about $82 billion into California's general fund for the fiscal year starting July 1. But at current rates, the state would spend about $22 billion more than that. The gap between revenue and spending plus the gap in the current fiscal year's budget and reserve funds adds up to the total deficit, now estimated at about $28 billion.


Closing the gap is made harder by several mandates. For example, voter-passed Proposition 98 requires that roughly 40% of all revenue go to elementary and secondary schools and community colleges. The requirement can be suspended by a two-thirds vote of the Legislature; otherwise that money is off limits to cutting. The state Constitution requires that interest on state debts, about $4 billion each year, be paid before anything else.

The federal government pays up to 80% of the cost of some health and welfare programs, but in return sets minimum levels of state payments. If the state cuts below those minimums, it loses federal money. Other federal laws require the state to spend money on everything from prisons to universities. All told, well over half of state spending is restricted in some fashion. Other big-ticket items don't have an immediate impact on the deficit. Most money for pensions for state retirees, for example, does not come out of the general fund.

The Times' choices for cutting spending, raising taxes or borrowing more money are based on proposals presented by Republicans and Democrats, the governor, members of the Legislature and outside groups. The amounts by which each would reduce the deficit come from the state Department of Finance and the state's nonpartisan legislative analyst. Some have considerable political support, others almost none.


 
Hüsker Dü said:
If you watched any of her show back in the day she was not quite the outdoors type. Everything they did outdoors it was apparent it was a first for her . . . then there was the staged (some would say fake) hunting expedition.
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People don't live in Alaska because they're not the outdoor type, much less Wasilla. Back to your knitting.
 
Hüsker Dü said:
If you watched any of her show back in the day she was not quite the outdoors type. Everything they did outdoors it was apparent it was a first for her . . . then there was the staged (some would say fake) hunting expedition.
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Now that is some bullshit, did you ever see her interview around Thanksgiving? With the guy behind her killing turkeys? Just the fact that she is willing is all you need to know.

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Sheriff Joe said:
Now that is some bullshit, did you ever see her interview around Thanksgiving? With the guy behind her killing turkeys? Just the fact that she is willing is all you need to know.

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It is bullshit. My wife grew up just North of the Heath's and went to Trapper Creek Elementary with young Sarah. If you lived in that area at that time you were all about the outdoors. Today there is a 4 lane highway running through that area that takes you up to Talkeetna, where my father in law lives, and beyond. Like Economics, RFG2 is speaking of things he knows not.
 
Don't Ask What You Can Do for Your Country
Ask what we can do without coercion.


https://fee.org/articles/dont-ask-what-you-can-do-for-your-country/

The 100th anniversary of John F. Kennedy’s birth has triggered multiple Camelot retrospectives. They seldom fail to credit him with inspiring rhetoric. And exhibit A is JFK’s most famous quote, from his inaugural address – “Ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country.” However, while many find it inspirational, it has been put to more ominous use.

Kennedy’s speech and quote were inspired by a Kahlil Gibran article whose Arabic title translates as “The New Frontier.” It said “Are you a politician asking what your country can do for you, or a zealous one asking what you can do for your country? If you are the first, then you are a parasite; if the second, then you are an oasis in the desert.” But Kennedy dramatically altered its meaning.
 
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