In beautiful California. I agree with the commenter that the Congress should put harsh (and unacceptable to the lunatics in Sacramento) conditions on any bailout.
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In beautiful California. I agree with the commenter that the Congress should put harsh (and unacceptable to the lunatics in Sacramento) conditions on any bailout.
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Not. One. Cent.
Neighboring states need to hold their ground on the migrating Californians. Don’t let them Californicate Nevada the way they did here in Colorado. Too many Californians are like a virus. They move to a new host and demand the very same government actions that ruined California. According to Einstein, one definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over while expecting a different outcome. By that reasoning, Californians are insane.
What thrill said.
I can’t think of any condition that Congress could attach to any bailout that would make it better than no bailout at all; because what Californians really need the most is to confront the consequences of their actions squarely, and cease to live in denial-land.
And the rest of the country really needs to watch it happen. Texans will mostly just get a laugh out of it, but maybe New York and Illinois can snap out of their stasis in time to save themselves, given a sufficently brutal object lesson.
A couple years ago I would have included New Jersey on the list of States that need an object lesson, but NJ has Christie now, thank god. Still, a CA implosion would given Christie more ammo to use in his own fight, so it would help there too.
larry j,
we have the same problem here in NC. But from the NE. People who leave Environ A for Environ B because of taxes, prices, politics, and then vote for the same kinds of MASSIVE gub’ments they had in the old Environ that caused the taxes, prices, politics problems are a VIRUS!!
With respect to CA, it’s hard to say, “NO EFFING WAY!!”, to places that are hurting. Especially to places I used to love. But it’s what adults do in cases of stupidity. And stupidity is running CA politics, and has for years.
Here’s MY problem, I still know enough people out there to know that EVERYBODY thinks someone else is the problem. Someone is the problem, is the MAJORITY of the VOTERS who elect people who spend, spend, spend, spend……
Combine that with ANY state that would willingly re-activate Governor Moonbeam as their leader, and I’ll fight to the DEATH to ensure none of MY money goes from D.C. to Sacrademento!
Don’t blame me for NOT being willing to bail you out Californians, blame that 53% of voters who turned your futures over to a nut like Brown.
I can’t think of any condition that Congress could attach to any bailout that would make it better than no bailout at all; because what Californians really need the most is to confront the consequences of their actions squarely, and cease to live in denial-land.
Well, let’s see:
Repeal the idiotic global-warming bill
Break the pension contracts
Outlaw public-employee unions
Lower income-tax rates…
How about a complete reset of California constitution and legislation? That seems reasonable under the circumstances. And personally, I’m less interested in punishing California than in cutting off their access to easy credit. I don’t see most people who voted for Moonbeam as capable of learning from their mistakes. But if they simply can’t borrow much money, then that vastly reduces the harm they can cause.
I have a question.
I read VDH’s post (perhaps my problem is that I didn’t read it closely enough?). He states that the budget shortfall is $25B.
This $25B is expenditures minus revenues, right? What are those numbers? My curiosity is to calculate what percentage of expenditures is that $25B. 10% of $250B? 50% of $50B?
Not. One. Cent. (Did someone already say that?)
No bailout money belongs to the government. They do not have my consent.
Repeal global-warming bill, break pension contracts, outlaw public-employee unions, lower tax rates, etc…
Deny them a way out and they will have to do these things or things like them anyway. It may also get them to elect adults. Giving them money, even with strings attached, leaves them with the same ideology in place that put them to where they are.
The only condition I’m willing to accept for a Caliphornia bailout is NO BAILOUT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.
Other than that, I’m cool with it.
One: California surrenders its statehood.
There’s precedent: in 1934, the Dominion of Newfoundland, faced with an unserviceable debt and political corruption, gave up responsible self-government and reverted to a Crown Colony for the next fifteen years.
Granted if we may want to put this off for a couple of years, if California seems likely to last that long, so that The Once doesn’t just appoint Moonbeam as Czar of California.