Governor 'Moonbeam' Gets It
 

"Gov. Jerry Brown unveiled his revised $169-billion state budget proposal on Thursday morning, with public schools among the biggest beneficiaries from an increase in state revenue triggered by California’s rebounding economy.
The spending plan also sets aside funding for drought relief and to provide healthcare for eligible immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally but may be shielded from deportation under President Obama’s executive order on immigration, a federal policy currently under legal challenge." LATimes

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I love this cheapskate Governor of ours. ;)

Me too. I can't believe how rapidly he undid the harm done under the Governator.

Luckily, the Governator didn't implement full-blown Reaganomics a la Sam Brownback. Plus, of course, California has a lot more going for it than Kansas.

I hope the San Andreas has a conniption fit soon. Once California is in the Pacific, along with all the fruits, nuts and flakes, the better off the US will be.

^^^ Conservative death wish!

No, reality. California is nothing but a Communist's paradise.

The point is, if you could press a button and kill 'em all, you'd do it.

And the center of the world's high-tech and entertainment industries, not to mention the highest agricultural receipts of any state. :confused:

...and now for this musical interlude. :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhDGiW-qZ2k

No businesses with a brain are hightailing it out of Communistfornia, and the People's Republik of New Yorkistan.

I agree. No business with a brain would leave California. And nobody with a brain would write like you do.:rolleyes:

So I missed a comma. All blue states are hostile to businesses.

Yep. I guess that's why the economies of Arkansas and Mississippi are so vibrant and no major business are located in California, Washington, Minnesota, Massachusetts or Maryland. Oh, wait.:confused:

Then explain why New York is dead last in private sector business growth yet has the most generous welfare and Medicaid programs?

New York created 105,000 jobs last year. Mississippi created zero.

http://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research...t-jobs-in-2014

You are a clueless moron and this is my last post to any of yours. Adios, ditto-head.

None upstate though. NYC does not count as only scumbags live there.

Come here and say that.

(I just want you close enough to see the whites of your eyes. Being as we're at war....)

Like California or not, California leads the nation as the #1 economy by far by GDP. #2 Texas will be hit this year by fallen oil prices. California's economy is greater than the sum of the bottom 23 to 24 states, starting with South Carolina or Kentucky:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_GDP

California's economy accounts for almost 12% of the National GDP, and is currently the 7th largest WORLD economy. We export food, technology, film, aircraft parts, car parts, etc. to the tune of 10% of the nation's exports, leading to a smaller trade imbalance.

https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade...e/data/ca.html

California's ports are the gateway to imported products (demanded by US consumers) and provide initial transportation for distribution to the rest of the United States.

The vast majority of California's 38 million residents work or have worked hard for what they have, what they do, what they produce, and what they will have. The vast majority of us work within the laws, rules, and governance that we've had. The vast majority of us, with, in spite of, or despite the screwups, pitfalls, and stupidity of our elected officials, have been able to work, live well, and do more than a lot of other states. That's just fact. With only 12% of the population of the US, we're damn well holding our own, and in fact carrying our load in the economy. I hope your state is doing the same.

Without us, the US would likely be in constant recession, and not be world leaders in a number of technologies and industries.

Hate our politics, sure, I hate it too and plenty of other states politics, but Californians work their butts off, reap the rewards of that hard work, and keep moving forward. That's where we look, that's where we go, and that's where others are going to have to follow, IMHO.

Happy you love where you live, and all that goes with it. I'm quite happy to live in California almost all of my life, and have benefitted greatly from that experience.

C'mon Boris, tell us where you live and the virtues of your state, and your state's politics. I'm sure you're proud of your state, as we all should be, so let us be happy with you.

IIRC, Boris lives in Buffalo, NY. It must be all those soshulists in Canada that he can see from his porch that has him so unhinged.

I'd have a case of the ass if I lived there too. ;) If the most famous thing about your city is chicken wings, ...

Careful, there's a rather large fault right in the bread basket of the country (and the GOP voting base). Last time it went it was pretty ugly...

Wait, New York advertises out here on the left coast on our TeeVee's telling us how business can move there and receive 10 years of tax abatement along with other perks...(will you enjoy paying for that or will you ask the Feds for help, as citizens of NY?)

The mighty Mississippi flowed upstream from that one, as you know. :eek:

Sure did...many thought the end days were on them.......far more populated these days

Personally, I know people live where they like, and many of us end up not far from where we grew up. But IMHO, a lot of people need to be open to go to where there's opportunity. Yes, it will be different but you have to be adaptable, or you'll be stuck somewhere where the economy stagnates. There's reasons why places are popular and prosperous, and the population grows.

And there's evidence at least in Oklahoma that fracking, dewatering and injecting has created more numerous earthquakes. Last I heard, in 2014, there were more 3.0+ earthquakes in Oklahoma than there were in California, and more earthquakes in 2013 and 2014 than in the last 50 years.

Right and I am concerned that the Republican idiot they just elected as Governor here in MD might be pushing for fracking in Western MD.

Me too, anything to scare all them fresh off the boat money grubbin' conservatives the F outta here. Before Ray gun's gross incompetence there were less than half the people here and now we are swamped with runaways from all the failed red states. Nowadays we have nutcakes like Meg and Carly besides the world's biggest ass, Arnold.
Shake baby shake! :p


Carl

Anyone else besides me remember this nonsense?

Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies! :rolleyes:



Carl

Arnold *always* had a Plan to be the Big Leader, according to a biography I saw a few decades ago. Marrying into a leading political family was part of it. Parlaying bodybuilding stardom into film stardom was part of it. California's weird recall-replacement election wasn't part of it, but he jumped at his chance to realize the dream, and made it happen.

Couldn't fix the Constitution problem to go for President, but he did try....

I always though it was very touching to have the maid who is pregnant with your child taking care of your wife who is also pregnant with your child. American family values.


Carl

Sorry no blind links for me. :)



Carl

Dead Kennedys fan, eh...
Ve vill Kalifornicate you, Amerika! ;)

I don't think I have ever heard them because their name is too lame. But then I have missed out on a few groups that I would have listened to had their names not suck.

Carl

Just another punk band, you didn't miss much Carl.

Reworked a tad for Reagan (with lyrics)......Jello warned everyone......Thank you Bay Area for the Nation Treasure that is The Dead Kennedys......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amTAIjhUjDk

I've always thought that of places full of bitter assholes who sit around, get drunk and bitch about how they've been victimized by "Liberals" as they do absolutely NOTHING to help make anything better..............

Like Buffalo, for instance.:rolleyes:

Dave

Typical rightie blame others for their own failings.