Comments on: As Goes California , So Goes The Nation ?

By: Rick

Rick — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:46:53 +0000

California is dying, a slow, socialist death; not to worry, the feds will mandate that the solvent, responsible states bail them out. These people must be stopped.

By: annoni

annoni — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:39:00 +0000

Cali will have a budget crisis before the end of the current fiscal year. The budget they past was based on Optimistic Revenue Projections (fantasy numbers).

Delaware will also fall short this year, but on a much smaller scale. The next budget will be a bigger strugle than the last, with lower revenue and a $200 million dollar hole to fill (this years “stimulus” money)

By: vi moore

vi moore — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:23:00 +0000

Mike Matthews’ post says my third grader

By: vi moore

vi moore — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:21:57 +0000

I assume Mike Matthew’s post is a joke. It’s a huge run-on sentence surrounded by none sentences. Please stop teaching fifth-graders grammar.

By: Rick

Rick — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:12:58 +0000

Socialism is legalized theft. Of course, people are free to leave California- which is what is occurring, as the productive flee in great numbers. Hence, with an ever-increasing dependent class, the problems will escalate.

Is this America’s future? Yes, if we keep acquiescing to the left. Of course, like any of the great social schisms of the historical past, resolution will be at the point of a gun. If the traditionalists prevail, the Constitution, individual freedom and responsibility will be restored; if the left wins (unlikely), a collectivist state ancillary to U.N. diktats will result.

Personally, I expect some states to secede- most probably starting with Alaska. All they need do is commandeer one nominally-guarded ICBM site. Remember also that Lincoln’s first choice as commander of union troops was Lee- we all know how that turned out.

Sound far-fetched? Not if you think about it. Look to history; the past is prologue. Technology changes; human nature doesn’t.

Behold the Child
By Nature’s kindly law
Pleased with a rattle,
Tickled with a straw;

Some livelier plaything gives his youth delight
A little louder, but as empty quite;
Scarves, garter, gold, amuse his riper stage
And beads and prayer-books, are the toys of age…

Nothing changes!

A. Pope, from An Essay on Man

By: Frank Knotts

Frank Knotts — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:15:25 +0000

Well , since it seems that everyone , happens to agree with me so far , all I can do is to respond to Mike Matthews .
Mike , I have been driving a truck since I was ten , first on the farm , and for the last twenty nine years on the road as a professional , so my typing skills are what they are. I’m sure that if I followed you down the road , I would see you make mistakes in your driving , but I thank you for your input , your contribution is priceless , so turn off your turn signal , and dial back the anal retentive tendency , and enjoy life !

By: David

David — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:53:51 +0000

I agree with what everyone said. Unfortunately the ruling regime is taking us down a very similar path as a nation.

By: Mike Matthews

Mike Matthews — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:34:21 +0000

OK, I hate to be an a-hole, but I just got done teaching a typing lesson to my 5th graders a few weeks ago and I reiterated to them over and over that you do not put a space BEFORE a comma. Just one space after.

I’m generally not nit-picky about punctuation and grammar on these here blogs, but I just had to say something.

By: Ford

Ford — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:24:38 +0000

This is a very good post. You nailed. What I’ve always wondered is how many jobs tax cuts in an economic recession might translate to. http://www.EstateTaxTruth.org does an excellent job ferreting out how many jobs would be created by family business if the estate tax were repealed (its around 1.5 million)

By: M.Opaliski

M.Opaliski — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:03:46 +0000

‘Now my concern is that other states will learn from California’s example and enact similar tax laws. This is nothing but state sanctioned robbery.’

It could happen here too no doubt. Hell, Markell is already holding teleconferences talking about how bad the coming year looks, in the hole from the onset, quoting Markell second hand from TNJ: ‘This year may be more difficult when budgeting than last year’, you think? Add to that the fact that this year’s Budget was balanced on tax increases and the projection of monies that aren’t coming thanks to a ‘gamble’, and that’s if you want to use the term ‘balanced’ because it’s pretty damn loose when it’s based on projections.

‘We have to balance the Budget, it’s State law.’

Pull my other leg, it plays Jingle Bells.

I could see something similar being proposed here, and given the current make up you can bet that there’s a Republican in the House that will give up the vote if it came to down it.

Can you name a few?