tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11719208.post9001840170189588449..comments2023-11-05T04:36:14.223-08:00Comments on The Mess That Greenspan Made: California descends into the abyssTimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16530974968126497397noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11719208.post-16658127383493227642009-05-21T12:34:46.548-07:002009-05-21T12:34:46.548-07:00True property taxes are possibly artificially low....True property taxes are possibly artificially low. That may be the result of voter backlash years ago when prop 13 was passed. Sort of a 'starve the beast' mentality......so I say to the lawmakers - get with the program and start tightening your belts like the rest of us. Yes what a novel idea, fiscal responsibility.<br /><br />I do wonder how california's per capita spending stacks up against other states, but ultimately that doesn't matter. What matters is the fact that an indordinate amount of my income goes to the state in taxes and when lawmakers fart around and allow this budget mess to occur I start to wonder wtf I'm paying for.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11719208.post-255591213205820232009-05-20T15:55:49.867-07:002009-05-20T15:55:49.867-07:00Should launch their own currency.
Could be called...Should launch their own currency.<br /><br />Could be called "The Arnie".<br /><br />Arnie's face on one side, a hypodermic needle on the other (for injecting fiscal steriods into the economy).<br /><br />;-)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13544772881471116331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11719208.post-9445395476161355782009-05-20T13:05:44.709-07:002009-05-20T13:05:44.709-07:00For lightrail perhaps? If so I can't complain.
I...For lightrail perhaps? If so I can't complain.<br /><br />I don't for a second doubt that the state wastes a ton of money, but seriously does California really spend any more than many other states PER CAPITA? I don't think so. And if not then the problem is probably on the revenue end rather than purely on the spending end in addition to all the state spending being completely unflexible as its all been allocated based on brain dead propositions.<br /><br />Someone will complain that taxes are already high in CA. From the perspective on an income earner yes. But then is an $1000 a year property tax bill on a 1/2 million dollar house really high? That's less than 1/2 percent. And yes that's a real tax bill. Think about that the next time you say CA taxes are high.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11719208.post-84348673985882485682009-05-20T12:40:10.348-07:002009-05-20T12:40:10.348-07:00If we are never going to build another freeway WTF...<I>If we are never going to build another freeway WTF do we need an army of engineers for at CalTrans.<br /></I><BR>Why... for the great engineering war, of course...Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14611189349119964821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11719208.post-47553022506527946932009-05-20T12:11:06.326-07:002009-05-20T12:11:06.326-07:00I say swim in it, I as heck sure am.
I even said ...I say swim in it, I as heck sure am.<br /><br />I even said no to 1F. That raise penalty is determine by a "committee" of 5 people who decide what constitutes a deficit. I guess using a minus in front of the budget numbers is not a big enough clue.<br /><br />If we are never going to build another freeway WTF do we need an army of engineers for at CalTrans.I'm Not POTUShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06885542838234710249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11719208.post-29760033188240016632009-05-20T11:46:35.404-07:002009-05-20T11:46:35.404-07:00Wrong, wrong, and wrong - your facts are sadly mis...Wrong, wrong, and wrong - your facts are sadly misplaced.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16530974968126497397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11719208.post-53819910522993241882009-05-20T11:41:35.388-07:002009-05-20T11:41:35.388-07:00Your schadenfreude is sadly misplaced. For one you...Your schadenfreude is sadly misplaced. For one you probably aren't running away to a place that will end up being better. <br /><br />Two you lived your entire adult life in and benefited from that dysfunctional system. <br /><br />Three everyone shares the blame. A large state, an apathetic voting populace, ballot initiative politics and a huge disconnect between where the money comes from and how it gets spent, vis a vis inflationary monetary policies.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12637610792677496026noreply@blogger.com