Comments on: Dear California voters: you were played for suckers

By: Jojo

Jojo — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 06:13:25 +0000

Stephanie – the wife and I saw the hand writing on the wall and after 41 years in California got the hell out. WAfter that we lived in Texas for 11 years. (No state income tax). Now we have lived in Nevada for five years. (No income tax).

We couldn’t be happier and regret that we waited so long to stop being Californicated. One daughter has left and lives in Nevada. The other will retire soon and also leave with the grandkids.

Don’t be afraid to leave. You will not believe how much your life will improve.

By: Carlos

Carlos — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 18:24:40 +0000

You need to contact the United States Attorney General about this, Stephanie. I’m just real sure Mr. My People will be on it like flies on a pile of manure!

Oh, wait! He is the pile of manure. I’d better figure out some other simile…

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From around the blogroll « THE FIRST STREET JOURNAL. — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 12:42:13 +0000

[...] Phineas wrote on the California tax increase, from a different angle: Dear California voters: you were played for suckers [...]

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 09:02:07 +0000

We certainly did NOT vote yes on this proposition at our house! We have crooks in California government from the governor on down. I highly doubt that the real vote was yes. I suspect voter fraud especially when so many polls prior to the election, the majority said NO! This is historic, you know. I can’t remember the last time CA voters voted yes on ANY tax measure. You can bet that Prop 32 was voter fraud too – the unions were terrified of that one and it just couldn’t be passed. Guess who counts the votes? Union employees. Seems pretty simple to me. I am very bitter about the outcome of the past election as you can probably tell. Hubby and I have talked of leaving the state but our kids and grandkids are here! That makes it hard to leave.

By: Cube

Cube — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 03:50:53 +0000

Governments pull this trick again and again because the voters let them get away with it. Politicians can get away with virtually anything if it’s “for the children” because nobody wants to take the crap that comes along with explaining how the proposed scheme doesn’t work in the real world. Emotions trump reasoning and the cycle continues.

On the other hand, most people don’t pay enough attention to know where the higher taxes are coming from, so it’s all good for the politicians. Until there’s no more money to get, then it sucks.

By: CaMom

CaMom — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 18:51:46 +0000

One of the things I hate about living in California is that I get lumped in as ‘A Californian’ with the actual morons who voted this kind of garbage in!!!! My county voted overwhelmingly Republican/no tax increases/less power to the unions – Unfortunately, the big voices in the larger counties shout louder, and the people fell in line and voted the crap into being.

By: Steve Skubinna

Steve Skubinna — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 09:21:43 +0000

Glad I got my BA from UCSD while it was cheap. Of course, that was over 30 years ago so it’s probably not worth anything anymore.

On the other hand, who gives a rodent’s nether regions where my degree came from way back then anyway?

Enjoy the ride, suckers. Circling the toilet is probably a lot like riding the TIlt-A-Whirl in a waterpark. Plus, you can now get legally stoned while doing it. And marry your boyfriend at the same time. Sweeeeet! If you’re a female type individual you can marry your girlfriend while stoned, so it’s cool however you roll.

Ando Warhol was wrong. In the future, we all get to be Asthon Kutcher for 15 minutes. And the future is now, baby!

By: Carlos

Carlos — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 05:29:02 +0000

Californians were played for suckers when they elected Pat Brown as guvner back in the ’60s, and except for possibly when Sir Ronaldus Magnus was guvner, have been headed out in that pasture at mach speed ever since.

To paraphrase, there’s fools, damned fools, and Californians. I just wish there was a way to keep all them fools from infecting other states.

By: Bystander

Bystander — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 21:12:27 +0000

Arizona enacted a “temporary” sales tax increase a few years ago. This year, the state put a referendum on the ballot to extend the tax, with all the typical “it’s for the children” b.s.

The attempt to extend the tax failed at the polls, by a large margin. Thank goodness some voters pay attention!

By: Libertarian Advocate

Libertarian Advocate — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 20:05:04 +0000

Most Californians are morons, but of course that can now be said of most American voters.

By: Mwalimu Daudi

Mwalimu Daudi — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 20:04:30 +0000

I guarantee it: When the expiration of these tax increases approaches, the legislature and the universities and the teachers union will go hat in hand to the public to beg for an extension, because any cuts in spending (or decreases in the rate of increase in spending) would be cruel, unbearable, and crippling to California’s future.

I wonder if the “temporary” tax increases were written in a way that it would actually take a vote by the Legislature to get rid of them rather than automatically expire. You know the MSM/DNC axis will play along and call them “temporary”. Plus they can blame the Republicans for any negative fallout, which is their standard fallback position on any given issue.

Democrats are well-practiced in writing laws that proport to be one thing but are actually another.