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April 9th, 2016 at 3:41:51 PM permalink | |
AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18212 |
California makes it easy to be homeless. Tolerable weather to live outside most of the year. Huge social benefits. Culture that supports them both politically and by giving handouts. Also traps them there via easy availability of drugs and a booze store or three on every block. I seriously wonder how long CA can keep going before the wheels fall off. I just do not see how people live out there. The coastal areas are overcrowded and overpriced. The inland areas are agricultural areas where the landowners are doing well enough but the broader population is near poverty. At what point does it stop functioning? The President is a fink. |
April 9th, 2016 at 4:09:48 PM permalink | |
rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 189 Posts: 18762 |
What "huge" benefits? Handouts, soup kitchens, sleeping in the streets? You consider that huge? You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |
April 9th, 2016 at 5:51:22 PM permalink | |
AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18212 |
California spends huge on social programs at all levels. You cannot really dispute that. They also have huge homeless and poverty industrial complexes. I got panhandles at least hourly when I was in SF. The President is a fink. |
April 9th, 2016 at 6:09:23 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 |
The biggest benefit they get in Calif is that the public supports and even encourages them being there. You can take a crap on the street in SF and nobody will bother you. It's what happens when Libs are given full reign to run things. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
April 9th, 2016 at 6:20:19 PM permalink | |
AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18212 |
SF is crazy. For so many years anybody who called out bad behavior was called the bad guy. You have to be some kind of nonconformist to fit into the mainstream there. But so much is a Potemkin Village. For every Facebook there are a dozen places with a roomful of techies eating ramen noodles hoping to make it big. How do people survive there? The President is a fink. |
April 9th, 2016 at 6:31:13 PM permalink | |
rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 189 Posts: 18762 | If California is really 46 on taking Federal Dollars, you really can't complain about what they choose to do. And like you, one can move if they don't like it. https://wallethub.com/edu/states-most-least-dependent-on-the-federal-government/2700/ You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |
April 9th, 2016 at 6:34:58 PM permalink | |
AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18212 |
CA spends a huge amount of state dollars. Maybe you missed the budget crisis period about 10 years ago? They will probably have another one soon. BTW: people are moving away from it. Once the state people moved to, now people leave. Illegal aliens are the biggest group moving in. The President is a fink. |
April 9th, 2016 at 6:52:37 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 |
In the 60's, 1000 people a day moved to Calif. That's 365,000 a year, with almost nobody leaving. In the last 10 years, 500,000 a year left and 400,000 a year moved there. But the problem is, the skilled people are leaving and they're being replaced by the uneducated and unskilled. Many move to Texas because Calif has the highest tax rate, 13.5%, and Texas has zero taxes. And far fewer homeless. And cost of living. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
April 9th, 2016 at 6:56:46 PM permalink | |
rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 189 Posts: 18762 |
Yeah, but the people in the state are choosing that by picking their representatives and if their federal dollar use remains low, what does anyone outside of there need to complain about? You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |
April 9th, 2016 at 6:59:03 PM permalink | |
rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 189 Posts: 18762 | ...whereas looks like we could nuke Mississippi and it would be good for the nation's fiscal health. You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |