"Layoffs too often became permanent, not part of the business cycle. And these changes didn't just affect blue collar workers. If you were a bank teller or a phone operator or a travel agent, you saw many in your profession replaced by ATMs and the internet," President Obama said at a campaign event in Kansas. The guy just doesn't get it. Or is hoping that the voters don't get it.
#6
It is a historic occasion. Kansas have learned that there is a town in the state named Osawatomie and that Teddy Roosevelt, who was cursed as an imperialistic warmonger by the liberals I knew, once said, "One hundred years from now, pansy elitists will take my message as walk softly, and carry a big bertha."
Perhaps he could have stopped by Wichita and talked about the busting up of Aquaducters Local 983, how Combines cost jobs, and why Boeing and Hawker/Beechcraft are shuttering.
"But don't worry, it's only on 'millionaires and high-income earners', so no one else will be affected. And hey, I might as well say it'll be good for the economy while I'm at it. Heck, it'll probably keep God from punishing California with earthquakes for the sin of corporate greed too. Win-win-win."
Nevada, Arizona and Colorado thank you for the business you send their way. Only problem is, the people who leave Laficornia take their attitudes with them to their new homes. Now Colorado and Nevada are purple states, on their way to having the same problems...
#1
Perhaps Linda Ronstadt could cover the Ten Years After hit and sing "Tax the rich, feed the poor, til there are no, rich no more"...
(She was kind of a hottie a hundred pounds ago)
#3
They've jacked up taxes to the point that every percent counts. Do they ever think about which companies they are forcing out with each wave of the magic tax wand?
Assemblyman Felipe Fuentes, a Democrat, is helping spearhead the measure, called the California Opportunity and Prosperity Act.
The proposal was filed Friday with the state Attorney General's Office, marking a first step toward a drive to collect the 504,760 voter signatures needed to qualify for the ballot.
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And if you believe there are only 1 million illegal aliens in CA, then I have a bridge in San Francisco for sale. Cheap.
#7
The income tax hike on those making $500,000 and above, combined with the half-cent sales tax hike for everyone, is estimated to be worth $7 billion a year -- leading legislative Republicans to instantly brand it a "$35 billion Tax Increase."
Probably more like $35b. Brown was the architect of many of the current problems in California when he was previously governor. Now he has to muck around in the mire of illegal immigration costs, high public union costs, crushing environmental regulations, businesses fleeing high taxes and regulations, and many other of the usual blue state problems except on a much bigger scale. They just don't seem to yet get the gist of this Progressive disease.
#8
So the question usually arises in these Democratically-controlled states: "What's the problem?" The answer usually is: "I don't know but I'm sure the answer is higher taxes!"
#13
The income tax hike on those making $500,000 and above, combined with the half-cent sales tax hike for everyone, is estimated to be worth $7 billion a year
Brown wanted it started at 250K. The teachers union pushed for (and got) $500K.
Next push is to include services in the sales tax.
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This won't affect any of those Hollywood types, will it?
Not really. I'd suspect that there'll be a lot more film and television productions (or parts thereof) made outside California.
You'll also see a lot more Hollywood types with residency outside California and spending less time to avoid losing their non-resident status(like Oprah).
#19
First they came for the billionaires and I didn't say anything because I'm not a billionaire. Then they came for the millionaires and I didn't say anything because I'm not a millionaire...
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
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Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
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"Layoffs too often became permanent, not part of the business cycle. And these changes didn't just affect blue collar workers. If you were a bank teller or a phone operator or a travel agent, you saw many in your profession replaced by ATMs and the internet," President Obama said at a campaign event in Kansas.
