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    “When did Californians become Stupid?” And: Is California the next Detroit?

    California voters rejected Meg Whitman, the billionaire founder of Ebay, in favor of Jerry Brown.

    http://humanevents.com/2013/08/28/is...-next-detroit/

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    Uh, except that we are rolling in it, dumbass. Way to have a finger on the pulse.

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    No, but Herby might have a future as the next Honey Boo Boo.

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    California isn't a one industry state like Detroit was a one industry City. And the link is talking the governors race from four years ago?

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    Vile herb is a dumb shit. he does not know Detroit is in a rebirth with new restaurants, and entertainment venues opening weekly. Property values are soaring and apartment availability is near zero. Vile does no homework. He can look shit up but just parrots right wing news as gospel.

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    Quote Originally Posted by hvilleherb View Post
    “When did Californians become Stupid?” And: Is California the next Detroit?

    California voters rejected Meg Whitman, the billionaire founder of Ebay, in favor of Jerry Brown.

    http://humanevents.com/2013/08/28/is...-next-detroit/
    They are democrats they have always been stupid

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nordberg View Post
    Vile herb is a dumb shit. he does not know Detroit is in a rebirth with new restaurants, and entertainment venues opening weekly. Property values are soaring and apartment availability is near zero. Vile does no homework. He can look shit up but just parrots right wing news as gospel.
    Nice to hear. I am pro Detroit. Why not? Never been, but it’s taken some hard knocks and deserves this good news.

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    Quote Originally Posted by hvilleherb View Post
    “When did Californians become Stupid?” And: Is California the next Detroit?

    California voters rejected Meg Whitman, the billionaire founder of Ebay, in favor of Jerry Brown.

    http://humanevents.com/2013/08/28/is...-next-detroit/
    Of course not. Now that dividing the state up will be in the ballot, the good parts will probably leave.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Legion View Post
    Isn't it true that California has led the nation in poverty for several years?
    "SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California has surpassed the United Kingdom to become the world's fifth largest economy. Federal data released Friday show California's gross domestic product rose by $127 billion from 2016 to 2017, surpassing $2.7 trillion.May 4, 2018"
    https://www.google.com/search?source....0.exfuhUq-8uU

    Would the State of California allow Legina and Herbbilly entrance?

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    Default Why is liberal California the poverty capital of America?

    Quote Originally Posted by Jackoff View Post
    Would the State of California allow Legina and Herbbilly entrance?


    Guess which state has the highest poverty rate in the country?

    Not Mississippi, New Mexico, or West Virginia, but California, where nearly one out of five residents is poor.

    That's according to the Census Bureau's Supplemental Poverty Measure, which factors in the cost of housing, food, utilities and clothing, and which includes noncash government assistance as a form of income.

    Given robust job growth and the prosperity generated by several industries, it's worth asking why California has fallen behind, especially when the state's per-capita GDP increased approximately twice as much as the U.S. average over the five years ending in 2016 (12.5%, compared with 6.27%).

    California state and local governments spent nearly $958 billion from 1992 through 2015 on public welfare programs, including cash-assistance payments, vendor payments and "other public welfare," according to the Census Bureau.

    California, with 12% of the American population, is home today to about one in three of the nation's welfare recipients. The generous spending, then, has not only failed to decrease poverty; it actually seems to have made it worse.

    With a permanent majority in the state Senate and the Assembly, a prolonged dominance in the executive branch and a weak opposition, California DEMOCRATS have long been free to indulge blue-state ideology while paying little or no political price.



    http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-jackson-california-poverty-20180114-story.html

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    yes, just poverty hate and depression in Cali. No food, nothing.

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    They’ve led the nation in welcoming illegal immigrants, sanctuary cities, the minimum wage, welfare programs, and stupid Hollywood celebrities.

    Despite all that (especially the leftist brain trust in Tinseltown), the state also leads the nation in poverty.

    And not just because it’s the largest state by population, but by percentage.

    More than one in five Californians now live in poverty, new data released by the Census Bureau indicates.

    At 20.4 percent, that poverty rate is higher than in any other state (only Washington DC has a higher rate at 21 percent). The national poverty rate stands at 14.7 percent.

    Amazingly, The Orange County Register reports, while the state with the largest economy in the country has 12 percent of the national population, they account for a full one-third of all families in the nation receiving money from the Clinton-era “Temporary Assistance for Needy Families,” which sucks almost $20 billion from the federal budget.

    Why are so many Californians in poverty? There are many reasons. One of the first is the high cost of housing.

    According to a report on the housing crisis by the California Department of Housing and Community Development, “production averaged less than 80,000 new homes annually over the last 10 years, and ongoing production continues to fall far below the projected need of 180,000 additional homes annually.”

    As a result, homeownership rates are at the lowest they’ve been since the 1940s, as increasing proportions of renters find themselves rent-burdened.

    According to the California Budget & Policy Center, more than half of renter households pay more than 30 percent of their incomes for housing, and one-third pay more than half of their incomes for housing.

    So while only 12 percent of the population, 22 percent of the country’s homeless are in California.

    But there are other factors, as the OC Register points out: They have some of the highest tax rates in the country and some of the least business-friendly policies as well.

    In a recent WalletHub report on overall tax burdens, California ranked 10th-worst in the country. Meanwhile, the Tax Foundation ranked California 48th in its 2017 State Business Tax Climate Index due to California’s distinction of having some of the highest income, sales and corporate tax rates in the nation.

    California is consistently ranked as one of the worst states to do business in. For the last 13 years, in fact, the state has ranked dead last for “perceived business friendliness.”

    Taken together, California’s barriers to business will, in turn, harm the poor the most. If California wants to seriously address its high levels of poverty and factors aggravating it, like high housing costs, it must relinquish its commitment to excessive taxation and regulation.

    DEMOCRATS who control California will not learn a thing from this lesson. They will continue to drive their state further into the ditch by sucking taxpayers dry, alienating the business community and imposing burdensome and idiotic regulations on its people.



    http://thefederalistpapers.org/us/california-leads-nation-in-poverty

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    No. Legina and Herbbilly will NOT be allowed into the State. They will NOT become Citizens. They will NOT be given Welfare.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jackoff View Post
    No. Legina and Herbbilly will NOT be allowed into the State. They will NOT become Citizens. They will NOT be given Welfare.


    DEMOCRAT-CONTROLLED




    One in five Californians live in poverty, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report.

    Using the Supplemental Poverty Measure, which accounts for regional cost-of-living, the average poverty rate in California from 2014 through 2016 stood at 20.4 percent, the highest among the states. The national average over that period of time was 14.7 percent.

    California has consistently topped national rankings of poverty. While the state only accounts for about 12 percent of the national population, for example, Californians comprise one-third of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families beneficiaries.

    California’s unfortunate distinction includes being home to approximately 22 percent of the nation’s homeless population

    The Tax Foundation ranked California 48th in its 2017 State Business Tax Climate Index due to California’s distinction of having some of the highest income, sales and corporate tax rates in the nation.



    http://www.ocregister.com/2017/09/25/california-leads-the-nation-in-poverty/

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    Quote Originally Posted by Legion View Post

    "When snowflakes are exposed to reality, something beautiful happens"
    Here's your reality, pussy:

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