Geee Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 National Review:California’s new governor, Jerry Brown, must rapidly close a $25 billion budgetary shortfall. Right now it seems almost a hopeless task, since the state’s disastrous budget is merely a symptom, not the cause, of California’s much larger problems.Take unemployment. It currently runs at 12.6 percent in California, the second-highest in the nation. Take livability. A recent Forbes magazine survey listing the 20 most miserable cities in the nation ranked four California municipalities in the top five.Take education. California public schools test near rock bottom in national math and science scores. Take the business climate. A recent survey conducted among CEOs ranked California dead last for jobs and business growth.Take taxes. California has the highest gasoline tax in the nation, and its combined sales-tax and local and state income-tax rates are among the nation’s steepest. California incarcerates the highest number of prisoners in the nation. It costs nearly $50,000 per year to house each one, near the highest per capita cost in the country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SrWoodchuck Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 Geee! Jerry Brown....the man....the myth.....the legume! No modern Sisyphus, as he lacks the requisite guile.....Moonbeam is more of a thrice bald-headed & toothless Cerberus; guarding the entrance of an economic Hades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pepper Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 SrWoodChuck An insult to legumes everywhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SrWoodchuck Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 SrWoodChuck An insult to legumes everywhere Pepper! Laird of Eureka, In the land of the free, A Liberal Freak-a, With a brain like a pea! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geee Posted February 10, 2011 Author Share Posted February 10, 2011 SrWoodChuck An insult to legumes everywhere Pepper! Laird of Eureka, In the land of the free, A Liberal Freak-a, With a brain like a pea! SrWoodchuck poet extraordinaire :lol: Hi Woody Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casino67 Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 I wonder if the CA legislature thought that a Democratic Congress would eventually bail them out? November may have upset their applecart a little bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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