Posted by
RepublicanEvangelist on Thursday, May 07, 2009 12:58:35 PM
Is it that time again? It seems like everyone was voting for change they can find hope and believe in but got Obama Biden instead. Anyway we in the Bankrupt State of California (opening soon to wider release in the rest of USA) have an election in a couple of weeks, May 19th to be specific. The Governor, mostly Democratic legislature and a few turncoat Republicans duct taped a budget together temporarily for ratification by the voters in May. It is now our turn to give our opinion on the budget that makes California #1......in taxation. Can you imagine that people could flee California for New York to save on taxes? The budget is deeply flawed. Taxes were increased to over 12% on the rich. By rich we mean anyone who earns enough to afford a mortgage in the Tin Foil State. Sales taxes are now over 10 percent in many cities throughout the state. Car fees have doubled in the new budget as well. If you are a car dealership, and you are thinking of ending it all by jumping out the window, just remember that everyone has one level ranch home in SoCal. Today we cannot tell if the winds we are feeling are from the Santa Anas or are caused by the U-Hauls of middle class tax payers fleeing the state. With every tax payer that leaves, that leaves one less voter to offset the millions of people who are on the dole and who vote. By on the dole, I am not just referring to people on welfare, WIC, foodstamps, section 8 housing, etc. I am also referring to the millions of public employees who got sweetheart deals by contributing to Democrats the state legislature and senate. Public workers in the Tin Foil State can retire after 20 years with 75 percent of THEIR HIGHEST YEAR OF EMPLOYMENT INCOME plus medical benefits for life. The City of Los Angeles may very well have to declare bankrupcy to deal with pensions that are out of control. Pension costs within 5 years will be over $2 Billion a year. That is a city budget, not a country's budget.
But there is something we can do about it. We can vote. We can tell our friends to vote. Here are my humble recomendations: Measures 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d, 1e, 1f vote no. Your only dilemma should be how much pressure to place on the ink in the no box to avoid breaking the table. I personally will be stabbing the ballot like Anthony Perkins in mom's dress in Psycho. If you haven't seen the film, sorry for the plot spoiler.
Tell all of your friends. Don't fall into "it's for the children" argument you will hear inevitably. The children aren't helped if mom and dad are unemployed.
UPDATE : Come join me and hopefully a lot of others for a Tea Party in Westwood at the Federal Building on Wilshire against the ballot measures 5/17/09 3-6pm.