Comments on: If California Goes Broke, Will American Taxpayers Pick Up The Tab?

By: Comment from Texas

Comment from Texas — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 17:19:40 +0000

California deserves what is happening to it. One screwed up state and a whole bunch of screwed up people. Between the pot smokers, movie stars and democrats they are a shining example of what the rest of this country will become once the democrats take over Washington and push their agenda on the rest of the country.

With our government (includes: local, state and federal) being the largest employers in the US who produce nothing; now add welfare, social security recipients, medicare and illegal aliens to this, just how long will the rest of us sustain them with our taxes?

We Americans are pretty stupid!

By: JohnC

JohnC — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 16:54:39 +0000

Before we let CA slide into the ocean, we need to get them pinheads in Wasington to pass a law – “None of them folks will be allowed to move back in.. EVER!

By: Denis

Denis — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 16:35:47 +0000

What I want to know is why California still refers to the area between San Fransisco and San Jose as “Silicon Valley”. California no longer produces silicon chips as it’s high taxes and high cost of living has driven all of these companies out of the state. In fact businesses and middle class residents have been leaving the state in large numbers for many years. The middle class is disappearing and the smart ones are moving out.

It used to be a beautiful state but that was decades ago.

There ain’t no California Dreamin’ anymore.

By: Blake

Blake — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 13:46:41 +0000

How about this for a novel idea: Roll back governments at all levels–from coast to coast–by 50%. All problems solved.

By: Steve Casman

Steve Casman — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 07:11:41 +0000

California’s financial problems are NOT due to excessive government employee salaries or pension benefits; the salaries and pensions are NOT excessive. Nor are they due to California’s economic relationship with the rest of the country, “socialism,” etc. They are simply due to the state’s politicians being unwilling to give up partisan politics for the sake of the government’s financial stability, and their stubbornness is unbelievably extreme.

I certainly hope that Californians do not expect the rest of the country to bail them out, because we won’t. The financial problems of California are of California’s own making. Californians would do well to vote their current politicians out of office and elect people who are actually willing to work TOGETHER for the good of the state.

By: Paul

Paul — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:37:34 +0000

I say AZ, CO and NV charge all of the Californians who have moved to those states a relocation tax, then turn around and give it to California.
Then we need to build a wall around California to keep them in because God knows I don’t want them moving to my state.
Or maybe California needs to keep track of all the illegals (Chinese, Russian and those Armenians) and make sure they are paying taxes, if not, ship em out.

By: David P

David P — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 16:28:42 +0000

It’s worth pointing out that while CA is going broke, it’s still subsidizing the rest of the country – and massively so. In 2005 Alaska got $1.84 for every dollar they paid into federal coffers. North Dakota got a $1.68. Oklahoma got $1.36. Texas at least made a positive contribution to the rest of the country with a return $.94.

California? California got $.78 per dollar they paid in federal taxes. The country’s largest economy ($1.7 trillion GDP, 13% of the nation or about 44 Nebraska’s) is getting bled by the federal government so the middle of the country can have farm programs and bridges to nowhere. So how about before we all pile on CA’s apparent lack of fiscal responsibility the rest of us try pulling our own weight?

By: Andy K

Andy K — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 14:46:39 +0000

I was just assuming hotelguestca was a she. My mistake if wrong

By: Andy K

Andy K — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 14:43:20 +0000

Hotel guest CA is an angry person. maybe she should be mad at their leaders and not the rest of us. You would look pretty thin if not for the mid west feeding you. You would have to ride a bike if not for the b3. We all pay taxes to Washington and dont like it,so dont gripe about not getting anything in return. I will say cal. is a pretty state, but there is no way it can sustain enough food, manufactured products and military security to cover the entire population. Nebraska has a surplus.Go figure. Dont spend more than you have. Dont ask for us to help you in a time of greed. Americans all will help in a time of need. There is a big difference.

By: Left in 2000

Left in 2000 — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 07:24:04 +0000

Born in California in the ’40’s. Lived there most of my life … saw the State go from “the place to be” to “in the toilet”. Finally left in 2000. Couldn’t stand it anymore and didn’t recognize the State for all BS that had occurred in Sacramento. The demise started in earnest with Willie Brown running the State legislature into the sewer and continues today with the likes of Pelosi, Feinstein and Boxer – the “Give It Away” champions who now are doing their best to “give away” the U.S. The U.S. taxpayers who continue to vote for the likes of these socialist, who have every intention of bankrupting the U.S. (and California), with their “give-away programs” deserve to live in the cesspool they have created and I hope they rot in their own stench for what they have done to a once great nation (and state).