tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post7049733099114678012..comments2024-03-08T02:20:47.836-08:00Comments on Rainy Day Thoughts: American division growingRain Trueaxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07994628226501093880noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-64404448392015888312012-06-09T08:55:44.578-07:002012-06-09T08:55:44.578-07:00It was particularly interesting when they did a po...It was particularly interesting when they did a poll and found a lot of Republican people would not favor any help for the needy. So they'd let them starve? I am not sure what they think would happen. Maybe like when they said tax cuts would bring in more revenue. Magical thinking.<br /><br />I am not saying that some unions have not abused their power and gained pensions beyond reason that had nothing to do with whether the money was there to support them. They were based on the stock market always staying flush. Some in Oregon retired after 20 years on full wages. Ordinary workers certainly could not do that from any corporation I know of. Things like that will have to be worked out as how do you pay for something if the money isn't there? A lot of states cannot borrow even if they wanted to do so.Rain Trueaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07994628226501093880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-42539184060137507372012-06-09T08:18:13.442-07:002012-06-09T08:18:13.442-07:00Yeah, they retire in Oregon too but then want all ...Yeah, they retire in Oregon too but then want all the services they once had. Nevada has its own set of problems with loss of property values etc. Lots of empty houses in Vegas. Taxes and regulations explain part of it but part is explained by a system that rewards the wrong behavior-- and by that I mean corporate not the impoverished..Rain Trueaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07994628226501093880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-57814282493147225582012-06-09T08:13:20.045-07:002012-06-09T08:13:20.045-07:00Part of the reason for the division can be explain...Part of the reason for the division can be explained by what is going on in California. A couple of Stanford Professors had a piece in the Wall Street Journal this week. Here is the tag line:<br /><br />From the mid-1980s to 2005, California's population grew by 10 million, while Medicaid recipients soared by seven million; tax filers paying income taxes rose by just 150,000; and the prison population swelled by 115,000.<br /><br />So many business people have left the state because of the high taxes and repressive regulations that we have a 10 million person population growth but only 150,000 more taxpayers. And the governor and Democrats in the Capitol think the answer is to tax the "rich" more and spend more money. The "rich" are moving out of this state by the thousands. Go to Nevada, Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Utah, Texas or North Carolina and see how many ex Californians are there. It is astonishing.Ingineer66https://www.blogger.com/profile/01319022726561229313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-34948386121504495012012-06-08T20:55:39.299-07:002012-06-08T20:55:39.299-07:00Humph! I'm a liberal, and I wish I Were out of...Humph! I'm a liberal, and I wish I Were out of touch. I wouldn't mind living in some sort of fools' paradise!Hattiehttp://hattie.typepad.com/hatties_web/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-76820709085903490862012-06-08T15:03:41.367-07:002012-06-08T15:03:41.367-07:00How to get the Demos to vote is a challenge. Diff...How to get the Demos to vote is a challenge. Difficult to know just how motivated they'll be come Nov. Non-partisans and Independents may be more inclined to vote for Obama -- their numbers are increasing from those leaving the Repub. and Demo. Parties.joaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09999395062839739698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-45044022796423815762012-06-07T23:48:45.076-07:002012-06-07T23:48:45.076-07:00I sgree, but I don't see how it can be done, I...I sgree, but I don't see how it can be done, I'm sorry to say.....I don't know hoe you reach the Democrats.....They seem to not be "in touch", at all!OldLady Of The Hillshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02458879772193114892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22918248.post-47120866096720752792012-06-07T11:54:06.543-07:002012-06-07T11:54:06.543-07:00Only solidarity will get us through this.Only solidarity will get us through this.Hattiehttp://hattie.typepad.com/hatties_web/noreply@blogger.com