Comments on: Is California Going Bankrupt?

By: nick stage

nick stage — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:47:26 +0000

California will break up into 3 or 4 smaller “california’s”.
Illegal immigration, and budgetary super-waste, will force California to come apart.
In fact, expect that 2 of the 4 new California’s will merge with Oregon, Washington State,
Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, and North Dakota,to form a new Northwestern Republic of North America.
An eventual confederation with British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchawan, the Yukon, maybe
Alaska, and Manitoba, as an independent Confederation of western North America, also,
can not and will not be ruled out.
The U.S. Dollar is all but worthless.
Now, California is bankrupt..
Now is the time for a new day in California, and for northwestern North American continent.

By: Ron Russell

Ron Russell — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 01:28:30 +0000

CA is going belly up, the illegals, the run-a-way spending of the state progressives, the out rageous pensions of the state workes, the restrictions put on industry by the radical environmental groups and a population that as a whole doesn’t have a clue about the mess they are in. The formerly Golden State is now the tarnished state and soon will be a complete basket case waiting for Obama and company to come to the rescue. You guys deserve everything you are about to get. I wish Mexico would annex you and a new government in Washington would forbid any type of immigration from the former state of CA.

By: bubbles

bubbles — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 01:42:31 +0000

California sends more in taxes to Washington DC than it gets back in services. For every dollar we send to Wash. DC, we get back only 71 cents. Other states, mostly in the Midwest and the South, get back more than they send.

CA taxpayers are funding the Wall St bailout, endless wars, midwestern farm subsidies, and pretty soon everybody else’s health care, but we get lectured for running out of money. We are tired of it! We want our tax dollars spent in our own state!!

One more thing: Arnold is incompetent and he needs to resign!

By: Jon Palmer

Jon Palmer — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:14:40 +0000

I am a Canadian living in British Columbia, I knew this was going to happen months ago, and I dont live in the USA. This happened in the 90′s as well, and like the last time it will be your neighbours to the north that get stuck holding the energy bill. Where do you think the VAST majority of California’s electricity, Oil, and natural resources come from? Dont worry though even though we are the highest taxed province/state in Canada/USA we will somehow absorb the costs, work 3 times as hard and pick up the next multi-billion dollar bill you will most likely default on, JUST LIKE THE LAST TIME, and then while the United states Government uses NAFTA to SHAFTA us, you all can stick to the “buy American” hide behind Obama’s skirts policy and leave us with another Billion dollar bill. Ignorance cant always be an excuse, cause if I knew it was happening up here in Canada, WTF is your excuse?

By: albert

albert — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:55:07 +0000

Democrats tax & send policy, Environmentalist stopping off shore oil drilling, Logging, they would sooner have it burn up in wild fires, If you just opened up these two things Calif would have plenty of money.

By: Jodi

Jodi — Sat, 30 May 2009 00:48:57 +0000

I do not know what prison guards you are talking about. Possibly the few that have been in corrections for 20 years and have worked thier way up the ladder. The CO’s I know make about 60-70k a year and work in an AWFUL environment. I have yet to meet a prison gaurd who makes over 150K a year. A little exaggeration Bob. You go do the job and see what you think you deserve as far as pay goes. On your feet all day…in a hot and stinky environment with a bunch of grown kids. Seriusly CO’s shoudl be paid well. It takes a special person to do that job.

By: CharlesC

CharlesC — Sat, 23 May 2009 04:21:19 +0000

I was born and raised in California and this is not the first time they have asked the federal government for a bailout. Doesn’t California realize, a budget is for a purpose. Heard on Glen Beck that Californians gave money to save seals verses using money correctly for education, the prison guards, State workers, ECT.. Manson just might get a early release… No fun intended, but Missouri also needed help with a budget. But the State of Missouri tightened its belt. That is what California needed to do before 21 billion dollars in the hole + including billions to straighten out the budget. If Obama gives to every State funds to straighten out their budgets, well Obama would need to ask China for another 2 trillion dollars that we Americans do not have. I simpathize with Californian that may loose their Medicaid, teachers loosing jobs, guards loosing jobs, ect.. but alot of programs running right now, are not called for. More like unnecessary spending. In hard times, the Govenor aught to be trying to conserve spending and not spend spend spend. Sure I realize, seals need protecting, but laws do that. School need building, but not in a recession. California needs a change.

By: arkady

arkady — Thu, 21 May 2009 17:32:33 +0000

This is a prophetic piece of writing. I am now researching and compiling a short summary of why CA just went belly up and who is largely responsible – this article from 2 years ago pretty much explains it.

I would love a further extrapolation on the the cradle to the grave services for residents, particularly illegals and how it affected the budget.

By: Bob

Bob — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 19:21:14 +0000

How can a prison guard in CA make 300K a year?