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March 24, 2008 at 7:17 am |
California really has become a shithole, but not for a lot of the reasons that Bush states. It has ridiculously high taxes, yet manages to have large deficits. Lately, it seems hell bent on outlawing home schooling. And California seems to have a greater number of Ambulance chasing lawyers than actual hospital patients. I used to love the idea of going to California. Not anymore.
March 26, 2008 at 2:31 am |
But at least they had the sensibility to legalize medical marijuana.
March 28, 2008 at 2:25 am |
Regarding your e-mail, here is my proof:
California tax rates:
(income)
http://swz.salary.com/salarywizard/layouthtmls/swzl_statetaxrate_CA.html
Please note: This does not include various county and local income taxes within california
(sales)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sales_taxes_in_the_United_States#California
State sales tax: 7.25%, various local city and county sales taxes: up to 8.75%
(which means that the sales tax ALONE can be as high as 16% in some places)
also look at:
http://www.businessandmedia.org/articles/2008/20080317135143.aspx
California’s huge deficits:
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-cuts16feb16,0,6381078.story
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/09/05/ED54015.DTL
http://www.bondsonline.com/News_Releases/news08290601.php
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2007/03/seed_money_for_california_defi.html
California virtually outlaws homeschooling:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/03/07/MNJDVF0F1.DTL
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-homeschool6mar06,1,2557238.story
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=58872
California is lawsuit crazy:
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,985417,00.html