Why did the Republican Party get so small in California? (Santa Ana: chapel, university)

[Pyramidsurf]

Originally Posted by V8 Vega

Maybe some day the people will get fed up with constantly increasing taxes and start to vote republican.

I wouldn't count on it.



California is turning into a state of rich and poor. The Rich won't care and the poor get tax breaks. Those few suckers in the middle income brackets who stick around will not have enough of a voice to make a difference.

[bmw335xi]

Originally Posted by Pyramidsurf

I wouldn't count on it.



California is turning into a state of rich and poor. The Rich won't care and the poor get tax breaks. Those few suckers in the middle income brackets who stick around will not have enough of a voice to make a difference.

The rich can also afford to buy teslas to avoid the gas tax increases etc.

[Finper]

Originally Posted by bmw335xi

The rich can also afford to buy teslas to avoid the gas tax increases etc.

Oh Ca has thought of that.... they sock it to people with electric cars at car registration time.

[kttam186290]

Originally Posted by Finper

Oh Ca has thought of that.... they sock it to people with electric cars at car registration time.

No, California actually provides a nice tax rebate for the purchase of an electric car. It is your Orange-haired Dictator In Chief who is trying to de-incentivize electric cars at the federal level.

[expatCA]

Originally Posted by kttam186290

No, California actually provides a nice tax rebate for the purchase of an electric car. It is your Orange-haired Dictator In Chief who is trying to de-incentivize electric cars at the federal level.

You mean he is not trying to help the rich?

[silverkris]

Originally Posted by expatCA

You mean he is not trying to help the rich?

In this case, it's a tilt towards the fossil fuel industry and neglect of the renewables sector.

[CA4Now]

Originally Posted by max210

You just described CA democrats to a tee.

The people that vote vs a politician (see above).

This post makes no sense.

[Tulemutt]

Originally Posted by expatCA

You mean he is not trying to help the rich?

What? Explain your thought process here?

[AndyChrono]

Originally Posted by bmw335xi

The rich can also afford to buy teslas to avoid the gas tax increases etc.

Yeah because only Teslas can avoid gas tax increases. There aren't any other EV's or plug-in hybrids on the market in the more affordable middle class price ranges. None at all.

[BB_210]

Originally Posted by Tulemutt

I just described most politicians, yes. Any party, yes. Not all. Just more than not.

Have no idea what your second sentence refers to, so can’t respond.

Local LE reporting illegals shuts off communication between the immigrant communities (both legal and illegals) and LE. That results in less (far less) LE ability to identify criminals and cull them out. It’s not a political, ideological issue ... much as you, and many others here love to label everything and foster polarization.

As you described, sherrifs answer directly to the people, the police chiefs don't.

Illegals don't live homogeneously in all immigrant communities, they live in the ghetto parts of town. Irvine has many large immigrant communities, so does Santa Ana (Stabba Ana) and Anaheim (Anacrime), guess where the illegals live? So it's not all immigration communities. And those communities don't cooperate with police, you don't talk to the chota. We talk about reducing the illegal population and then you block the very thing that would help capture and report them based on something that has no factual backing. Illegals shouldnt feel comfortable here. What is your incentive to keep illegals here?