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A lot of the working class can qualify for government programs to subsidize their living.
Middle class can't.
It's government intervention that's killing the middle class. The politicians say they want to expand the middle class, while they are intentionally destroying it.
It's the con man shaking the right hand of the mark, while picking his wallet with the left.
It's government intervention that's killing the middle class. The politicians say they want to expand the middle class, while they are intentionally destroying it.
It's the con man shaking the right hand of the mark, while picking his wallet with the left.
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The middle class supports both the upper class and lower class as well as themselves.
They always have.
But both the upper and lower class want more and the middle class doesn't have more to give them.
A lot of the working class can qualify for government programs to subsidize their living.
Middle class can't.
Those programs don't keep working class people in the state. Or poor people, either. The cost of living in CA is way too high and there are other states with lower costs of living.
NOW THAT I can agree with. Thanks for taking the time to write it.
BTW, we figured out that we sent Cali over $8k last year in sales tax and car registrations alone. Yes, we Californians we are being whored by our government pimps.
The thing is, my wife and I are self-employed and can take our work anywhere we move. Is it worth moving to another state to save 10-15k a year in taxes... hell yes!
It's the way of the system. Opportunity brings the jobs and those who want to work. Money starts to flow and the crooks (politicians and savages) take notice and loot the regular folks til they are forced to leave/die. God Bless freakin' America.
They made me learn Spanish in school. My first job after high school I worked with a lot of Puerto Ricans so I became fluent. I got a job in loss prevention. Next thing I know I get a couple degrees in criminal justice.
So here I am: "educated", speak Spanish, mid 30s, no wife/kids. California was a no-brainer. There's a ton of crooks here!
Can I have kids? Not in this place! Can I buy a car? Hell no! Can I live in something bigger than a shoebox? Not happening. For what I would pay for a burger here I could buy all the cows in Ohio! And that's a lot of cows.
I really caught a break. The way California broke favors someone like me. I'd love to live in a place where normal people can sustain and thrive. It ain't here.
I doubt I follow the traditional path in life...meaning wife/kids/home. If the itch comes up I would be a fool to scratch it here. My older brother and his girlfriend moved out here about 12 years ago. Degrees for both, decent jobs, some debt but not insane. They loved it. Next thing you know the itch came up. Marriage then the talk of kids. They would have loved to stay here but it wasn't feasible. So they ended up back in Ohio then eventually Florida. They have the middle class life now. Every so often he gets what I call the California fever. Misses it. Sometimes even starts to crunch a few numbers to see if it's possible. He's yet to make it work unless his five-year-old could some how live off one meal a week.
Can I live here forever? Not at this rate.
Am I losing money? Technically yes.
I'll have to leave eventually unless something big changes the landscape. You natives have the disadvantage of knowing how great this place was before the crooks (with the pen AND sword) raped it to hell. For now I can tolerate the b.s. The day may come where I can't anymore. For those that reached the breaking point...I don't blame you. That tax total you cited is outrageous. Getting that punched in your gut year after year and I can understand why you want out.
Those programs don't keep working class people in the state. Or poor people, either. The cost of living in CA is way too high and there are other states with lower costs of living.
California leads though with the most number of people living in poverty.
Originally Posted by Zelva
I bet you are..... California -- passed a law requiring bathroom, locker room access regardless of gender.
Oh sorry - maybe I mixed metaphors, biology vs gender ID..... but here's more on what I'm 'implying'
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Gov. Jerry Brown... signed AB 1266, which says schools must allow a student to participate in sex-segregated programs, athletics and to use facilities "consistent with his or her gender identity, irrespective of the gender listed on the pupil's records."
The law... is on the leading edge of transgender rights... Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, D-San Francisco, wrote the bill.
Meanwhile 50% of kids in school don't graduate or speak English...
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