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Well said. I have been through both fire and earthquakes. There is no room for political posturing when fellow citizens are at risk of losing their homes or even their lives.
I'm still recovering from Irma, myself. We didn't get hit as bad as people farther south did, but there are still areas in my town that are closed because of flooding, houses that were destroyed, and large areas that are either still without power or just got power back within the last couple of days.
I enjoy a political debate as much as anyone, and I'll call out the idiots in government any day of the week, no matter what side they are on. But putting your political feeling over humanitarian needs is ridiculous.
Close down your sanctuary cities, start cooperating with the feds and following the law regarding immigration, and then we'll talk about financial assistance if you need it.
Until then.....you are on your own.
You can't have it both ways.
You are either part of the country, or you aren't.
No. The numbers have been posted earlier in this very thread.
and those numbers DID NOT include these federal expenditures to cali
all your national guard..will be paid by the state...not the federal government
all the military bases (32 of them), will no longer be federal...you will lose that money
all the defense contractors....you lose that to (55 billion worth)
the 28 national parks (which you receive federal monies for)...no longer federal...no longer getting federal money for
36 national natural landmarks (for which you receive federal money for upkeep)....you lose that too
145 national historic landmarks(for which you receive federal money for upkeep)....you lose that too
9 wild and scenic rivers...managed and paid by the national parks service.... you lose that too
then there is the money Cali OWES the federal government....California borrowed $10 billion from the federal government to shore up its recession-battered Unemployment Insurance Fund. Even though the state’s economy is now booming, it still owes the feds about $8 billion.
California is paying interest on the loan, an estimated $174.5 million this year, according to a new report from the state Employment Development Department, and the balance is shrinking only because in lieu of direct payments, the Department of Labor has raised taxes on employers.
not to mention all the 'other' federal agencies that have FEDERAL employees in California....200,000 FEDERAL employees (most making atleast 60k)... you lose all that FEDERAL incomes and revenue that the FEDERAL government GIVES your state...these employees SPEND money in your state
not to mention the 32 military bases in California...all funded with FEDERAL MONEY....and all the Soldiers, Marines, Airmen and Sailors who work there...spend FEDERAL MONEY IN CALIFORNIA
states like California receive more federal funding than is reported in those polls/links/sites that you are posting are BS USC-Berkeley --$370 million in funding from the federal government
USC- Los Angeles-- $250 million in 2016
UCLA and its two sister campus' get 9 billion in federal funds annually
.....$3 billion in research grants. Nearly four-fifths of the funds are awarded by the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation. UC is the nation’s largest recipient of federal funding for research and related projects, with UC San Francisco, UC San Diego and UCLA receiving the largest grants.
.....$3.5 billion to UC medical centers for Medicare and Medicaid patients.
.....$1.6 billion in financial aid to UC students for federal Pell Grants, work-study awards, graduate fellowships and other grants and scholarships.
.....$800 million to operate the federal Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
UCLA’s budget is approximately $6.7 billion. State funding accounts for only six percent of total revenues
About 39 percent of undergraduates receive Pell Grants, federal aid
University of California, San Diego....Total federal R&D grant money 2016 : $637 million
Stanford University........................ Total federal R&D grant money 2016 : $656 million....Stanford took in nearly $72 million from the Department of Defense and $445 million from HHS
top 4 states per capita of welfare 2016
1. DISTRICT OF Columbia (wash DC)
2. Mississippi
3. California...34% of the NATIONS welfare recipients live in Cali
4. Rhode Island
look at the (2014) debt levels of the state...NOT the ''unfunded future liabilities" https://ballotpedia.org/State_debt (((latest numbers I can find)))
California..............$156,807,868,000
New York..............$136,440,657,000
Massachusetts.......$74,234,582,000
New Jersey......... $66,089,959,000
Illinois.................$65,831,516,000
Pennsylvania........$47,572,612,000
Texas..................$41,855,106,000
Florida.................$36,348,245,000
Ohio....................$33,662,042,000
Connecticut..........$33,229,567,000
Washington..........$31,601,016,000
Michigan..............$31,528,074,000
Virginia................$27,739,117,000
Maryland..............$26,378,595,000
the 10th on the list (CT) has 33 billion in debt at the state level....33 billion and they are number 10
Cali budget is 170 billion...and its debt is over 156 billion...they are nearing a 100% debt to budget ratio
Good luck dude. Google, Apple, and Amazon could literally buy and sell every Wall Street company 10X a day. California owns this country.
And alot of food is produced in California. Tomatoes, cauliflower, broccoli, carrots, grapes, oranges, lemons, limes, rice, almonds, walnuts, raisins, and many other crops. California is like a cornucopia.
And alot of food is produced in California. Tomatoes, cauliflower, broccoli, carrots, grapes, oranges, lemons, limes, rice, almonds, walnuts, raisins, and many other crops. California is like a cornucopia.
Judging from the OP, the poster would probably pay more attention if he realized that his weed supply is burning too.
and those numbers DID NOT include these federal expenditures to cali
all your national guard..will be paid by the state...not the federal government
all the military bases (32 of them), will no longer be federal...you will lose that money
all the defense contractors....you lose that to (55 billion worth)
the 28 national parks (which you receive federal monies for)...no longer federal...no longer getting federal money for
36 national natural landmarks (for which you receive federal money for upkeep)....you lose that too
145 national historic landmarks(for which you receive federal money for upkeep)....you lose that too
9 wild and scenic rivers...managed and paid by the national parks service.... you lose that too
then there is the money Cali OWES the federal government....California borrowed $10 billion from the federal government to shore up its recession-battered Unemployment Insurance Fund. Even though the state’s economy is now booming, it still owes the feds about $8 billion.
California is paying interest on the loan, an estimated $174.5 million this year, according to a new report from the state Employment Development Department, and the balance is shrinking only because in lieu of direct payments, the Department of Labor has raised taxes on employers.
not to mention all the 'other' federal agencies that have FEDERAL employees in California....200,000 FEDERAL employees (most making atleast 60k)... you lose all that FEDERAL incomes and revenue that the FEDERAL government GIVES your state...these employees SPEND money in your state
not to mention the 32 military bases in California...all funded with FEDERAL MONEY....and all the Soldiers, Marines, Airmen and Sailors who work there...spend FEDERAL MONEY IN CALIFORNIA
states like California receive more federal funding than is reported in those polls/links/sites that you are posting are BS USC-Berkeley --$370 million in funding from the federal government
USC- Los Angeles-- $250 million in 2016
UCLA and its two sister campus' get 9 billion in federal funds annually
.....$3 billion in research grants. Nearly four-fifths of the funds are awarded by the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation. UC is the nation’s largest recipient of federal funding for research and related projects, with UC San Francisco, UC San Diego and UCLA receiving the largest grants.
.....$3.5 billion to UC medical centers for Medicare and Medicaid patients.
.....$1.6 billion in financial aid to UC students for federal Pell Grants, work-study awards, graduate fellowships and other grants and scholarships.
.....$800 million to operate the federal Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
UCLA’s budget is approximately $6.7 billion. State funding accounts for only six percent of total revenues
About 39 percent of undergraduates receive Pell Grants, federal aid
University of California, San Diego....Total federal R&D grant money 2016 : $637 million
Stanford University........................ Total federal R&D grant money 2016 : $656 million....Stanford took in nearly $72 million from the Department of Defense and $445 million from HHS
top 4 states per capita of welfare 2016
1. DISTRICT OF Columbia (wash DC)
2. Mississippi
3. California...34% of the NATIONS welfare recipients live in Cali
4. Rhode Island
look at the (2014) debt levels of the state...NOT the ''unfunded future liabilities" https://ballotpedia.org/State_debt (((latest numbers I can find)))
California..............$156,807,868,000
New York..............$136,440,657,000
Massachusetts.......$74,234,582,000
New Jersey......... $66,089,959,000
Illinois.................$65,831,516,000
Pennsylvania........$47,572,612,000
Texas..................$41,855,106,000
Florida.................$36,348,245,000
Ohio....................$33,662,042,000
Connecticut..........$33,229,567,000
Washington..........$31,601,016,000
Michigan..............$31,528,074,000
Virginia................$27,739,117,000
Maryland..............$26,378,595,000
the 10th on the list (CT) has 33 billion in debt at the state level....33 billion and they are number 10
Cali budget is 170 billion...and its debt is over 156 billion...they are nearing a 100% debt to budget ratio
Fantastic, however, this is what you posted...
“sorry its the other states that keep cali floating...they get more federal money than they send in in taxes”
“The LAO also cites figures from a March 2016 report by the Pew Charitable Trusts. It found the federal government spent nearly $356 billion in California in fiscal year 2014, for salaries and wages, grants, contracts, retirement benefits and other benefits. That same year, California paid about $369 billion in total federal tax -- or about $13 billion more than it received -- according to the Internal Revenue Service Data Book, 2014”.
Matter of opinion. It’s a hell of a lot drier than where I live.
Wildfires there are as common as mosquitoes here in that area but they build McMansions everywhere.
Makes sense in California I guess. I would feel worse for North Korea.
People build McMansions everywhere there's natural beauty... hurricane, earthquake, wildfire, or snowstorm be damned.
Also, unless you also consider Spain and Italy deserts, the climate in NorCal is not at all desert-like. It's quite lush.
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