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Old 12-08-2015, 01:49 PM
 
Location: where the good looking people are
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Shut yer pie hole and pay yer taxes.

Sincerely,

A government worker
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Old 12-27-2015, 01:18 PM
 
Location: Toronto
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A government that's inefficient?

In other news, Columbus discovers the Americas.
Do you have a source for that?
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Old 12-27-2015, 06:52 PM
 
Location: Bordentown
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A government that's inefficient?

In other news, Columbus discovers the Americas.
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Do you have a source for that?


Actually, it was Amerigo Vespucci.
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Old 12-27-2015, 07:17 PM
 
Location: Santa Barbara, CA
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Here are some actual stats.

According to various sources, California has among the worst roads in the country. For instance, see this source and this source. This despite the 4th highest gas tax and very high vehicle registration fees.

Meanwhile, California has academically awful and unsafe schools, in spite of collecting significantly more property taxes in terms of total dollars than most other regions.

But hey, California is building a sooper kool maglev train and we give our public sector overlords huge pensions. Worth it!

Fwiw, I am not criticizing California for being liberal. I am criticizing California for being inefficient and dumb. Plenty of liberal states in the Northeast have great schools, roads, and public services in exchange for their taxes. But lol, sorry, California does not. California is the Alabama of the west coast, at least as far as schooling is concerned.
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Old 12-27-2015, 07:35 PM
 
Location: Santa Barbara, CA
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Oh yeah, and also, check out metropolitan San Francisco's violent crime rate compared to other metropolitan areas. Nearly as high as Metro Detroit. Lol what a joke.

https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/uc...abledatadecpdf
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Old 12-27-2015, 11:31 PM
 
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Actually, it was Amerigo Vespucci.
Case and point. Our government can't even get that right. We have a Colombus Day but no Vespucci Day
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Old 12-28-2015, 12:00 AM
 
Location: Pacific 🌉 °N, 🌄°W
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Correct. It is being fixed because the media addressed it. Not because it is their job.
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Old 12-28-2015, 12:48 AM
 
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California is the Alabama of the west coast, at least as far as schooling is concerned.

California has the best public university system in the United States. Middle tier UC colleges like UC Davis/UC San Diego are better than the majority of flag ship universities from other states.
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Old 12-28-2015, 01:51 PM
 
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California has the best public university system in the United States. Middle tier UC colleges like UC Davis/UC San Diego are better than the majority of flag ship universities from other states.
This is not accurate at all.
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Old 12-28-2015, 05:04 PM
 
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California has the best public university system in the United States. Middle tier UC colleges like UC Davis/UC San Diego are better than the majority of flag ship universities from other states.
This is incredibly laughable.
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