Will California become America's first failed state? (illegal, healthcare, marijuana)

[KRAMERCAT]

California is currently cutting healthcare, slashing the "Healthy Families" programme that helped an estimated one million of its poorest children.

Los Angeles now has a poverty rate of 20%.

Other cities across the state, such as Fresno and Modesto, have jobless rates that rival Detroit's.

In order to pass its state budget, California's government has had to agree to a deal that cuts billions of dollars from education and sacks 60,000 state employees.

Some teachers have launched a hunger strike in protest.

California's education system has become so poor so quickly that it is now effectively failing its future workforce.

The percentage of 19-year-olds at college in the state dropped from 43% to 30% between 1996 and 2004, one of the highest falls ever recorded for any developed world economy.

California's schools are ranked 47th out of 50 in the nation. Its government-issued bonds have been ranked just above "junk".

Will California become America's first failed state? | World news | The Observer

[Peggy Anne]

I hope they dont all head for Arizona, I will have to head to California. And to think that there was a Gold Rush way back when.

[1AngryTaxPayer]

Between the Unions and programs open for Illegals what did we expect?

[J Arp]

Originally Posted by Peggy Anne

I hope they dont all head for Arizona, I will have to head to California. And to think that there was a Gold Rush way back when.

Lucky for you and unfortunate for all of us backwoods rednecks all the Californians are fleeing to flyover country and buying up our cheap land and houses and keeping the prices elevated.

[Huckleberry3911948]

Women that run up huge credit card debts &then get a divorce r not considered failures --y ca???

[WillysB]

In order to pass its state budget, California's government has had to agree to a deal that cuts billions of dollars from education and sacks 60,000 state employees.

Some teachers have launched a hunger strike in protest.

So instead of reading, writing and arithmetic the students are learning that when the going gets tough they should walk off the job. Sounds like a union state.

[msina]

Is there hope for new tax revenue in California?

Oakland, California, passes landmark marijuana tax - CNN.com

OAKLAND, California (CNN) -- Oakland's bid to become the first U.S. city to tax proceeds on medical marijuana passed Tuesday by a landslide vote.
About 80 percent of people voting in the Oakland election approved the new medical marijuana tax.
About 80 percent of voters chose to impose the tax on Oakland's medical marijuana facilities, according to the Alameda County Registrar of Voters.

DeAngelo, one of the people who led the effort to get the tax approved, said his business will now have to pay more than $350,000 from the new tax next year

[pommysmommy]

Most likely followed by other states that have a multitude of social programs that cover people irregardless of citizenship. Money out but no money in to fund the programs.

[SgtAJC]

Send us your illegals....we will give them welfare, educate them, police them, and incarcerate them when necessary. We have a democratic run state government so don't worry, we will tax the "HELL" out of the people that "WORK", "PRODUCE", and are "INNOVATIVE" forcing them to "FLEE" the state and therefore kill our tax base!!!!! Democratic ideas at its' best!!! BIG government has failed in California, failing in Michigan, and on the verge of failing in New York where the taxes are at an ALL TIME high!!! What do these three states have in common....You got it!!!! State governments run by democrats!!!!

[Boompa]

California is the 7th largest economy in the world. If it were a country it could print money and inflate it's way out of the current mess. Houses in parts of California have doubled in value in the past two months back up to $500K. So I wouldn't hold my breath until they go under