Well, at least enough Republicans didn't care

[Plane]

Dentists can move , all they need to find is a place where good wallets are connected to bad teeth, this is most of the world.

If some businesses leave they don't just vanish , they usually land somewhere elese where they find better conditions, then the service industrys that serve their employees can follow them.

[Xavier_Onassis]

California has a long way to go before all, or even most, of its businesses move away. It is far from being the poorest state.
It is hardly totally ungovernable, but it probably is close to impossible for any governor of California to end his term and to be considered a success by a majority of the people.

Gray Davis was unsuccessful, Arnold was unsuccessful, we shall see how well Jerry Brown does.

[Plane]

  I have high hopes for Jerry Brown, not that liberalism like his will help , but that he can govern with a no nonsense attitude , which is better than conservatism or liberalism in their purest forms.

[kimba1]

isn`t the question ,why would the dentist stay if the moneys better off state. not saying it is but some states as a selling point thier not like california moneywise.

I think utah did.

[Plane]

  Oh yes ,even the carpet layers will leave if they hear about a lot of better pay somewhere that they can go.

[kimba1]

I`ll use my town as an example AGAIN , the northbeach area is so difficult to run a business it has no hardware store and the neighborhood seriously wants one. but no one wants to risk opening a store there.

[Plane]

I`ll use my town as an example AGAIN , the northbeach area is so difficult to run a business it has no hardware store and the neighborhood seriously wants one. but no one wants to risk opening a store there.

  I see the process of Darwinian selection happening!

[sirs]

California has a long way to go before all, or even most, of its businesses move away.

Strawman alert, as this isn't an all or nothing arguement.  There will always be "some" business in any state.  The issue is that they can, and HAVE moved out in droves.

It is far from being the poorest state.

Being unable to pay the bills at the end of the month, is being unable to pay the bills.  It has nothing to do with how much money you take in, when more of it goes out

It is hardly totally ungovernable, but it probably is close to impossible for any governor of California to end his term and to be considered a success by a majority of the people.

Another nice strawman, when its largely the legislature that has put this state in the financial straightjacket, it currently finds itself.  Though has been substantially worsened by Brown's 1st accomplishment of putting teeth into Government Unions, in his 1st tenure, and Davis' putting the taxpayer's cherry on top of their pensions

Gray Davis was unsuccessful, Arnold was unsuccessful, we shall see how well Jerry Brown does.

Despite the being the "no-nonsense" fella, his umbilical connection at doing the Union's business has demonstrably been shown, in spades

[kimba1]

remember that pic I post on reply#16

http://sf.curbed.com/tags/telegraph-hill-dwellers



telegraph hill dwellers are also try to make all building in sf historical landmarks so no houses get remodeled.

[sirs]

California budget negotiations off? Were they ever on?

March 30th, 2011
by Mark Landsbaum
 
Gov. Jerry Brown has ended his negotiations with legislative Republicans complaining that they have ever-changing demands and refuse to put his tax increases on the ballot.

What?s the upshot? Probably not much, although we?re pleased to see the GOP hold firm opposed to putting tax increases, extensions or whatever the governor chooses to call them on the ballot a third year in a row.

We suspect this may kill any chance for a June special election, when the tax-and-spenders could claim they are merely ?extending? 2009′s ?temporary? taxes by asking voters to approve them. Now, if the unions or other tax-and-spend advocates get any tax measure on a November ballot, there can be no pretense that it will be merely an extension of taxes already on the books. Those taxes expire in June.

Any tax measure in November will clearly be new, higher taxes. We?re even more confident that voters will shoot those down, as they did in 2009 and 2010.

Will the tax-and-spend crowd ever learn this lesson? Silly question. Of course not. Taxes are the mother?s milk of the entitlement-minded. How else can they give themselves raises or new jobs or more control of, well, of just about everything.

There always is the possibility that tax-and-spend Democrats in the Legislature will shove through an extra-legal simple majority-approved ballot measure for June with just Democratic votes. If it happens, we hope the courts recognize that for the blatant circumvention of California?s constitutional requirement that the Legislature needs two-thirds approval for such stuff.

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