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#1 The California state government is facing a potential state budget
deficit of 19 billion dollars this year,
and California debt is rapidly approaching junk status. One way or another
the taxpayers of California are
going to have to pay for this mess somehow.
#2 California Governor Jerry Brown recently unveiled a "draconian" budget
plan for 2011 that includes 12
billion dollars more in spending cuts and that maintains 12 billion dollars
in recent tax increases.
#3 The state of California currently has the third highest state income tax
in the nation: a 9.55% tax bracket
at $47,055 and a 10.55% bracket at $1,000,000.
#4 California has the highest state sales tax rate in the nation by far at 8
.25%. Indiana has the next highest
at 7%.
#5 Residents of California pay the highest gasoline taxes (over 67 cents per
gallon) in the United States.
#6 California had more foreclosure filings that any other U.S. state in 2010
. The 546,669 total foreclosure
filings during the year means that over 4 percent of all the housing units
in the state of California received
a foreclosure filing at some point during 2010.
#7 Home prices in some areas of California have completely fallen off a
cliff. For example, the average
home in Merced, California has declined in value by 63 percent over the past
four years.
#8 725 new laws (most of them either completely pointless or completely
stupid) went into effect in the
state of California on January 1st.
#9 20 percent of the residents of Los Angeles County are now receiving
public aid of one kind or another.
#10 The number of people unemployed in the state of California is
approximately equal to the populations
of Nevada, New Hampshire and Vermont combined.
#11 In some areas of California, the level of unemployment is absolutely
nightmarish. For example, 24.3
percent of the residents of El Centro, California are now unemployed.
#12 Residents of California pay some of the highest electricity prices in
the entire nation.
#13 The state of California ranks dead last out of all 50 states in the
number of emergency rooms per
million people.
#14 According to one survey, approximately 1 out of every 4 Californians
under the age of 65 has absolutely
no health insurance.
#15 At one point last year it was reported that in the area around
Sacramento, California there was one
closed business for every six that were still open.
#16 In the late 70s, California was number one in per-pupil spending on
education, but now the state has
fallen to 48th place.
#17 In one school district in California, children as young as five years
old are being forced to watch
propaganda films that tout the benefits of "alternative lifestyles", and
parents are being told that no "opting
out" will be permitted.
#18 The crime rate in the San Diego school system is escalating out of
control. The following is what San
Diego School Police Chief Don Braun recently told the press about the
current situation....
"Violent crime in schools has risen 31 percent. Property crime has risen 12
percent. Weapons violations
(have gone up) almost 8 percent."
#19 Oakland, California Police Chief Anthony Batts announced last year that
due to severe budget cuts there
are a number of crimes that his department will simply not be able to
respond to any longer. The crimes
that the Oakland police will no longer be responding to include grand theft,
burglary, car wrecks, identity
theft and vandalism.
#20 Things have gotten so bad in Stockton, California that the police union
put up a billboard with the
following message: "Welcome to the 2nd most dangerous city in California.
Stop laying off cops."
#21 During one recent 23 year period, the state of California built 23
prisons but just one university.
#22 The farther you look into the future, the worse California's financial
problems become. According to an
article in the Wall Street Journal, California's unfunded pension liability
is estimated to be somewhere
between $120 billion and $500 billion at this point. | f*****a
发帖数: 781 | 2 so why are you still in california?
another
budget
dollars
【在 S*********e 的大作中提到】
: http://www.presstv.ir/usdetail/161448.html
: #1 The California state government is facing a potential state budget
: deficit of 19 billion dollars this year,
: and California debt is rapidly approaching junk status. One way or another
: the taxpayers of California are
: going to have to pay for this mess somehow.
: #2 California Governor Jerry Brown recently unveiled a "draconian" budget
: plan for 2011 that includes 12
: billion dollars more in spending cuts and that maintains 12 billion dollars
: in recent tax increases.
| W***n
发帖数: 11530 | 3 Escape from CA??????????? | x***m
发帖数: 1733 | 4 #22 The farther you look into the future, the worse California's financial
problems become. According to an
article in the Wall Street Journal, California's unfunded pension liability
is estimated to be somewhere
between $120 billion and $500 billion at this point
should allow the state to bankrupt. ultimate solution.
【在 W***n 的大作中提到】
: Escape from CA???????????
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