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Originally Posted by mrblah
california's spending is way out of control. You have to come here to see it. We spend a ton of money on illegal immigration and the poor, with no oversight. Guess what happens, it attracts more illegal immigrants and homeless people, and also jacks up the prices of everything (from housing to food) due to the artificial inflation created by free money.
Then you have the pet projects and corruption, which is even more insane. Were talking about bullet trains to nowhere (Literally nowhere), land grabs by politiicans who then sell it to developers (who happen to be their spouses) for cheap, a state pension not paid for by investments but from tax revenue (you heard that right) with a set interest rate.
The reason for this insanity is california literally only has a one party system (democrats control everything), which is not okay because there is no check or balances or hedges to their power. So basically now all they do is raise our taxes for some greater good, but then siphon the money to other things. This not only pisses off moderates like me, but makes the fringe groups even more mad because the money that is earmarked for them, don't actually make it to them, and then thats when they start rioting.....
Its ludacris, and the majority of california keep voting for these idiots over and over again, because nobody wants to be labeled as a nazi, or kkk, or racist.........
Honestly I would leave california in a heart beat but I can't because I'm a slave to my student loans and my pharmd license to practice is only valid in california and is nonreciprocating in the other states. I literally can't leave.
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The light rail project is criminal. You can get a flight from SFO to LAX for less than what a damn train ticket will cost and, newsflash, planes move 8-10 times faster than trains. Fineswine is getting rich off of it, tho.
The welfare state is out of control. No one works.
The taxes, both state and property, are out of control.
Housing prices are insane.
There are too many damn people. I got stuck in reverse commute traffic on a 'typical' afternoon in Palo Alto and it took me 1.5 hours to travel 0.75 of a mile.
There are very crappy gun rights, unless you're fortunate enough to live in a county like Solano where the Sheriff isn't a liberal fascist and will issue you a CCW permit, even then ammo sales and gun types are restricted.
Everything is illegal.
Everything was on fire last year and Governor Moonbeam cared more about third gender legislation than aiding with the Norcal Fires.
Crime is rampant. You can murder someone in SF if you're an illegal and get away Scot free. Cops don't do shit about property crime because they've been ordered to stand down since arresting people is mean.
