Bangkoktraveler Posted December 20, 2010 Report Share Posted December 20, 2010 California is cash strapped because the politicians keep spending. Giving them money is not going to change that. I agree ... would have been better to drop it in a Salvation Army kettle. At least some poor bastards would have been fed. The GOP's read the Bible a lot so what they should do for California is have California state employees work out of tents just like Moses and Abraham did. That would save a whole lot of money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangkoktraveler Posted December 21, 2010 Report Share Posted December 21, 2010 Not a bad looking woman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted December 21, 2010 Report Share Posted December 21, 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted December 21, 2010 Report Share Posted December 21, 2010 This fella knows what's wrong with the world. koY6kXhQDQo&feature=player_embedded Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Hippie Posted December 21, 2010 Report Share Posted December 21, 2010 Gotta admit, this Mic knows the score... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acockasian Posted December 21, 2010 Report Share Posted December 21, 2010 California is cash strapped because the politicians keep spending. Giving them money is not going to change that. I agree ... would have been better to drop it in a Salvation Army kettle. At least some poor bastards would have been fed. Gotta disagree with you. California is cash strapped because of the obscene retirement benefits paid to state employees. Other things too....but the pensions are unreal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rchapstick Posted December 23, 2010 Report Share Posted December 23, 2010 Technically, this should probably be under the American Football subforum, but I suspect more will read it here .... NY Jets take "Foot" ball to a new level! What can you say? Rex Ryan is grate!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted December 26, 2010 Report Share Posted December 26, 2010 The sky is falling, the sky is falling. Okay, its a small Alabama town that has stopped paying its pensoion. It can't happen to a big city, right? http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Alabama-Towns-Failed-Pension-nytimes-93215960.html?x=0 ...“Prichard is the future,†said Michael Aguirre, the former San Diego city attorney, who has called for San Diego to declare bankruptcy and restructure its own outsize pension obligations. “We’re all on the same conveyor belt. Prichard is just a little further down the road.†Many cities and states are struggling to keep their pension plans adequately funded, with varying success. New York City plans to put $8.3 billion into its pension fund next year, twice what it paid five years ago. Maryland is considering a proposal to raise the retirement age to 62 for all public workers with fewer than five years of service. Illinois keeps borrowing money to invest in its pension funds, gambling that the funds’ investments will earn enough to pay back the debt with interest. New Jersey simply decided not to pay the $3.1 billion that was due its pension plan this year. Colorado, Minnesota and South Dakota have all taken the unusual step of reducing the benefits they pay their current retirees by cutting cost-of-living increases; retirees in all three states are suing. No state or city wants to wind up like Prichard... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted December 26, 2010 Report Share Posted December 26, 2010 No Social Security increase this year - or last year. The Feds insist the cost of living has not gone up! If you believe that, you must also think that TSA is doing a bang up job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acockasian Posted December 26, 2010 Report Share Posted December 26, 2010 Trust me on this...there are lots of these out there. Maybe even hundreds or thousands. Pensions were never funded and city planners always assumed growth. Arizona is a good example of the kind of measures that are coming if you would be in the market to buy a state capitol building. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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