Comments on: Carl's Jr. Chewed Up By State

By: Tylerle13

Tylerle13 — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 18:59:58 +0000

No blanlet blame being placed here. In a mixed market society like we have there is going to be plenty of blame to go around when things go wrong, but none of the parties involved will accept blame for the consequences of their actions. In California, the politicians in charge frequently overstep their bounds because they believe the solution to every problem is stringent government regulation, but when their plan backfires, they try to point the finger at someone else. They believe that society as a whole should be regulated as if they had the mental or moral capacity of the bottom 10% of our population, which leaves the remaining 90% of people being strangled by unneccessary rules & regulations.

By: Daverino

Daverino — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 18:09:48 +0000

I dont “completely” credit anyone or any entity for anything, although I don’t know if I believe that the Research and Development money invested to produced all these air-improving technological improvements would have been spent without a government demand for them. But neither do I throw blanket blame on government—or any other entity—for what is wrong … as seems to be the case with so many conservatives, maybe including you.

By: Tylerle13

Tylerle13 — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 05:54:19 +0000

Daverino, you cant completely credit Government intervention with the air quality improvements, credit must also be given to the technological improvements of cars, engines, power plants, etc. You seem to forget that the same agency that you like to prop up as a prime example of good government, CARB, is also responsible for;

– Poisioning Californias Ground Water with MTBE through Government Regulation
– Damaging thousands of Diesel Engines by requiring diesel fuel to be reformulated without proper investigation
– Hired Fraudulent “Scientist” Hein Tran to compile a false study to justify CARB’s Industry Killing Diesel Regulations
– Spent Hundreds of Thousands Dollars(CA taxpayer money) to strap tanks to Cows & study Cow Farts
– Tried to make it a crime to refuse to pay a mechanic to check your tire pressure
– Tried to ban Dark colored paint on cars so they wouldnt get as hot

All of these actions, and many more, were carried out by CARB, though Government Regulation, and then had to be fixed with Billions of Taxpayer Dollars once these ill advised Regulations blew up in CARBs face. Now this same incompetant Agency has been granted unlimited power over every aspect of commerce in California with AB32, the mistakes will just get bigger and more common.

That Milk Truck that your Father drove to provide so well for his family would not be allowed in California anymore due to CARB Regulations based on fraudulent reports. The ability for someone to make a decent living in California in the private sector is being stripped away by The same Government Regulation that you hold so dear Daverino.

By: Tylerle13

Tylerle13 — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 05:16:07 +0000

Well said Steven. Its pretty bad when the political & business climate of a state is so toxic that families who have called this place Home for generations feel that their best chance at prosperity is to pack up everything and move to the neighboring “Bunghole” states. Those “Bunghole” states must be doing something right because they are cherrypicking companies that have helped prop up this state for decades. If things keep going at this rate, a majority of CA businesses will depend on government subsidies to keep their doors open within the next decade. Those seem to be the only kind of businesses our current leaders are interested in keeping. If they were serious about making the “Bullet Train” work, they could drastically increase the ridership numbers by changing the final destination to Houston rather than some unknown Central Valley Ghost Towns.

By: Daverino

Daverino — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 04:53:05 +0000

My observations about Texas come from spending considerable time there, not from snobbishness, leftist or otherwise. Maybe you’ve experienced Midland and maybe you like it–I don’t. But as someone born and raised in California to a son-of-an-Iowa-farmer father whose 8th-grade education didn’t keep him from providing a good life to a wife and five kids (each of whom he loaned the down payment for a house) because he drove a milk tanker for a company with a union-represented workforce … well, I can see some of the benefits of government regulation. I also can remember the lung-searing smog alerts of the 1960s and 1970s, which aren’t around, anymore, because of government regulations. I love California and if you really want me to listen to your suggestions on how to improve it, well, about the last thing you ought to do is tell me that you can make it more like Texas, New Mexico, Arizona or Nevada. I’m not interested.

By: CalWatchdog

CalWatchdog — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 16:20:28 +0000

I mistakenly logged in as CalWatchdog. That above comment was by me, Steven Greenhut

By: CalWatchdog

CalWatchdog — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 16:19:37 +0000

I love this state despite its crazy public policies, just as I love friends of mine who are engaged in self-destructive habits. My point wasn’t that Texas is a nicer place, although it is much nicer than many California leftist snobs think it is. It’s just that it’s incredibly difficult to start and run a business here because of all the ham-fisted policies. The result is that California remains a good place for government workers, CEOs and others with large salaries and wage slaves. Anyone who wants to start a business and run it his or her own way will go to less-desirable states that at least allow you to run a business and don’t confiscate so much of your income. We are losing good jobs to other states. That’s a fact. There are many examples of beautiful places that have become inhospitable because of public policy decisions.

By: Daverino

Daverino — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 15:45:17 +0000

I love this recent trend by people who claim to love California–Meg Whitman, Steven Greenhut—yet maintain that this marvelous place would be better if it were more like slagheap states like Arizona, New Mexico and the biggest bunghole of them all, Texas. If your standard of living is based on how much it costs to build a burger joint or if you believe that the expectation of clean air ought to be tied to employment statistics or if you dream of zoning-free neighborhoods where anybody build anything literally anywhere … well … write me when you get to Midland—if you have time after you get promoted to general manager and start working those 13-hour days.

By: Tom Chapman

Tom Chapman — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 00:08:16 +0000

Looks like Boeing agrees. They don’t say so but I’ll bet they realize Oklahoma is a right-to-work state. Here’s the article…….

Boeing (NYSE:BA) has made an announcement regarding construction work of a second facility in Oklahoma City which the company expects to open in the second quarter of 2012.

The Gardner Tanenbaum Group, a commercial real estate company headquartered in Oklahoma City is expected to design and built the new 320,000-square-foot building.

The company has announced in 2010 that it will move the B-1 program and C- C-130 Avionics Modernization Program (AMP) to Oklahoma City from Long Beach, Calif.

According to Mark Bass, a Boeing manager, “By moving B-1 and C-130 AMP to Oklahoma City, we are able to lower our operating costs and extend an increased value to our customers.”