Comments on: Crazifornia: Franchise Tax Board kills the Golden State Goose

By: TomK

TomK — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 18:18:18 +0000

This has nothing to do with the politicians of the state of CA, IL, NY, etc. They can only make these monumental mistakes if they have the power to do so. They only have the power to do so if idiots keep voting them in. It’s unbelievable how stupid people continue to get year after year. Californians continue to vote in the most liberal, nonsensical politicians year after year, even though they are living the nightmare that those decisions create. They live there, they watch the news, they read blogs, papers, etc. They can see what’s happening when businesses leave or don’t hire, when their property taxes aren’t far behind their mortgage payment (like in Illinois) and when they’re paying $5/gallon for gas. Does it make a dent though? Nope. As soon as they can, they run in droves to the polls and vote in the same do-nothings as they did at the last election. And, because CA, NY, IL and other high tax, high stupid states have such big populations, they are able to vote in the biggest imbecile of all time, Obama, who would love to see the US become another CA or IL. High taxes, punish hard working, job creators and then think there will always be enough money floating around that they can redistribute it to the “poor” (replace with lazy, do-nothings, entitlists). Pathetic!

By: BobA

BobA — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 16:39:23 +0000

Marten Purdy:

That’s akin to the pot calling the skillet black. A professional political prostitute calling a wannabe political whore a whore.

Jerry Brown spent years on his back humping his way to the top and he has the nerve to call Meg Whitman a whore??

By: Marten Purdy

Marten Purdy — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 14:19:28 +0000

BobA:
classic example- and origin- Jerry Brown in his race for California governer left a message for campaign contributions, thought he hung up, but went on to call Meg Whitman(his opponent) a Whore.

By: Rex the Wonder Dog!

Rex the Wonder Dog! — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 07:25:26 +0000

Bob, stop it, that hurts from laughing so hard 😉

By: BobA

BobA — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 01:14:40 +0000

RT, Linda Y:

According to Jerry Brown today, all is well in California. The budget is balanced, jobs are coming back, taxes are low, crime is down, our schools are in excellent shape, business is good, the air and water is clean, the sky is blue and life in California has never been better.

Don’t worry; be happy. Pass the joint and chill out. Jerry Brown’s fairy tales are the bomb!!

By: Linda Y

Linda Y — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 21:48:35 +0000

RT: Wow ! You are so right on about this. California is a mess and no one cares. Pouring millions that we cannot afford into our schools, the welfare system, and for our health care programs does not make them better !
I had hoped that California would get it right before it is too late, but that ship has sailed. It is to late, now all we can do is either move out or wait around for it all to come crashing down. For me(I am stuck here) I’ll just be waiting.

By: BobA

BobA — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 17:35:23 +0000

Folks:

California’s state constitution is now a single page document with 2 words written on it in a 20-point Arial font that simply says:

“Simon Says”

The rest of the page is blank.

The Franchise Tax Board is simply following the letter of the law.

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Thu, 24 Jan 2013 13:49:26 +0000

[…] the quest to shake ever-more-money out of the pockets of taxpayers, California just ignores that pesky “no ex post factor laws” section of the Constitution, eliminating a tax credit retroactively back to […]

By: BobA

BobA — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 04:35:54 +0000

Tom Chapman:

A character in Ayn Rand’s famous novel “Atlas Shrugged”.

By: eck

eck — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 03:07:57 +0000

Folks, it all comes back to the politboro (aka CA legislature) who made the law that enables the FTB to unilaterally do this. “No ex post facto” laws unless the politburo sets it up that way. We are truely doomed.