tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3862216000300765627.post5659262711355470689..comments2024-01-16T03:42:46.705-05:00Comments on The Downward Spiral: Austerity Porn: Shortfall In California’s Budget Swells To $16 BillionBill Hickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17551954408189665078noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3862216000300765627.post-89101755715733973082012-05-14T00:41:00.557-04:002012-05-14T00:41:00.557-04:00A sign of more to come. I wait to see how bad Illi...A sign of more to come. I wait to see how bad Illinois is. If I understand correctly we are in the hole as well. How bad I do not know. The defceits are only going to get worse with more services being cut. The worse has yet to come for all of us.defshepardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01029515057003737645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3862216000300765627.post-39215325953224452762012-05-14T00:35:17.538-04:002012-05-14T00:35:17.538-04:00True ... yet a small group of the 1% can somehow a...True ... yet a small group of the 1% can somehow afford $40,000 apiece for one night of fundraising dinner at George Clooney's place, which took in $15 million total (IIRC, $9 million of it came from those actually in attendance). The fact it was an Obama event is irrelevant; Romney has done exactly the same kind of thing. That's one major problem with our system: The rich will pay for direct, personal, corrupt access but not taxes that might benefit the hoi polloi.<br />(The other, bigger problem, of course, is the blatant dishonesty that it is "improving" for anyone but that 1%, and even their improvement is short-term.)gusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3862216000300765627.post-15991812420364586772012-05-13T23:09:35.698-04:002012-05-13T23:09:35.698-04:00I think I read somewhere that the population of CA...I think I read somewhere that the population of CA was declining - another reason for less tax revenue. Maybe it's the high earners who are leaving?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com