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To: Bearcatbob who wrote (1064)	1/24/2002 10:50:52 AM
From: portage	Respond to of 1715

I won't tell you that Bearcat. In some cases they do screw us, in other cases I'm sure we screw them. I'm not an idealogue, and if you read the boards much, you'll see a lot more trashing of California than vice versa. Who cares ? I don't, except in the case of Texas, which is notorious for screwing everybody, not just California. Besides, tuition is a state funded issue, not national. Not that I support this tuition break, I really haven't thought about it yet, but I do know I've benefitted from a lot of cheaper food and meals out on the town due to that labor of the hard working illegals............ I've lived in all parts of the country except the northeast, so at least I know some of the real differences between regions rather than relying on worn out stereotypes. But recent stats have shown that CA routinely sends more in tax to the feds than it gets back, and the southern states with the old boy Senators (like Miss., LA, etc.) bring home more in federal money and pork than the tax they pay. So it goes.

To: Bearcatbob who wrote (1064)	1/25/2002 4:18:00 PM
From: Quincy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1715

Duh, those aliens actually pay taxes in California. Since my kids don't have the right mix of poverty and IQ, they didn't get accepted in the UCschool system. Since 10% of my income goes to the state of California, I expect barbed wire around UCSan Diego. If you want to send your kids to UCDavis, you'd better call U-Haul and move your ass over here. My father, living in the midwest where I grew up, was concerned federal funds would be given to Enron, Duke, Dynergy, Sempra, etc... to bail out California. This year, he is concerned federal funds would be given to compensate shareholders and employees of Enron. All the employees wanted to do was screw states who deregulated their power and become multi-millionaires on the backs of CA residents who lost their jobs over energy prices at work. The last option they have left in the universe is to come crying to me. Democracy, no? Hmm... I remember mentioning the macro-economic forces of power pricing. I am not going to stoop to your level and draw a corollary between a worldwide recession and power gaming. You can't deny power manipulation in both natural gas and electricity contributed to a nationwide economic downturn.