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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (861607)	6/1/2015 6:30:58 PM
From: bentway	Respond to of 1576830

>>I usually vote for higher taxes. I would almost certainly vote for increases dedicated to strengthening the safety net.<< Whiny, tax-hating 'Christians' like Ten don't believe you, because they literally can't IMAGINE you, who aren't even a Christian, being willing to share what you have, through progressive taxation. Their minds just can't go there...

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (861607)	6/1/2015 7:40:27 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576830

Then you should support a California $15 a gallon gas tax. Remember, no tax is ever too high.

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (861607)	6/1/2015 7:45:55 PM
From: Brumar89	1 Recommendation Recommended By FJB Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576830

CA: Schools are raiding money earmarked for poor students, and siphoning it off into teacher raises. And Jerry isn’t saying anything. instapundit On July 1, 2013, Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law the Local Control Funding Formula, depicting it as a “truly revolutionary” change in California public schools. Instead of the previous basic formula of paying districts based on average daily attendance of students, the new method directed 20 percent more money to “high-needs students” – English learners, foster children and those from impoverished families. The additional resources were to go directly to help these students improve their performance, not to general school budgets. .... Districts up and down the state have put LCFF dollars into operating budgets to help pay for raises and general programs. In the giant Los Angeles Unified School District, the United Teachers Los Angeles specifically cited the additional funds as being a source to pay for a 17.6 percent raise it sought. .... http://web.utsandiego.com/news/2015/may/31/the-governor-who-didnt-bark/ Phrog Driver Umm, Jerry is one of the '68ers who have been telling us for 40 years THEY should be in charge because THEY are the only ones compassionate and caring and smart enough to empower the powerless, comfort the afflicted, rescue the losers of life's lottery, etc. Now it turns out Jerry and his prog morons can't even deliver fresh water to his constituents, let alone provide them a decent education (from a system that was once the flagship of American education). Its like we took the same people who destroyed Detroit and Baltimore, put them in charge of California (not to mention the whole country), and expected a different result.

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (861607)	6/1/2015 8:39:54 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1576830

WR, Politicians tend to hear them, even when they whisper. 20 homeless on 101 up here? Just another day. 20 homeless hanging out in Hillsbourough? Actionable. So when is that going to happen? When will the great mecca of liberalism start bussing their homeless to the rich neighborhoods? The answer is never, because even the rich liberals think like you do. Someone else can take care of the problem. That's why liberalism will always fail to solve the problem of poverty and homelessness. They never take personal responsibility to fix any of this. They always talk about the "power of the collective" and how "we're a f----n' society and we're all in this together," but when it comes to solving these issues, all they can come up with are excuses like the ones you just came up with. Tenchusatsu