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Texas and California Have Similar Problems, Offer Different Solutions: Surprise, surprise: Texas and California are taking different approaches to similar budgetary crises. Perry boasts chides California for “high taxes, high regulation.” Californians retort: “Texas ranks 50th in adults with a high school diploma, fourth in the percentage of people living below the federal poverty level and first in the amount of toxic chemicals and carcinogens in the air and water.” But here’s the real difference: Gov. Perry carries a gun when he jogs; Gov. Jerry Brown of California once worked at a hospice run by Mother Teresa in Calcutta.
Despite Fears, St. Patrick’s Alcohol Crackdown Not Excessive: When the green dust cleared Saturday evening, police had issued 21 consuption citations, six tickets for public intoxication, and two DUIs. Not bad considering an estimated 100,000 people attended the event:
Officers appeared to be more occupied with crowd control than cracking down on people who were drinking alcohol in public — so long as they were not causing trouble.
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Peter, I am always so glad to read your balanced political commentary. I can see you are truly grieved by Texas’ plight, brought on by reckless deregulation and overzealous limitations on state control.
If only the government would step in and take care of us, for we are too feeble of mind and spirit, and by our nature we are predisposed not to want what is best for us. We, the ignorant masses, are bent on destroying ourselves. Truly, a beneficent, omnipotent hand must come to our rescue, stripping away all choice and leaving us with only what is in our best interest. And what’s more, let’s all contribute solely to the greater good, from each according to his ability, to each according to his need. Let’s rectify past injustices by punishing the prosperous for their ill-begotten success, and reward those who choose not to help themselves because they have given themselves up to defeat. What a perfect world that would be.
Alas—Texas stands firm in its evil ways.
But don’t despair. There is a promised land for folks like you, Peter—flowing with weed and other people’s money. It’s called California.
OK, my comment was unfairly directed at you, Peter. I’m sorry. You were simply quoting the DMN piece.
The substance of my comment, however, remains the same. Since we appear to be on equal footing in debt, it’s a clash of the titans between Texas and California. The Morning News</i
…piece makes it sound like Texas has already lost.
So Texans are really happy about this direction in the state and want it to continue?Keep voting in the same people with the same unprincipled goals and direction for the improvement of its citizens…what IS the matter here?
Channeling Mother Teresa at the Old Monk at 5:00 for the sake of Texas?
“So Texans are really happy about this direction in the state and want it to continue?”
No, I would prefer lower property taxes, not providing automatic healthcare for illegal immigrants, phasing out of public schools in favor of vouchers and an all private system, and the abolishment of the Franchise Tax.
If you are asking if I’m happy with the direction of Texas compared to California, then yes, absolutely.
Oil companies rule Texas and people rule California. California is about bettering the lives of many, while Texas only cares about a very few. But it doesn’t matter in the overall scheme of things anyway, as neither are going to be as much America as Mexico anyway. It’s harder and harder to find anyplace where English is spoken in either place.
Peter – Thanks for a well written piece. It is difficult to inject humor into any subject when faced with such dire and embarassing statistics.
UC:
You’re in luck. One of your wishes has come true. The franchise tax was abolished in 2006. It was replaced with an even worse “margin tax.”