Comments on: California Faces $42 Billion Shortfall

CBS Evening News: Largest U.S. State Could Be Out Of Cash By February

[hypnotoad72]

Hmm, Gray Davis was ousted for less.

And I am compelled to agree with the 4:28PM response from ''DoctorWho6'' (nice moniker BTW); the ultra left and hollywuss lamers would rather cater to illegals than their own fellow Americans. (We can''t even help others if we can''t help ourselves and we need to help ourselves and get our country fixed; even China is worried about US collapse.)

Though welfare, properly distributed, isn''t a bad thing either. Large corporations getting free government money even though they can already afford to do their own work IS a problem; right down to taxpayer funded stadiums (a real joke if I''d ever read one). Welfare reform is needed, as are jobs to get the American people working again.

Indeed, more Americans working would negate any need to raise taxes - either raise taxes on a comparative few, or get more people to work with reasonably paying wages that get taxed AND reward companies for keeping jobs at home rather than setting up incentives for them to ship jobs out, as election 2008 told us time and again.

[armandbeni]

Good points cattiej, especially the point that damage is done to the hard working American latino.

[cattiej]

Well, California, you got rid of Gray Davis.
Was it Karl Rove, Richard Cheney, and George Bush, and Tom Delay or all the above that had a hand in getting Gray Davis out?
There are millions of illegal aliens in California. The majority of them, do suck the state dry. They kids go to school free, get free bus rides, are fed two times a day at school. Thousands of illegals are in jail for drug sales. The illegals aliens have caused major damage to the hard working, tax paying Latin peoples of California.
Arnold was elected because everyone wanted to see a "hero"..Arnold is just an actor, playing the Governor. If I was a movie critic, I would give this movie of Arnold, the Inept Governor a grade of F (failure)

[armandbeni]

The math seems about right. 42 billion is about what the illegals are sucking out of the California government. But look on the bright side.....the rich have cheap maids! that should count for something.

[fahren451]

Just remember this fact. The Mustang Ranch was taken over by the Feds for money problems. The place finally closed. Now, who in the heck can''''t run a wh re house and sell beer and not make a profit. Now these dimwits are going to run the country and give more and more money away.

Posted by Platteman at 04:55 PM : Jan 04, 2009

Conservative "intellectuals" bring out this tired story as an example of the failure of the Federal government. It has to purposes, to show some sort of "moral" outrage about the idea of prostitution and to supposedly show the government can do nothing right.

Why was the ranch not able to turn enough of a profit to begin with to pay their taxes? How is the government responsible for a failed business model?

[fahren451]

Like all socialist welfare states, California has been doomed to failure for years. Maybe now they will send the 6 million illegals home so that the state can repair their education and health care system. But, I doubt it... the hollywood freaks and San Francisco nuts won''''t allow it... they would rather go bankrupt.

Posted by DoctorWho6 at 04:28 PM : Jan 04, 2009

Show me were George Bush or Jeb his brother ever did anything to stop the movement of illegals across the border, then we can talk "socialism" being the cause.

Until then, the most logical reason why Bush Co. would sit on the fence about illegals is that they create a huge pool of cheap labor that drives down wages for everyone.

Counter my point, or shut your trap.

[platteman]

Just remember this fact. The Mustang Ranch was taken over by the Feds for money problems. The place finally closed. Now, who in the heck can''t run a wh re house and sell beer and not make a profit. Now these dimwits are going to run the country and give more and more money away.

Now I think CA should ask Hollywood for money. Heck they got all the money and would happy gve it to the Gov so that state will stay solvent. Without the state, Hollywood is bust.

I still say the problem is the Dems in legislature. Heck they know what is happening. Maybe a tax on *** would help.

[skip-cburg]

George W Bush to arnold....I''ll be back.....maybe ?

[rickstas]

It looks like Gray Davis wasn''t the problem after all.

[skip-cburg]

George bush to arnold.....i''ll be back....this is o so funny