Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Gov. Brown Asks Calif to Dream Big, Approve Taxes - ABC News

Gov. Brown Asks Calif to Dream Big, Approve Taxes - ABC News

Brown is bullish on California. I like this. It is practical, and a solid investment in California's future.

"Brown's proposal aims to raise income taxes on individuals who make $250,000 a year or more and boost the state sales tax by half a cent. The governor also said the state needs massive investments in mega-projects such as renewable energy, education, high-speed rail and water — all of which are exceedingly expensive."

"Putting our fiscal house in order is good stewardship and helps us regain the trust of the people. It also builds confidence in California as a place to invest and to realize one's dreams," Brown said. "Contrary to those critics who fantasize that California is a failed state, I see unspent potential and incredible opportunity."



1 comment:

Anonymous said...

To Whom It May Concern:

It seems to me that this article about Gov. Brown's solutions to California's increasingly unwieldy economic problems shows how flawed the current political situation is as well as the current reporting of such is.

for one, there is only the assumption of increased taxes and mega-build projects to solve any economic problems. naturally, Gov. Brown wants to increase taxes and build unwieldy and expensive projects.

why not change the way the economy works? why is that not even on the table?

naturally, the current fatcats press doesn't cover this other choice. the article merely mentions a group of concerned citizens who want to block increased taxes to anyone as the only mentioned solution to these situations.

again, why not change how the economy works?

why not talk about how a state is allowed to get into such fiscal deficits in the first place?

i believe this has something to do with unsound financing by the pork-barrel politicos, migrant workers, transfer payments from the federal government, and of course "funny money" backed by nothing except ultimately a huge deficit to the private banksters.

maybe the people of America, on whose backs freedom was given to the world, should take back the means of how money is made. it should be interest-free and backed by precious metals, as per The Constitution.

the politicians should be worried about their own back yard in terms of equality, and not pork for the few.

the illegal migrants should be put back in their own backyards to figure out their own governments' messes, and not sucking off the teat of a bloated bureacracy buoyed by nothing but red ink.

and finally, an unelected central few - the banksters to some - should never under any circumstances be allowed to dictate to the many, especially where money is concerned.

Gov. Brown should stick to L.S.D. and get out of collectivist political shams like an unequal tax system - everybody should pay the same state tax only - and frankly "only good on paper" government projects, to get the wonderful and still majestic State of California out of its increasingly worrisome financial problems.

(as for the other states, who gives a fig if they are under the same unconstitutional monetary system and proven unworkable two party system as the other states.)

take care and keep on keepin on, friends and soon-to-be friends...

CanuckBuck weighs in.

Sunset, Venice 12/20/2012

Sunset, Venice 12/20/2012
I've been thinking some about the Winter Solstice, the Mayan end of the 30,000-year-cycle on 12/21/12.

What if in fact the world did end? Even though this probably will not happen, to live consciously it is honest for us to take a bit of an inventory.

Am I happy with how I've lived my life? (Yesterday, I thought mostly yes, with some areas for improvement, as below.) Are there changes I would make?
Would I have tried to forgive those that were hostile or disappointing to me?
Would I spend more time with those I loved the most, telling them that, feeling that more?
Would I be happier, grateful for what I have, what I've experienced, the joy, the beauty in this world?

Maybe the answer is yes to all of the above.
So this time can serve as a point of rebirth for all of us. If we think about it.

Because somewhere along the line I realized I think maybe mankind deserves it. !
The way we are killing each other, killing the planet.
How selfish we are, and snotty to those around us. Petty, competitive. Why is this? Do we have to behave this way? (I say no, it greatly detracts and misdirects energy from the full-time celebration in which we could engage, the great multi-cultural, multi-rhythmic dance we can sustain here.)

Maybe God or the Great Universe is fed up, and will pull the rug out from under us.
Don't think I can say we could blame Him/Her/It.

But it probably won't happen. (Probably not! This time.)

Still we are finite on this ride.

It is a time to think, am I happy with how I've lived my life?
Hopefully most of us can say yes.

For the part of us that have a little worry, a little sadness....
This is the time to be present.
This is the time to be the person you want to be, that can die at peace, that can hope to every day be able to look yourself and the Universe in the eye and say, how beautiful, smiling, and thank you. Let's do that.

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