It has been all in the news lately about California’s huge budget problems. It boggles the mind that any state can get billions of dollars in debt, though California isn’t the only state with this problem. To solve this problem, the legislation of the state has decided that increasing taxes and laying off workers is the only way. Now, I agree that you will probably have to raise taxes (though I would have thought California would have other means of revenue available), but laying off state workers (on top of the ones already furloughed and laid off) is more of a shoot yourself in the foot move. Point in fact…
- State workers in general tend to be the smallest part of the budget, most (the ones most likely to be let go) are low income. Yes, you save some money instantly, but not a great deal, unless you lay off the big paycheck people (not likely).
- Some of these people have skill sets that are essential and will be hard to replace once the budget crisis is over. Government services that are still left will suffer.
- These laid off workers will be joining the other laid off workers on unemployment and on state welfare. You will have even more children on the state insurance. All of this will increase the money needed from the government.
- All those with homes and outstanding debts will be defaulting on their loans added to the problems of the economic crisis.
I don’t have any answers, but it seems that no or little thought has been put into solving the budget crisis in California.
UPDATE: Bizarre ideas seems to be rampant these days. Georgia has been having budget problems as well (a shortfall and not an actual debt since by the state constitution the budget has to be balanced with projected revenue) with cuts across the board with some lay offs by a few universities. Now that the legislature has just recently manage to keep the budget in range of the law, some Republicans are now advancing their own “economic stimulus” package of their own with tax cuts for businesses and corporations. How are they going to pay for the tax cuts? Lay off state workers. I know for a fact that state workers in Georgia (teachers included) are severely underpaid. And what is one of the main tax breaks? A tax break for hiring people who have been unemployed for at least 60 days.
I see where this is heading, you hire someone (maybe a laid off state worker) who has been out of work for sixty days, employ the person for the minimum time, and then lay them off getting the tax break in the process. One hell of a scam in the making if you are not careful with the wording on the legislation.
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Snarky: having a sarcastic, impertinent, or irreverent tone or manner.
How to be snarky (and really piss off women to no end)
- Buy or get access to a computer, find a popular website, and leave rude, obnoxious, sarcastic comments…. remember to remain anonymous. Women just love guys who hit and run on the web.
- Find an attractive woman in a bar (yes, it means leaving your mom’s basement), saddle up real close to her at the bar, and make run and inappropriate sexual remarks to her. Women love guys who know what they want.
- Get a job (leave the basement again, I know), harass your female co-workers making inappropriate sexual advances, and get fired from said job. Women just go head-over-heels for guys who consider women as just objects.
- Go to a strip joint, call the dancers “baby”, and pawn the waitresses until you either get kicked out or beaten to a pulp. Women appreciate being demeaned.
- Take public transportation, take the last seat on the bus, etc., and refuse to give up the seat for the little old lady. Women get hot for inconsiderate men.
Do these things and you will be assured that your genetic heritage will be included from the gene pool saving humanity in the process.
That is all.
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- Be mine :: tonight
- Ecstatic :: overload
- Orderly :: hospital
- Sebastian :: Cabot
- Sore :: throat
- Don’t need :: no education
- Rockstar :: hero
- Tinfoil :: hat
- Addiction :: love
- Where? :: have all the cowbosys gone
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Happy Valentine’s Day!
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1. If you were to have a scholarship created in your honor, what qualities would you look for in applicants (leadership, service, GPA, etc.)?
Inventiveness, leadership, and politeness.
2. Who would be eligible to apply for your scholarship (members of a certain major, ethnic group, sexuality, etc.)?
People of lower income not covered by traditional scholarships.
3. Would it be need-based or not? Why?
Yes, we have few scholarships these days for people of low incomes that do not also require high scores in subjects that may not be taught in the person’s originating school.
4. What would you call it?
Lovecraft Education Scholarship
5. If you made applicants write an essay, what would the topic be?
How HP Lovecraft influenced and changed horror and weird fiction.
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Posted by: Yoggie in Video
And don’t f#@k it up….
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Posted by: Yoggie in Video
Do not subject your blog followers to the blood-curdling terror that is the European singing sensation that is The Hoff. Instead submit them to listen to a really hot Queen and David Bowie fan singer….
Lady Gaga – Beautiful Dirty Rich
Lady Gaga – Poker Face
Lady Gaga – Just Dance
Of course there is the namesake video by Queen…
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Sometimes things just pop in my head (which cause people to run for the exits and/or put me one of those funny white coats)….
- Sometimes I think, other times I just fall down for no reason at all.
- A bird in the hand makes a awful mess if you are a cymbal player.
- To be or not to be… I’m in between.
- If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to hear it, then how in heck do we know if it fell? It may have grown that way for all we know.
- A stitch in time saves a lot on your clothing bill unless you don’t know how to sew and then it can run up your medical bill.
- To err is human, to really screw things up requires government.
- Vengeance is mine sayeth the Lord. There must be a lot of lords in the world.
- Do worms poop?
- If a bear is not in the woods, is he constipated?
- What happens to aliens when they get abducted? Do they get anal probed?
- Is it nobler to suffer the slings and arrows or just better to get out of the way?
- This……
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