Socialism and California

So if there was a failure of policy, it was a failure of the pro-capitalist government and not of socialism.

The California government does not advocate ending capitalism in favor of worker-owned, worker-controlled cooperatives, nationalization of banks, nationalization of the oil industry, or any other industry.

Fine, but the discussion was about your comment in which you said "CA is not a pro-capitalist government". I showed that CA is nothing else, so now you switch to a rant about their BS reforms. Couldn't you stand being wrong about "CA is not a pro-capitalist government"?

They choose to attack companies who do not tow their liberal progressive line, aka threaten construction companies who put bids in to build the wall with a loss of current or future contracts.

The Corporate tax rate in CA doesn't need to be lowered. Corporations in CA have been making money hand over fist since 2009. Why would we lower their taxes? So they can have even more cash on hand to sit on?

Any corporation who thinks that CA's taxes are too high should leave. Immediately. Go right on, nobody's stopping them from doing so. What's that? They're not sprinting to the exit? Why do you think that is?

Unlike you, I don't think other people's money belongs to me, like you seem to think it does. Who's really the greedy one, the people who want to keep more of what is theirs, or you who want to take as much as you can from others?

If CA is so great, how come I continue to see new CA plates moving here to CO year after year after year?

You do realize that an effective taxation structure is essential to running a modern society, right? And not even just a modern one. Even Jesus himself commanded his followers to 'Render unto Caesar, that which is his.' Paying your taxes is a good thing to do and it helps support all of our citizens and our country.

Simple: CA is an awesome place to live and housing has appreciated tremendously here. Lots of people who bought houses in the 80's and 90's for 100-300k have now sold those same houses for 1-1.5 million dollars. They're taking their profits and moving someplace with a lower cost of living.

This isn't an indicator that Corporations are leaving CA, which they're not.

Our unemployment rate is lower... than Texas.

"Effective taxation" is the key word, not creating new taxes and fee's for every pet project leftist politicians think the people need and want. I'm not a Christian so your Jesus speech has no effect. I'm not against taxes, I'm against useless waste of taxes.

I'll give you an example of some of the stupid stuff going on in Denver. They are going to use tax payer funds to build "artist" housing so aspiring artists can create their art in an expensive city... they are also going to use taxpayer money to expand on a bike rental system in the city as well create more bike lanes... The population of CO is growing by about 1000 people a month and they want to waste money on a bike rental program and bike lanes instead of on improving their already shitty roads around the city. Bikes bring in no tax revenue since there is no taxes or fee's on them, so money brought in for the roads will be used for bicycles crap instead.

I lived in San Diego for almost a decade and couldn't afford to buy a house because it was so expensive, I move to CO and bought my first house within a few months. So no, CA isn't awesome unless you make at least 100k a year, it's too expensive, it's over crowed and people are rude, and now that the CA people are moving here in mass again, CO isn't far behind that expensive CA curve.

If CA is great for business, why did Tesla build his new factory in Nevada?

Sorry, I was looking at data from April of this year, in which TX was in fact behind CA. You're correct that the August data shows TX with a lower UE rate; however, the two are so close as for the difference to be insignificant despite the supposedly stellar business environment.

Haha, you're against it when Dems are in charge, I guess. Never saw too much railing on your part about wasting taxes when it's the GOP doing so on their pet projects (the military and corporate handouts).

See? You only care about money. You don't give a **** about the fact that these things are improvements for the city, that increase the quality of life for all citizens in the city, and are good long-term uses of money.

You can't improve the roads enough to keep up with population growth. Can't widen the freeways enough to accomodate new cars. It's impossible to do so in the long run, which is why cities turn to public transportation and alternative transportation to ease congestion. The very things you complain about here will take cars off of the road. Will create less pollution in Denver. Will make less wear-and-tear on those same streets. But, all you can see is that tax dollars are being spent on something you don't use, and you're blind to the overall positive effects of it. Because it doesn't provide you in any way. Isn't that correct?

They choose to attack companies who do not tow their liberal progressive line

If CA is so great, how come I continue to see new CA plates moving here to CO year after year after year?

How about Oregon plates and IL plates?

All states with heavy leftist leaning anti-capitalist, pro-tax and heavy regulation moving to my state?

Greed is bad when you lust after other people's money that you didn't earn

I see the military as mandatory spending and I'm not against people or companies keeping more of what they make.

Yes, cars off the roads! This isn't a liberal thing or a conservative one. It saves money for everyone, creates less pollution, creates less congestion on the roads, causes less wear-and-tear. It's a money-saver, as well as promoting a healthy lifestyle.

But - you're against it, because you won't use it and **** anything that doesn't help you personally, right? Damn. You couldn't be more stereotypical if you tried.

As for corporate welfare, there's just south of $100 billion worth in our tax code. And that's according to CATO. Liberal groups will tell ya it's more like double that.

But yeah let's sit around railing about bike lanes like they're the ******* problem.