California Says Tax Revenue ‘At Risk’ From Facebook Drop
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Texas is not broke, either; it has a balanced budget policy. We are free to elect brutally incompetent and corrupt politicians to major offices without fear of them going over budget, a rare privilege that we take advantage of all the time. In fact, our last two governors, George W. Bush and Rick Perry, managed to blunder their way through a few terms without screwing things up too bad. It's too bad that so many people in the rest of the country felt their governorship qualified them for any sort of national office, though.
Really? I thought Texas was having a bunch of problems (like this[^]). I don't want to get into a political debate, because that doesn't seem to be the issue. I think the issue is that no one wants to make the hard choices because that won't get them elected. My family can't spend more than it makes...well, I can but the consequences aren't good - foreclosure, etc. The government never feels that way. There seem to be no consequences to spending more than we "make" (from taxes). Well, now everyone is going to feel it. It will hit some states before it hits others but the end result will be the same. Much tougher cuts now because of mistakes in the past.
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Really? I thought Texas was having a bunch of problems (like this[^]). I don't want to get into a political debate, because that doesn't seem to be the issue. I think the issue is that no one wants to make the hard choices because that won't get them elected. My family can't spend more than it makes...well, I can but the consequences aren't good - foreclosure, etc. The government never feels that way. There seem to be no consequences to spending more than we "make" (from taxes). Well, now everyone is going to feel it. It will hit some states before it hits others but the end result will be the same. Much tougher cuts now because of mistakes in the past.
Hmm. I have to look into that. Constitutionally, they are not allowed to have a budget deficit, though they occasionally do whacky accounting to move this year's expenses into next year. According to the source, there was no deficit in 2009, but in 2010 it popped up. Guess I have to figure out whose idea it was and give them the axe.
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Hmm. I have to look into that. Constitutionally, they are not allowed to have a budget deficit, though they occasionally do whacky accounting to move this year's expenses into next year. According to the source, there was no deficit in 2009, but in 2010 it popped up. Guess I have to figure out whose idea it was and give them the axe.
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It's all because the place is run by idiots who went there to try to become movie stars, but didn't make it. If there were more farmers, particularly chicken farmers, it would not be a problem.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: The PRC never learns... Those who scoff at Atlas Shrugged should spend a few years living in the badly tarnished "Golden State." :doh:
Will Rogers never met me.
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It's all because the place is run by idiots who went there to try to become movie stars, but didn't make it. If there were more farmers, particularly chicken farmers, it would not be a problem.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
Mark Wallace wrote:
It's all because the place is run by idiots
Idiots would not get the timing right to have four major global economies on the brink of collapse at the same time. LIBOR wasn't something that a random retard did; Selling Brittain's gold (now-famous-Browns Bottom) is not an act of an idiot. Preventing Greece from fixing it's economy this year, is not something an idiot would do. The initial Facebook-valuation was not an idiocy, and using the possible future profits of that stock as a State to keep your budget in order is not something an idiot would do - it's the hand of a fraudster. One who knows that he is bankrupt is quickly scraping every buck in the vicinity to put the day of reckoning of just a little bit longer.. If it were mere idiots, then Nigel Farage's voice would have been heard more widely. Ron Paul would have been heard more widely. Better yet, people in the streets might be talking about the plans of Hugo Salinas Price! No, it takes real effort to get things into the state they are now in.
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Mark Wallace wrote:
It's all because the place is run by idiots
Idiots would not get the timing right to have four major global economies on the brink of collapse at the same time. LIBOR wasn't something that a random retard did; Selling Brittain's gold (now-famous-Browns Bottom) is not an act of an idiot. Preventing Greece from fixing it's economy this year, is not something an idiot would do. The initial Facebook-valuation was not an idiocy, and using the possible future profits of that stock as a State to keep your budget in order is not something an idiot would do - it's the hand of a fraudster. One who knows that he is bankrupt is quickly scraping every buck in the vicinity to put the day of reckoning of just a little bit longer.. If it were mere idiots, then Nigel Farage's voice would have been heard more widely. Ron Paul would have been heard more widely. Better yet, people in the streets might be talking about the plans of Hugo Salinas Price! No, it takes real effort to get things into the state they are now in.
Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: if you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
If you go carrying pictures of Chairman Mao, You ain't gonna make it with anyone anyhow.
Damn those alien lizards!
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Eddy Vluggen wrote:
Sounds like they're blatantly copying European accounting-methods :-D
But they forgot to copy the most important part: "Oh, it didn't go as planned... Never mind, we just raise the tax for everyone else so we get the money in.".
I think you'll find they actually did follow the most important part: "We have shared currency, so we can just issue more bonds and someone else will cover things if we screw up too badly". Though I hesitate to use the word copy because I think US states have been doing this for longer than Eurozone countries.
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If you go carrying pictures of Chairman Mao, You ain't gonna make it with anyone anyhow.
Damn those alien lizards!
..and cut the crap on communism. I'd love a discussion in the soapbox using Plato's idea's, but whenever it comes up here it merely means one thing; some fool who's afraid that "some poor man" is going to "steal" his money. (They're using "communism" here for "socialism", as that's the same thing for the average American) Get over it, the communists are no more, Poetin is running the exact same show as Obama. Loose the frigging age-old propaganda, it might have been helpfull in the cold ages, it's what's going to kill us now.
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..and cut the crap on communism. I'd love a discussion in the soapbox using Plato's idea's, but whenever it comes up here it merely means one thing; some fool who's afraid that "some poor man" is going to "steal" his money. (They're using "communism" here for "socialism", as that's the same thing for the average American) Get over it, the communists are no more, Poetin is running the exact same show as Obama. Loose the frigging age-old propaganda, it might have been helpfull in the cold ages, it's what's going to kill us now.
Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: if you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
My comment wasn't about communism, which I don't see as being any worse than capitalism (in fact, it's better in many ways, but worse in many others). It's the conspiracy thing that gets me. It's becoming usual for the extreme right-wing to jump on conspiracy theories just as quickly as the extreme left wing. Looking for structure in human behaviour (especially the behaviour of hyper-go-getter-type humans who want to grab as much as they can for themselves) is usually not the best idea. Look for individual stupidity and excessive greed, get rid of the few who exhibit it, and you'll soon see that there was no conspiracy.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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My comment wasn't about communism, which I don't see as being any worse than capitalism (in fact, it's better in many ways, but worse in many others). It's the conspiracy thing that gets me. It's becoming usual for the extreme right-wing to jump on conspiracy theories just as quickly as the extreme left wing. Looking for structure in human behaviour (especially the behaviour of hyper-go-getter-type humans who want to grab as much as they can for themselves) is usually not the best idea. Look for individual stupidity and excessive greed, get rid of the few who exhibit it, and you'll soon see that there was no conspiracy.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
Mark Wallace wrote:
My comment wasn't about communism
My apologies, encountered it often enough to make it a reflex-rant..
Mark Wallace wrote:
It's the conspiracy thing that gets me. It's becoming usual for the extreme right-wing to jump on conspiracy theories just as quickly as the extreme left wing.
Granted, never attribute to malice what can be explained by sheer incompetence.
Mark Wallace wrote:
Look for individual stupidity and excessive greed, get rid of the few who exhibit it, and you'll soon see that there was no conspiracy.
Ehr.. you did hear about LIBOR? I can make a list if you want :)
Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: if you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Mark Wallace wrote:
My comment wasn't about communism
My apologies, encountered it often enough to make it a reflex-rant..
Mark Wallace wrote:
It's the conspiracy thing that gets me. It's becoming usual for the extreme right-wing to jump on conspiracy theories just as quickly as the extreme left wing.
Granted, never attribute to malice what can be explained by sheer incompetence.
Mark Wallace wrote:
Look for individual stupidity and excessive greed, get rid of the few who exhibit it, and you'll soon see that there was no conspiracy.
Ehr.. you did hear about LIBOR? I can make a list if you want :)
Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: if you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
Eddy Vluggen wrote:
Ehr.. you did hear about LIBOR?
Sure. The problem was that a bunch of guys realised that they could make some money for nothing, with a sort-of equivalent to insider trading, and other guys caught on to the idea, so several guys were making money for nothing. I don't see any grand conspiracy, or attempts to 'control the world", though. All I see is a few greedy, stupid ****ers doing the kind of stupid, greedy thing that greedy, stupid ****ers do -- i.e. putting their own wallets first, with no consideration for the consequences. Should they be shot? Damned straight. In China, they probably would be, so Communism's looking better all the time.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Eddy Vluggen wrote:
Ehr.. you did hear about LIBOR?
Sure. The problem was that a bunch of guys realised that they could make some money for nothing, with a sort-of equivalent to insider trading, and other guys caught on to the idea, so several guys were making money for nothing. I don't see any grand conspiracy, or attempts to 'control the world", though. All I see is a few greedy, stupid ****ers doing the kind of stupid, greedy thing that greedy, stupid ****ers do -- i.e. putting their own wallets first, with no consideration for the consequences. Should they be shot? Damned straight. In China, they probably would be, so Communism's looking better all the time.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
Mark Wallace wrote:
I don't see any grand conspiracy, or attempts to 'control the world"
I do not see an attempt to take over the world, but the banks had to collaborate to pull this of. If entities gang together in secrecy to do something illegal, I'll be calling it a conspiracy. Compare it to the tabacco-moment; they weren't wearing tin-foil hats, not planning to take over the world. But if the tobacco-industry didn't cover for each other, they'd lose out on a whole lot profit. And so they conspired, until that famous tabacco-moment. I do hope that there's some group calling the shots. It'd be a very scary idea that were in the hands of our own politicians.
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Nope. Not the whole country. My state is better than ever.[^]
What I find weird about North Dakota is, despite its continously low unemployment rate, the population has been stagnant for nearly one hundred years. The population in 1920 (681K) was larger than it was at the 2010 Census (673K). It is the only state like that. Most states have added millions of people since 1920. Is this due to young North Dakotans moving out of state following graduation?
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Really? I thought Texas was having a bunch of problems (like this[^]). I don't want to get into a political debate, because that doesn't seem to be the issue. I think the issue is that no one wants to make the hard choices because that won't get them elected. My family can't spend more than it makes...well, I can but the consequences aren't good - foreclosure, etc. The government never feels that way. There seem to be no consequences to spending more than we "make" (from taxes). Well, now everyone is going to feel it. It will hit some states before it hits others but the end result will be the same. Much tougher cuts now because of mistakes in the past.
Yea, and there is also this. Texas' FY12 budget shortfall is $13.4 billion, 31.5% of its budget. The only states that are worst are New Jersey (37.4%) and Nevada (45.2%).
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What I find weird about North Dakota is, despite its continously low unemployment rate, the population has been stagnant for nearly one hundred years. The population in 1920 (681K) was larger than it was at the 2010 Census (673K). It is the only state like that. Most states have added millions of people since 1920. Is this due to young North Dakotans moving out of state following graduation?
I can't say for sure, but I think that is the general idea. I also have heard people talk about how the small family farm isn't so common place anymore. We have now have bigger farms which, due to technology advancements, can work more land with fewer actual people doing the work. Since agriculture has been our main meal ticket, I think this is a big part of it. I'd be curious to see what industries those open jobs have been over the course of those 100 years. I'm sure the weather is probably a factor that keeps people away too.