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A Modest Proposal

FairnessMan Wrote: Oct 10, 2012 5:51 PM

msieng: Just like many of the over pampered, overpaid, over perked, over pensioned, greedy, arrogant, ungrateful public parasite teachers and heroes (cops) here in the Public "Workers" Paradise of New Jersey. They milk the taxpayers dry then get their useless aszes out of state to live the good, high life in another state where they pay low taxes.

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A Modest Proposal

California was once the land of opportunity, but it is going down the tubes. Several of California's prominent cities have declared bankruptcy, such as Vallejo, Stockton, Mammoth Lakes and San Bernardino. Others are on the precipice, and that includes Los Angeles, California's largest city. California's 2012 budget deficit is expected to top $28 billion, and its state debt is $618 billion. That's more than twice the size of New York's state debt, which itself is the second-highest in the nation.

Democrats control California's Legislature, and its governor, Jerry Brown, is a Democrat. California is home to some of America's richest people and...

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