Skjellyfetti wrote: ↑Mon May 10, 2021 4:44 pm California scores staggering $75B budget surplus
https://www.google.com/amp/s/thehill.co ... plus%3famp
And the FIRST thing Newsom is figuring out how to do is SPEND it. What a fucking tool.
Skjellyfetti wrote: ↑Mon May 10, 2021 4:44 pm California scores staggering $75B budget surplus
https://www.google.com/amp/s/thehill.co ... plus%3famp
AZGrizFan wrote: ↑Wed May 12, 2021 2:40 pmSkjellyfetti wrote: ↑Mon May 10, 2021 4:44 pm California scores staggering $75B budget surplus
https://www.google.com/amp/s/thehill.co ... plus%3famp
And the FIRST thing Newsom is figuring out how to do is SPEND it. What a fucking tool.
First, Newsom should write a thank you to former President Trump for the strong stock market performance.California is unusually reliant on receipts from capital gains tax, so a strong year in the market is good news for state government.
You'd think the state would wise up and hire some of the union guys to do their negotiating. Companies always hire ex-union bosses when they launch a union avoidance campaign.
Yep. Thought the same thing. The market giveth, and the market (soon) will taketh away....UNI88 wrote: ↑Wed May 12, 2021 3:19 pmFirst, Newsom should write a thank you to former President Trump for the strong stock market performance.California is unusually reliant on receipts from capital gains tax, so a strong year in the market is good news for state government.
Second, if you're that dependent on the market for revenues, it's critical to have reserves to help you cover the difference during bad years. Common sense ain't so common.
I wonder what she did with her pecker after the operation? Have it stuffed and mounted?
BUSINESS. Not personal.
There's no doubt which side had the better negotiators.
I'd say it qualifies as a non-fungible token...
Is Houndie's point about which side has the better negotiators an argument against universal healthcare? Won't the "poor" negotiators be the types creating policy and negotiating the healthcare agreements?
https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/05/us/calif ... index.html(CNN)A federal judge overturned California's longtime ban on assault weapons on Friday in a ruling that likened the AR-15 to a Swiss Army knife.
Assault weapons have been banned in California since 1989, according to the ruling. The law has been updated several times since it was originally passed.
According to the ruling by US District Judge Roger Benitez of San Diego, the assault weapons ban violates the Second Amendment's right to bear arms and deprives Californians from owning assault-style weapons commonly allowed in other states. Benitez issued a permanent injunction Friday so the law cannot be enforced.
"Like the Swiss Army Knife, the popular AR-15 rifle is a perfect combination of home defense weapon and homeland defense equipment," Benitez said in the ruling. "Firearms deemed as 'assault weapons' are fairly ordinary, popular, modern rifles."
Pricing
Perhaps. But negotiating pricing is something the government does all the time. Death panels already exist under the current conditions.
They do, no argument there. Difference will be the vastly more public nature of government, and people's elected officials, being the ones so close to the death panels. Government has a way of being a lightning rod for things they get closely involved with, and the death panels will be no different.
Are you feeling ok? You're bouncing around like the Noid. I'll try and put all of the relevant posts together so you can follow the stream of the discussion.
The same negotiators who got their azzes handed to them by the unions are going to be negotiating pricing, coverage, benefits, etc. under universal healthcare.
That’s what I get for trying to be a reductionist.UNI88 wrote: ↑Tue Jun 15, 2021 9:40 amAre you feeling ok? You're bouncing around like the Noid. I'll try and put all of the relevant posts together so you can follow the stream of the discussion.
The same negotiators who got their azzes handed to them by the unions are going to be negotiating pricing, coverage, benefits, etc. under universal healthcare.
Especially when the government is controlled by special interests.GannonFan wrote: ↑Tue Jun 15, 2021 9:08 amThey do, no argument there. Difference will be the vastly more public nature of government, and people's elected officials, being the ones so close to the death panels. Government has a way of being a lightning rod for things they get closely involved with, and the death panels will be no different.