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In the discussion thread: Jerry Brown: California's deficit is gone [View all]

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Thu Jan 10, 2013, 02:24 PM

CalFresh (99 posts)

7. Love working for the state of California.

I'm getting a 13.6% raise this year! Thanks Jerry.

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189 replies	Author	Time	Post
Jerry Brown: California's deficit is gone [View all]	Newsjock	Jan 2013	OP
Love Jerry Brown! Wish he could be cloned 49 times.	Laurian	Jan 2013	#1
...and all it took was the political will to raise taxes.	Richardo	Jan 2013	#2
And throwing out enough Republicans to take control of the legislature will help in the future. n/t	Tempest	Jan 2013	#15
+1000	abelenkpe	Jan 2013	#18
I did my part in CA, and in 2014 and on I'll be doing my part in New Hampshire.	Tempest	Jan 2013	#21
Wow...good luck, stay safe, and bon voyage!	keopeli	Jan 2013	#31
Thank you. Worried more about the effect on my cat.	Tempest	Jan 2013	#39
A cat door will do the trick! n/t	Mopar151	Jan 2013	#102
That is always the answer!	tblue	Jan 2013	#176
Cuts were three times as steep as the tax increase	Morganfleeman	Jan 2013	#60
For our state to be successful..........	nolabels	Jan 2013	#123
+1	HiPointDem	Jan 2013	#101
It also took the courage to put his political life on the line...	olddad56	Jan 2013	#108
Go Jerry! He took it to the people and he came out a winner like I know he always does!	graham4anything	Jan 2013	#3
We in CA are the ones who should secede then	upaloopa	Jan 2013	#4
Agree 100%. Many con states would go bankrupt if not for the money we send. n/t	Tempest	Jan 2013	#16
If the federal government collapses under the weight of austerity imposed by the right wing	Jack Rabbit	Jan 2013	#26
We'd be the 7th largest economy in the world.	Tempest	Jan 2013	#28
Actually it's 9th now. We'd basically be a mini Germany, half the pop and size.	Sirveri	Jan 2013	#144
Soon to rise now that the state's fiscal ship has been righted. n/t	Tempest	Jan 2013	#145
See ya	brew987	Jan 2013	#36
You Have NO IDEA Just How Funny That Is!	HangOnKids	Jan 2013	#44
What do you expect from low information, low effort conservative thinkers?	Tempest	Jan 2013	#49
I Am Really Hungry For Pizza!	HangOnKids	Jan 2013	#53
It drips with irony.	WheelWalker	Jan 2013	#94
Alas, he's been banned. I wonder what Eden he hailed from	DisgustipatedinCA	Jan 2013	#103
There are 4 or 5 who joined with our PizzaMan but they are still roaming free	HangOnKids	Jan 2013	#96
It would be interesting to watch	quakerboy	Jan 2013	#119
I would only agree if Oregon and Washington state get to join them	tavalon	Jan 2013	#126
Which states would go bankrupt and why?	former9thward	Jan 2013	#42
Red states are welfare states, and CA is a giving state to support those states.	Tempest	Jan 2013	#47
I asked for specifics and you providing nothing.	former9thward	Jan 2013	#52
I gave you a source. Do your own research. n/t	Tempest	Jan 2013	#56
Standard answer from someone who is caught with having nothing.	former9thward	Jan 2013	#59
Providing a source is having nothing?	Tempest	Jan 2013	#62
Feeling bad because you were caught?	former9thward	Jan 2013	#73
If feel bad because you have poor research skills.	Tempest	Jan 2013	#75
What is welfare?	former9thward	Jan 2013	#87
okay the first link there lists the top ten "welfare states"	hfojvt	Jan 2013	#179
he's not your monkey	CreekDog	Jan 2013	#78
Nit pick?	former9thward	Jan 2013	#85
He's doing the equivalent of putting his fingers in his ears and singing "La La La". n/t	Tempest	Jan 2013	#89
You don't have a clue what federal funds are used for.	former9thward	Jan 2013	#138
Way to miss the point. n/t	Tempest	Jan 2013	#163
Everyone of your posts is a non-answer.	former9thward	Jan 2013	#171
Essentially,	adieu	Jan 2013	#74
The poster said it was welfare.	former9thward	Jan 2013	#88
It's an accurate description by its very definition, genius.	Tempest	Jan 2013	#90
Social Security is welfare now.	former9thward	Jan 2013	#93
A lot of the "47%" that Romney lamented	adieu	Jan 2013	#98
Federal funding is not for poor people.	former9thward	Jan 2013	#132
Metaphor and metonymy obviously escape you, former9thward. n/t	displacedtexan	Jan 2013	#100
I didn't want to point that out.	Tempest	Jan 2013	#134
Don't hold back on your accusations of "welfare".	former9thward	Jan 2013	#140
That's not provided for free, we pay for that and sign treaties for it.	Sirveri	Jan 2013	#148
Treaties???	former9thward	Jan 2013	#149
Would you prefer long term contractual obligations?	Sirveri	Jan 2013	#150
You since you wish to divide the U.S. into red and blue	former9thward	Jan 2013	#153
Buying commonly traded commodities at a fair market value is exploitation now?	Sirveri	Jan 2013	#154
You call AZ a welfare state.	former9thward	Jan 2013	#156
I never called AZ a welfare state, not sure who you're arguing with there.	Sirveri	Jan 2013	#162
He still hasn't figured it out	Tempest	Jan 2013	#166
LOL	former9thward	Jan 2013	#172
So what federal funds would you like to see ended in AZ?	former9thward	Jan 2013	#170
How about $1 for $1?	Tempest	Jan 2013	#173
Ignoring the CA link I see.	former9thward	Jan 2013	#174
That money isn't given to the state, it's spending that occurs IN the state.	Sirveri	Jan 2013	#180
Fail.	former9thward	Jan 2013	#181
Those are payments that support federal programs that are state administered.	Sirveri	Jan 2013	#182
I read the article but I don't get my knowledge of budgets from those.	former9thward	Jan 2013	#183
ALL STATES GET FEDERAL MONEY. WE GET LESS BACK THAN WE PAY	Sirveri	Jan 2013	#184
You can yell all you want but your "welfare" slurs won't fly here.	former9thward	Jan 2013	#185
Nobody ever said TX was a welfare state, because they also pay out more than they receive.	Sirveri	Jan 2013	#186
Nobody?	former9thward	Jan 2013	#187
No more and no less than I think this is welfare...	LanternWaste	Jan 2013	#137
Your post nothing to do with the discussion.	former9thward	Jan 2013	#139
Actually, it did	Tempest	Jan 2013	#142
You are correct.	former9thward	Jan 2013	#151
You continue to re-qualify tour statements	LanternWaste	Jan 2013	#155
That is funny.	former9thward	Jan 2013	#157
And we in New York should join you! ;) n/t	markpkessinger	Jan 2013	#64
Will that be before or after you receive the $60 billion in Sandy aid?	former9thward	Jan 2013	#152
Lol, my husband just said the same thing.	OnionPatch	Jan 2013	#95
If CA legalized pot, we'd be the 4th or 5th largest economy in the world. n/t	Tempest	Jan 2013	#146
Der Gropenfuhrer is spinning in his grave.	onehandle	Jan 2013	#5
I think he's got a movie coming out this month	Jack Rabbit	Jan 2013	#25
Have you seen the previews? What a stinker. n/t	Tempest	Jan 2013	#29
No, I haven't	Jack Rabbit	Jan 2013	#35
Meh, he had a few good ones back in the day	Downtown Hound	Jan 2013	#86
all that time	barbtries	Jan 2013	#6
I'm thinking about moving out West	John2	Jan 2013	#34
oh it will.	barbtries	Jan 2013	#46
Just stay out of the interior valley of CA	Tempest	Jan 2013	#54
Yep. But where I live, the Inland Empire, it's turning blue here, too.	BlueCaliDem	Jan 2013	#129
Interior valley is a conservative's wet dream	Tempest	Jan 2013	#133
You mean, "two issues the cons manipulate and rile up the residents with", because	BlueCaliDem	Jan 2013	#136
Thanks so much for that non-biased report	Le Taz Hot	Jan 2013	#141
I was talking mostly about Kern County, where I live	Tempest	Jan 2013	#143
If you want to trash your own county,	Le Taz Hot	Jan 2013	#159
I just live here	Tempest	Jan 2013	#160
And I'm sorry you CHOOSE	Le Taz Hot	Jan 2013	#161
The facts I provided are important to someone thinking of moving here	Tempest	Jan 2013	#164
Don't let the door hit you on the ass . . .	Le Taz Hot	Jan 2013	#165
I won't miss you and you won't miss me. But the state will miss the money my business generated.	Tempest	Jan 2013	#167
Bakersfield, Kern County area	chocolate ink	Jan 2013	#189
Been considering the same. n/t	Duval	Jan 2013	#63
I'm with you on that .. I live in f.. ing Georgia, N.Carolina can't be as bad.	YOHABLO	Jan 2013	#109
It won't	Alcibiades	Jan 2013	#128
Love working for the state of California.	CalFresh	Jan 2013	#7
I'm retiring in April	Semi_subversive	Jan 2013	#13
you will LOVE it!	shanti	Jan 2013	#97
Welcome to DU	wryter2000	Jan 2013	#27
He's lying	Demobrat	Jan 2013	#37
Check out his other posts	HangOnKids	Jan 2013	#70
It's more like state workers' salaries were CUT 13% over the last 2 years.	SunSeeker	Jan 2013	#83
Thank you!	HangOnKids	Jan 2013	#92
No, thank YOU.	SunSeeker	Jan 2013	#105
I retired before I had planned because Arnold had screwed things up so badly...	olddad56	Jan 2013	#106
To the Great State of California and Governor Jerry Brown!!!	sheshe2	Jan 2013	#8
I love our state!	SoapBox	Jan 2013	#9
Wow! This is wonderul	question everything	Jan 2013	#10
Cali is calling me home	demwing	Jan 2013	#11
But, but, but...I thought we were stupid lefty hippies for electing that 1970's flower child?	LoisB	Jan 2013	#12
and California was overpaying PUBLIC! EMPLOYEES! and OVERREGULATAXING BUSINESSES AWAY!!!!	alp227	Jan 2013	#112
Same nonsense we heard when they banned smoking in restaurants	Tempest	Jan 2013	#168
Yeah, but he probably did it by	TlalocW	Jan 2013	#14
Shhhhhh!	Politicalboi	Jan 2013	#38
Mr Moonbeam is shining today!	ReRe	Jan 2013	#17
Since 2011	MoonchildCA	Jan 2013	#115
Wow!......	ReRe	Jan 2013	#116
Indeed.	MoonchildCA	Jan 2013	#120
Aww, Gee	abelenkpe	Jan 2013	#19
This is encouraging news!	derby378	Jan 2013	#20
All it took	wryter2000	Jan 2013	#22
+1	freshwest	Jan 2013	#68
yep, and raising taxes	CountAllVotes	Jan 2013	#81
Democratic Party is the party that gets rid of the Spendaholics Republicans	lovuian	Jan 2013	#23
Spendaholics? Nah I'd say Austeriholics who hoard cash for the lobbyists, big donors, etc.	alp227	Jan 2013	#113
Republican Wilson was a spendaholic, which is a big reason for the deficit.	Tempest	Jan 2013	#147
Another Democrat cleaning up after	Lebam in LA	Jan 2013	#24
"The year of fiscal discipline." Sounds like austerity-speak.	Common Sense Party	Jan 2013	#30
1/4 of 1% sales tax increase. We increased taxes on the rich. n/t	Tempest	Jan 2013	#65
I voted YES on that too	CountAllVotes	Jan 2013	#66
Enough sensible Californians saw how it would help the state.	Tempest	Jan 2013	#69
Pres. Obama	CountAllVotes	Jan 2013	#71
This is why I voted for Jerry Brown in the last election	Jack Rabbit	Jan 2013	#32
Jerry Brown: Deficit is Gone	oldandhappy	Jan 2013	#33
It's a coin with a	Politicalboi	Jan 2013	#40
$1.3 billion in tax revenues to the state from legalization	Tempest	Jan 2013	#169
I love this fucking state. I really do.	byronius	Jan 2013	#41
I remember Brown's signs for the 1988 presidential election:	lexw	Jan 2013	#43
As this LA Times article makes clear, this is a _predicted_ surplus (by end of next year)	PoliticAverse	Jan 2013	#45
Great, now we can focus on paying back the	Mr.Bill	Jan 2013	#48
Gee, but I thought Dems were "tax-and-spenders" and Repubs were the fiscally responsible ones! (nt)	Nine	Jan 2013	#50
One of many lies Republicans tell. The fact is, more than 90% of the debt belongs to them. n/t	Tempest	Jan 2013	#58
Jerry! Jerry! Jerry! Jerry! Jerry!	Jamaal510	Jan 2013	#51
She spent millions more than he did and still lost	lunatica	Jan 2013	#125
So it works for states but not for the federal government?	dkf	Jan 2013	#55
I hope it is true. Time will tell.	Throd	Jan 2013	#57
working while going through chemo	CountAllVotes	Jan 2013	#61
Take the Republican out of office and put a Democrat in	Cali_Democrat	Jan 2013	#67
Congrats, California DUers!	Politicub	Jan 2013	#72
The damage done by republicans may get fixed after all.	Turbineguy	Jan 2013	#76
We bit the bullet and we DID it, and we didn't have to kill off the sick and elderly and poor to do	kestrel91316	Jan 2013	#77
Could GOP's voodonomics be wrong?	nietzschean	Jan 2013	#79
Hopefully now the rest of the country will....	Catch2.2	Jan 2013	#80
I'd like to thank my fellow Californians for	montanto	Jan 2013	#82
Can't be! Everybody knows Democrats are the party of reckless spending!	Downtown Hound	Jan 2013	#84
THe Republicans have been saying that since the New Deal	Jack Rabbit	Jan 2013	#91
Yes but at what price? Socialism?	rhett o rick	Jan 2013	#99
Now help the colleges for my grandkids	marlakay	Jan 2013	#104
After Pete Wilson and Arnold, we deserve to have an genuine human being for a governor.	olddad56	Jan 2013	#107
That's what happens when you put Democrats in charge.	Kablooie	Jan 2013	#110
Note to Norquist: We voted to tax ourselves	Hekate	Jan 2013	#111
I think Jerry Brown has been so effective because he doesn't give a	vanlassie	Jan 2013	#114
Nice Work Gov.	supercats	Jan 2013	#117
Now if we increased revenues	xxqqqzme	Jan 2013	#118
Love my Governor - hope his cancer treatment is going well n/t	Pachamama	Jan 2013	#121
Thanks to Jerry Brown we're on the road to recovery	flamingdem	Jan 2013	#122
I am proud to be a (transplanted) Californian!	Silver Gaia	Jan 2013	#124
This post was hidden by jury decision.	BenDover54	Jan 2013	#127
In. Your. Face. Republican'ts!	Turborama	Jan 2013	#130
Don't worry, Governor Brown	Thav	Jan 2013	#131
Not for many, many years	Tempest	Jan 2013	#135
great great news	samsingh	Jan 2013	#158
I'm so glad that CA has balanced it's budget, but....	ReRe	Jan 2013	#175
Yes, thank you!	Le Taz Hot	Jan 2013	#177
IT'S A MIRACLE!!!!!!!!!!!!	davidpdx	Jan 2013	#178
The Teabaggers are in mourning.	Odin2005	Jan 2013	#188

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