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

Thu Jan 10, 2013, 03:44 PM

35. No, I haven't

I've just seen a poster in front of one of the local theaters.

When you come right down to it, all of his movies are stinkers, but in most cases no one cares about that when watching one.

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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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