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Sounds like a Woolsey replacement to me.
If he were a financial advisor he would no doubt be in jail.

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I actually agree with you on a couple points. Yes, the Republicans are borrow and spend. However, the Democrats are EXACTLY THE SAME. BOTH parties waste trillions in taxpayer money. Neither party does anything that helps out the people who voted for them. Our political system consists mainly of people voting AGAINST someone, not people voting FOR someone. Politicians don’t need to have any principles, they just have to convince voters that their opponent is bad.

The argument for tax cuts is this…why is it believed that the government spends my earned dollar better than me? Why is someone who didn’t work hard, didn’t go to college, to grad school, get a specialized certification, etc entitled to the money I earned through years of sacrifice?

In school, I work hard and earn an 80 on an exam while a classmate who doesn’t put in the hours or the effort earns a 60. If school administration takes 10 points from me and gives them to my classmate we’d both have passing 70′s. Does this seem right?

In life, if I work hard, networking, selling my knowledge, skills and education, earning $250,000/year, while the guy in the next office does nothing and earns $50,000, why should I be penalized? What if I passed on having kids, the fancy car, the large house and saved $1,000,000 in my 401k, while he spent every dime he had (and then some, like the government), should I be forced to pay some sort of “millionaire’s tax”? I deferred spending to save but should be punished?? He wasted all his money and is now broke but should get MORE for nothing, from me who saved?? How does this make any sense?

The vast, vast majority of “wealthy” people in America got there because of saving, through hard work. Read “The Millionaire Next Door”. Yet, the government brainwashes the voters into thinking that those who have wealth somehow cheated their way to it, somehow got there by lying, taking advantage of people, through privilege, etc. The media focuses on the super wealthy, on Hollywood stars, athletes, etc. These are exceptions. The FACT is, the vast majority of the politicians got there via lying, cheating and privilege.

A large portion of tax revenue is spent on needless programs, redundant departments staffed by unnecessary employees and the purchase of votes so the politicians can remain in power. Do voters actually believe that the weasel they send to Sacramento or to Washington cares about them? Everything that is said by a politician is calculated. Look at Clinton’s recent statement. He said the “Bush” tax cuts (funny how they are STILL Bush’s) should be extended. Then, through pressure from Washington in an election year, he retracts his statement, spinning it into gibberish.

I can’t believe people actually believe that government is the answer to anything.

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You put your finger on the truth when you stated you were clueless. You and your feathered union friends are clueless when discussing President Bush and the Republicans.

The good news is that what happened in Wisconsin to SEIU and the teachers union will be falling on the public unions in California within a short time. So, injoy your cushy pension plan and over paid public job for now.

Common sense has taken root and will spread even to this little outpost of socialistic nirvana.

Allen and Huffman cannot stop the new political wave that will wash over the US in November.

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Yes this is all from the Dems.

The following information is from Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Republican_Party

There are NO Republicans serving in the statewide offices. NONE.

There 2 R’s out of 5 on the Board of Equalization.

State Senate
Republicans are in the minority, holding 15 of the 40 seats in the State Senate. Republicans have been the minority party in the Senate since 1956.

State Assembly
Republicans hold 27 of the 80 seats in the State Assembly[9]. The last time the Republicans were the majority party in the Assembly was from 1994-1996.

Mayoral offices
Of California’s ten largest cities, three have Republican mayors in 2011

U.S. House of Representatives
Out of the 53 seats California is apportioned in the U.S. House of Representatives, 19 are held by Republicans

U.S. Senate
None. Both of California U.S. Senate seats have held by Democrats since 1992

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I disagree with him but so much for your left/right rant.

We can both agree, I’m sure, that California is far from a shining example of what the left can do when it controls a State for nie on 60 years.

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No one can accuse the Republicans of being fiscal conservatives. As for small government-yeah, right. Let’s implement more laws controlling social behavior and start snooping in people’s bedrooms. Let’s combine religion and government so we can be as disfunctional and violent as the middle east fighting against each other because our “god” says so.

When you vote for Republicans THIS IS WHAT YOU GET. Not small government, but MORE government. Not fiscal conservatism, but profligate spending that doesn’t benefit the people who need it but only benefits those that already have most of the wealth already. We get crumbling infrastructure and our public schools’ funding is cut.

I imagine that not one of the posters on this site is of the 1% so I am clueless as to why they speak like they are and why they support those that want to take away the rights of most citizens. Why would anyone support the buying of our elections by the super rich is beyond me. Why anyone would want their rights taken away by a small minority of super rich MULTINATIONAL corporations (they aren’t even AMERICAN corporations anymore) is astonishing.

Moderate, intelligent Republican candidates have disappeared and all we have left are far right fanatics who will only do this nation harm.

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Yes, we’ll see what the absentee ballots reveal. My fingers are crossed for Dan Roberts continuing to hold 2nd place and running against Huffman in November. Sure, Roberts is the underdog, but so would Solomon.

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