Living in California is a privilege, and sometimes you pay for the privilege. Going to private school costs money but the public option is free, or almost free. Similarly living in California is an option that can be changed by moving to the greener pastures of Austin, etc.
Move then
Yep…. Personally I LOVE paying high taxes for the privilege of stepping over human waste on the sidewalk and having to deal with Pelosi as my rep….. CA is a shitshow.
Its not only theft its also a waste, only if handing those hundreds of billions was solving anything - but homelessness is not reducing and nothing gets better for middle class
CA is the socialist utopia people keep voting for. You are truly one of the privileged. Just surrender all your rights and money and CA will take care of everything. We will keep shipping our junkies your way. You guys do so much better taking care of them than the rest of us. If it gets to be too much, just develop an addiction and you to can crap on the sidewalk.
I'm not even clear what anyone is mad at Gavin about to recall him? Anyone who does this the year before a voting year IS A JOKE because you rather waste time and money on a recall so close to an election.
If you don't like California, GTFO
That is exactly what i did
There are some really bad things about California like high income taxes, NIMBYism, stupid real estate tax schemes, and out of control homelessness in city centers. And many good things, like weather, natural beauty, outdoors life, high TC, and smart people. You pick your poison and live your life. But recalling Gavin Newsom isn't going to fix homelessness, remove feces from the streets of SF, or stop the cycle of overpriced housing, too little building and NIMBY whiners.
Recalling is a signal to anyone doing a shit job
Gavin Newsom is not responsible for the higher taxes in California. If you recall, during the financial crisis California was hurt big time, like other places. Former Governor Brown proposed additional 3% taxes from people making more than certain threshold. The proposal was approved by the majority of California voters. The money was for the schools and a rejection would have meant more cuts for the education. This is how we ended up paying around 13% for highest earners in the state. Homelessness is a result of the high incomes competing for fewer properties in the area. This has brought enormous income inequality within the citizens. So for the have nots it is the van with small children vs. 2 people making $500K per annum and occupying a 2000 sq ft home. This is what inequality is. Blind is all about TC and you can read it here. Lower quality of life is a result of everyone having money and now money does not go far. Question is, how happy are people internally? If buying things bring happiness then I would see Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk …. dancing in the streets with happiness. Recalling the governor will not change anything here.
We'll keep recalling until someone changes things for better.
There is no shortage of room for more housing to be built (so that the current properties will have to lower their rents to stay competitive with new construction), it’s just that there’s too much regulation, corruption, and protectionism going on, disincentivizing developers and investors to create more housing opportunities.
Person with super tc thinks high taxation is bad Yawn, next
ohhhhh amazon. is it PIP season? do you work for a non-profit? miss me with the sanctimony. as a poster said above, TIRED of paying 40% in taxes for tent cities and shit in the street.
Hi, Andy here. Come join Amazon in Seattle and make great products for our customers. Our streets are clean and no state tax!