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High-earning state employees' pay may be frozen
2008-12-06
Posted by:tipper

#7  So what happens when the rubes have no more dollars to fork over?

Bailout!
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2008-12-06 20:43  

#6  The Imaginary-Americans can always play imaginary taxes to fun imaginary finance, I'm sure, DarthVader.
Posted by: trailing wife   2008-12-06 20:34  

#5  So what happens when the rubes have no more dollars to fork over?
Posted by: DarthVader   2008-12-06 19:23  

#4  Don't worry, Big Jim, the governator and the legislature together will threaten to cut the usual stuff -- the schools, the prisons, and the hospitals -- so as to get the rubes to fork over more tax dollars. Cutting the PR people, the earmarks and the pet projects, of course, can't be done ...
Posted by: Steve White   2008-12-06 11:21  

#3  

Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC   2008-12-06 10:01  

#2  Been gone from the state for over 15 years, Its not the same place I grew up in. There is a lot of 'fat' that could be trimmed, a lot of 'recipients' who could be cut loose and a hell of a lot of people with 'bad backs' that could be forced to work if they wanted to eat.
Posted by: bigjim-ky   2008-12-06 08:46  

#1  Hey! Here's a way to make Cal some cash! SELL those gay marriage certificates for $250,000 per pop. Want your homo shackup legal? Reach for your wallet and show you're a public spirited citizen. Not enough scratch? Back in the closet with you.

Simple market solution.
Posted by: Jolutch Mussolini7800   2008-12-06 08:23  

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