Comments on: Forget About Pension Reform

By: Skyisnotfalling

Skyisnotfalling — Sun, 06 May 2012 03:22:27 +0000

All you doomesdayers shouldn’t worry because you probably also believe civilization is ending this December anyways. Right…
Just wait a few years because most of you complainers are probably ex mortgage brokers who raped the common man this last decade and now you are out of jobs. Right….
When Obama turns the economy back around you’ll all be rich again and forget about the backbone of our society. Cops, firefighters and Teachers. …. Right

By: SeeSaw

SeeSaw — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 00:02:12 +0000

You green monsters, with the pitchforks you would love to stick into public workers, are pitiful, to watch–I am embarrassed for you.

By: Tom Farrell

Tom Farrell — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 21:58:37 +0000

“Tough Love says:
The arrogance of Public Sector Unions, the workers, and the Politicians who allow this financial rape of the Taxpayers make me yearn for an acceleration of the day the Plans fails so we can watch the actives & those already retired go for the jugular to reap the most of the remaining spoils.”

I know, its going to be fun to watch…

By: Tough Love

Tough Love — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 19:59:33 +0000

The arrogance of Public Sector Unions, the workers, and the Politicians who allow this financial rape of the Taxpayers make me yearn for an acceleration of the day the Plans fails so we can watch the actives & those already retired go for the jugular to reap the most of the remaining spoils.

By: queeg

queeg — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 19:01:58 +0000

Stop crying….BK IS NOT A DIRTY WORD!!

By: Rex The Wonder Dog!

Rex The Wonder Dog! — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 03:45:22 +0000

However, Molly Munger’s tax on everyone is losing with only 45% support.

Beels do you know who Molly Munger really is???

She the the daughter of Charlie Munger-Warren Buffetts #2 at Berkshire Hathaway-and a billionaire like Buffett. BTW both are lawyers and Mungers firm is one fo the bluest of the blue chip law firms in So Cal- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munger,_Tolles_%26_Olson

Anything a billionaire is proposing is not going to make it past the start line, much less the finish ,ine.

By: Bob

Bob — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 23:08:37 +0000

Even if these tax increases pass what are they going to do when that won’t solve the budget problems? Clown Brown is either a liar or an idiot. This is from a Dan Walters column in the Such Bee:

The Legislature’s budget analyst declared that revenue for the remainder of this fiscal year and all of the next is likely to be $6.5 billion short of Brown’s expectations, even with the proposed tax increase and even counting a $2 billion windfall from Facebook’s big stock sale.

It’s a big number – ironically, just about as big as what Brown has hoped to realize from the sales and income taxes he’ll put before voters next November – and shatters the scenario that Brown has been peddling for weeks.

http://www.sacbee.com/2012/02/28/4295881/dan-walters-jerry-browns-budget.html

By: Beelzebub

Beelzebub — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 18:34:27 +0000

The LA Times reported that the latest polls show that there is majority support for both the millionaires only tax and for Jerry Clown’s sales/millionaire’s tax. 63% and 58%, respectively. However, Molly Munger’s tax on everyone is losing with only 45% support.

The interesting part of the analysis is that if all three tax proposals qualify for the ballot all three would LOSE!

So let’s hope and pray all three qualify.

A couple months ago I recall that polls showed well over 60% support for Jerry Clown’s tax proposal. The latest shows only 58%. There are still 8 months left before election day and support is slipping.

By: CalWatchdog

CalWatchdog — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 17:38:36 +0000

This only accelerates the bankruptcy of the whole pension system.

— John Seiler

By: Rex The Wonder Dog!

Rex The Wonder Dog! — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 06:31:51 +0000

No way will the pension/sales tax pass.

They tried it in San Diego last year and it was destroyed in a landslide. By a 3-1 wholloping.

It may be closer statewide, but I still predict a 2-1 landslide- minimum. The jig is up on the pensions and cost of public employees-twice that of the real world. There is NO WAY in this climate anything close to a tax hike is going to get traction.