IDBillzFan Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 1 hour ago, Foxx said: holy freaking crap. i paid $2.21 this afternoon. That's likely from where he's at up Beverly Hills way. Regular unleaded at Costco is about $2.99 in Orange County. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 $2.39 a couple hours ago...and that was in the district, where gas is pricey. Prices in CA are probably jacked to cover the impending PG&E bankruptcy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedge Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 ~$3.45 in the East Bay Area of California Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prickly Pete Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 I live in the center of Los Angeles.... that is one of those ridiculous gas stations that one comes across now and then. The real price for 87 is about $3.20. I go to an Arco that is $2.99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4merper4mer Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 On January 10, 2019 at 9:34 PM, KD in CA said: Or just turn 45 degrees when they let fly. Is it dignity that prevents them from turning 90 degrees? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanker Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 Please don’t advocate that they do a 180. 25 minutes ago, 4merper4mer said: Is it dignity that prevents them from turning 90 degrees? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDBillzFan Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 16 hours ago, DC Tom said: $2.39 a couple hours ago...and that was in the district, where gas is pricey. Prices in CA are probably jacked to cover the impending PG&E bankruptcy. CA already approved PG&E to get that money from its customers by jacking up their bills. Plus, we just double-passed a gas tax on top of the other gas taxes to pay for infrastructure. I say double-passed because the tax was up for recall, for lack of a better term, in the last election, and CA approved it one more time. So CA pays about 58 cents per gallon in state taxes, which I think is about 25 cents more per gallon than the national average. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 40 minutes ago, LABillzFan said: CA already approved PG&E to get that money from its customers by jacking up their bills. Really, does anyone in California ever think anything through? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdnlng Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 25 minutes ago, DC Tom said: Really, does anyone in California ever think anything through? If they thought things through they wouldn't be ahead of everybody else and be the trendsetters that they are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 3 hours ago, LABillzFan said: CA already approved PG&E to get that money from its customers by jacking up their bills. Plus, we just double-passed a gas tax on top of the other gas taxes to pay for infrastructure. I say double-passed because the tax was up for recall, for lack of a better term, in the last election, and CA approved it one more time. So CA pays about 58 cents per gallon in state taxes, which I think is about 25 cents more per gallon than the national average. We/you/us never approved it the first time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDBillzFan Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 11 minutes ago, DC Tom said: Really, does anyone in California ever think anything through? As I'm sure is the case everywhere else, outside of solar (which is now mandated on every new house built in CA), you really don't have a choice where you get your power. So you either have to suck it up, or move. I'm fairly confident the people running this state don't care one way or another about thinking things through. They're happy with the state of the state because it provides for them tremendously. They have a lock on the state and the way it's run and no one will be changing that any time in the next few hundred years 7 minutes ago, Chef Jim said: We/you/us never approved it the first time. Could have sworn that was a vote the first time, but then again, I don't really waste my time voting here anymore, so I'm not surprised I remember that incorrectly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 4 hours ago, LABillzFan said: CA already approved PG&E to get that money from its customers by jacking up their bills. Plus, we just double-passed a gas tax on top of the other gas taxes to pay for infrastructure. I say double-passed because the tax was up for recall, for lack of a better term, in the last election, and CA approved it one more time. So CA pays about 58 cents per gallon in state taxes, which I think is about 25 cents more per gallon than the national average. And, I think, still lower than Pennsylvania's. Which is just ridiculous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDBillzFan Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 7 minutes ago, Joe in Winslow said: And, I think, still lower than Pennsylvania's. Which is just ridiculous. Saaaaaaalute! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 (edited) 3 minutes ago, LABillzFan said: Saaaaaaalute! It's incredible. NJ gets a rap for a high tax state, yet my income taxes AND the gas tax is lower in NJ than PA, and the sales tax is only .5% higher. Edited January 16, 2019 by Joe in Winslow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GG Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 2 hours ago, Joe in Winslow said: It's incredible. NJ gets a rap for a high tax state, yet my income taxes AND the gas tax is lower in NJ than PA, and the sales tax is only .5% higher. How's your property tax in Macungie of NJ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdnlng Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 3 hours ago, Joe in Winslow said: And, I think, still lower than Pennsylvania's. Which is just ridiculous. Regular gas in NW PA is now about $2.50 a gallon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 State Lawmakers Partied While California Burned. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 9 hours ago, GG said: How's your property tax in Macungie of NJ That's the kicker. Higher. 7 hours ago, 3rdnlng said: Regular gas in NW PA is now about $2.50 a gallon. Yeah, it's 2.10 down the road from me at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdnlng Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 2 hours ago, Joe in Winslow said: That's the kicker. Higher. Yeah, it's 2.10 down the road from me at the moment. I see it's at $1.67 at Cat-Rez in Irving, NY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 1 minute ago, 3rdnlng said: I see it's at $1.67 at Cat-Rez in Irving, NY. That's on a res. No taxes, doesn't count. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GG Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 2 hours ago, Joe in Winslow said: That's the kicker. Higher. Yeah, it's 2.10 down the road from me at the moment. To be fair, Jersey gets a bit screwed in income tax collection because a good number of its highest earners pay NYS and PA income tax, and Jersey only gets a small portion of the total state income tax because of the state tax credits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 8 minutes ago, GG said: To be fair, Jersey gets a bit screwed in income tax collection because a good number of its highest earners pay NYS and PA income tax, and Jersey only gets a small portion of the total state income tax because of the state tax credits. Jersey also has a progressive taxation system for income, versus a flat 3% in PA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 No "he" or "she" WATCH: Democrat State Senator Announces Using 'He/She' Pronouns Will Be Banned During Hearings California knows no bounds when it comes to radical LGBT activism. On Thursday, State Senator and Senate Judiciary Committee chair Hannah-Beth Jackson (D-Santa Barbara) announced that only "gender neutral" pronouns will be permitted during committee hearings. "Our first order of business is to approve the committee rules. I'd like to note — in respecting the fact that we are now a state recognizing the non-binary designation as a gender — he and she, we are now merging them so we are using what my grammar teacher would have had a heart attack over: we are using the phrase ‘they’ and replacing other designations so it's a gender neutral designation: ‘they,’” announced the Democrat. “Basically, that’s the primary reforms and revisions to the committee rules.” “In the spirit of gender neutrality for the rules of this committee, we now designate the chair as ‘they,’” Jackson corrected the record. https://www.dailywire.com/news/42389/watch-democrat-state-senator-announces-politically-amanda-prestigiacomo?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_content=062316-news&utm_campaign=dwbrand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevbeau Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 Working big to small. They should have things back on track by 3019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxx Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 https://twitter.com/DailyCaller/status/1087774482088054786 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 Quote Los Angeles TimesVerified account @latimes FollowFollow @latimes Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to use state funds to help migrant families arriving at the California border. .He said what? wait I thought #California didn't have the money to pay their teachers fair wages, but now he have money to pay for #Immigrants programs, and what about Americans and veterans homeless #teacherstrike #teacher Inner Cities in California are full of American Citizens high on drugs and poor and hurting. Homeless Americans all over the streets and you have the audacity to earmark money to help illlegals? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numark3 Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 Eh, I don't agree with this thread. Does California do a lot of goofy things? Of course. A ton in fact. But they also drive a lot of progressive ideas in our court system, historically and currently. Their views are pretty crucial to our legal system, and it is one of the more important states when it comes to this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDBillzFan Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 (edited) 9 minutes ago, Crayola64 said: Eh, I don't agree with this thread. Does California do a lot of goofy things? Of course. A ton in fact. But they also drive a lot of progressive ideas in our court system, historically and currently. Their views are pretty crucial to our legal system, and it is one of the more important states when it comes to this. I'm going to assume you don't live in CA. I'm not going to argue with your point; I just want to point out that stories like "Newsome wants to give money to illegals to help them" and "Newsome wants illegals to have free health care" and "Newsome wants to tax water" and "Newsome wants to increase gas taxes" is why so many of us are running out of the state. The government is bending over to give money to illegals, and give them sanctuary as they murder and maim taxpaying Americans, but making homeless suffer and being the B word of every union here, especially the teachers right now. The unions will get their money and Newsome will tax something else to pay for it, but on behalf of those companies who are tired of carrying the tax needs of 40M people on its back, I'm out. This state can go eff itself because it literally cares not one iota for it's people. Edited January 23, 2019 by LABillzFan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numark3 Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 (edited) 7 minutes ago, LABillzFan said: I'm going to assume you don't live in CA. I'm not going to argue with your point; I just want to point out that stories like "Newsome wants to give money to illegals to help them" and "Newsome wants illegals to have free health care" and "Newsome wants to tax water" and "Newsome wants to increase gas taxes" is why so many of us are running out of the state. The government is bending over to give money to illegals, and give them sanctuary as they murder and maim taxpaying Americans, but making homeless suffer and being the B word of every union here, especially the teachers right now. The unions will get their money and Newsome will tax something else to pay for it, but on behalf of those companies who are tired of carrying the tax needs of 40M people on its back, I'm out. This state can go eff itself because it literally cares not one iota for it's people. I think laughing at their silliness and disagreeing with their ideas is fine, but their progressiveness is definitely a trailblazer for the country and the court system. The ideas they get right can be trendsetters. That's my only point haha No I don't live there (though I do enjoy my time there!), but I do a lot of work there. Edited January 23, 2019 by Crayola64 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 16 minutes ago, Crayola64 said: Eh, I don't agree with this thread. Does California do a lot of goofy things? Of course. A ton in fact. But they also drive a lot of progressive ideas in our court system, historically and currently. Their views are pretty crucial to our legal system, and it is one of the more important states when it comes to this. WARNING: you may contain chemicals that have been found to cause cancer in the State of California. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numark3 Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 Just now, DC Tom said: WARNING: you may contain chemicals that have been found to cause cancer in the State of California. I think it is all of the La Croix I am drinking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDBillzFan Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 21 minutes ago, Crayola64 said: I think laughing at their silliness and disagreeing with their ideas is fine, but their progressiveness is definitely a trailblazer for the country and the court system. The ideas they get right can be trendsetters. That's my only point haha it's all fine until I have to pay for it. That's where I drew the line. I can laugh and mock them all I want, but in the end, I realized it wasn't enough. I had to leave. Financially, this state is a mess. A nasty, nasty mess. I mean, it's no Canada, but it's pretty effin' nasty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Brown Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 On 1/17/2019 at 7:50 AM, 3rdnlng said: I see it's at $1.67 at Cat-Rez in Irving, NY. Shouldn't have moved. I remember filling up for $.99 cents there in 2003. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numark3 Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 4 minutes ago, LABillzFan said: it's all fine until I have to pay for it. That's where I drew the line. I can laugh and mock them all I want, but in the end, I realized it wasn't enough. I had to leave. Financially, this state is a mess. A nasty, nasty mess. I mean, it's no Canada, but it's pretty effin' nasty. It isn't at the top of my list of places I want to move (hello Austin), and no arguing about its financial state. But from the outside, their goofiness can be a good thing. Also, their bad goofiness really helps me have work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Brown Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 Glad the LA teachers got a raise and other demands. Props to the fireman and celebrities for marching with them during the strike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdnlng Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 5 minutes ago, Doc Brown said: Glad the LA teachers got a raise and other demands. Props to the fireman and celebrities for marching with them during the strike. Question is, will they ever see their pensions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Brown Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 12 minutes ago, 3rdnlng said: Question is, will they ever see their pensions? Wasn't the state in major debt before Brown took office? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdnlng Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 2 minutes ago, Doc Brown said: Wasn't the state in major debt before Brown took office? Their unfunded pension obligations are enormous. The Trump economy helped their immediate needs but they are in deepshit long term. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Brown Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 (edited) 7 minutes ago, 3rdnlng said: Their unfunded pension obligations are enormous. The Trump economy helped their immediate needs but they are in deepshit long term. Most of the recovery happened under Obama after the recession reached its peak, but I'm guessing the repeal of the SALT deduction doesn't help as they're so dependent on the high tax rate of those making 250k or more. You're probably right. Edited January 23, 2019 by Doc Brown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedge Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 CA state senator bans gendered pronouns, but then violates her own rules over and over 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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