Dante Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 23 hours ago, IDBillzFan said: The issue, I think, is that the government is forcing private companies to take on customers they may prefer not to take on. Private companies know the government that can force them to take on customers who don't fit their business plan/model can also, after the fact, force them to cap their costs and absorb the losses. If there is a true need to provide high-cost home insurance to high-risk homes, someone or some company will fill that void, or people will stop buying houses in high-risk areas. Exactly. And when the insurance companies go broke, the government will have to nationalize that industry cause they are so much better at running things Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDBillzFan Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 1 hour ago, B-Man said: Trump signs memorandum diverting water to California’s Central Valley farms Smart play on Trump's behalf. CA will never turn red because of ballot harvesting, but those ballots are always blue. But he can add to his popular vote total so if he wins re-election and gets the popular vote at the same time, the left will finally shut up about eliminating the electoral college. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinga Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 On 2/19/2020 at 9:51 PM, Koko78 said: Oh don't worry, the followup bill will make it a guaranteed human right to have fire insurance for $12 a month. Being dumb as a rock is a basic human right too, doesn't mean we should enforce it though... ??? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldTimeAFLGuy Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, IDBillzFan said: Smart play on Trump's behalf. CA will never turn red because of ballot harvesting, but those ballots are always blue. But he can add to his popular vote total so if he wins re-election and gets the popular vote at the same time, the left will finally shut up about eliminating the electoral college. California sues Trump administration to block water rules California has sued the Trump administration to block new rules that would let farmers take more water from the state's rivers By ADAM BEAM Associated Press February 21, 2020, https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/california-sues-trump-administration-block-water-rules-69117153 Edited February 21, 2020 by OldTimeAFLGuy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDBillzFan Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 28 minutes ago, OldTimeAFLGuy said: California sues Trump administration to block water rules California has sued the Trump administration to block new rules that would let farmers take more water from the state's rivers Leftist nutbags are so predictable. Like shooting Delta Smelt in a barrel. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldTimeAFLGuy Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 3 hours ago, IDBillzFan said: Leftist nutbags are so predictable. Like shooting Delta Smelt in a barrel. ...LOL...lawsuit was pretty predictable...what the hell took so long?...........why not build desalination plants for all of the water they'd ever need?.....naw, makes sense..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDBillzFan Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 Great article here on LA homeless problem. Worth the read. I've driven through and around this area a few times. It's breathtakingly heartbreaking. And housing is not the problem. The Moral Crisis of Skid Row. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCal Deek Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 12 hours ago, IDBillzFan said: Great article here on LA homeless problem. Worth the read. I've driven through and around this area a few times. It's breathtakingly heartbreaking. And housing is not the problem. The Moral Crisis of Skid Row. Couldn’t agree more. I had reason to drive through their the other day on the way to a meeting downtown. I was shocked that this could go on in America! Clean it up. This is what happens when liberal empathy runs unchecked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldTimeAFLGuy Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 12 hours ago, IDBillzFan said: Great article here on LA homeless problem. Worth the read. I've driven through and around this area a few times. It's breathtakingly heartbreaking. And housing is not the problem. The Moral Crisis of Skid Row. .......took the family to California in 2006 and stayed in San Diego.....coming back from Six Flags Magic Mountain (we were roller coaster nuts), I made a wrong turn off I-5 South and ended up in the garment district of LA, smack dab in the middle of a homeless encampment......literally 100's in a cardboard box community....thought we were dead......hardly publicized then......cannot imagine how exponentially worse it is today....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCal Deek Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 2 minutes ago, OldTimeAFLGuy said: .......took the family to California in 2006 and stayed in San Diego.....coming back from Six Flags Magic Mountain (we were roller coaster nuts), I made a wrong turn off I-5 South and ended up in the garment district of LA, smack dab in the middle of a homeless encampment......literally 100's in a cardboard box community....thought we were dead......hardly publicized then......cannot imagine how exponentially worse it is today....... Believe me when I say you would not believe how bad it is now. It’s stunning! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdnlng Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 17 hours ago, OldTimeAFLGuy said: ...LOL...lawsuit was pretty predictable...what the hell took so long?...........why not build desalination plants for all of the water they'd ever need?.....naw, makes sense..... How dare you remove salt from its natural habitat! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldTimeAFLGuy Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 1 hour ago, 3rdnlng said: How dare you remove salt from its natural habitat! ...SINCERELY apologize.....CERTAINLY overstepped my bounds questioning Cali leadership......it is the model the other 49 should aspire to follow........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdnlng Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 12 minutes ago, OldTimeAFLGuy said: ...SINCERELY apologize.....CERTAINLY overstepped my bounds questioning Cali leadership......it is the model the other 49 should aspire to follow........... California's major natural problems (that means not their propensity for regulating the regulations) basically all stem to their lack of enough fresh water. Why they haven't put their efforts and money into solving that instead of liberal fantasies like the bullet train is symptomatic of their unicorn fueled philosophies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldTimeAFLGuy Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 2 minutes ago, 3rdnlng said: California's major natural problems (that means not their propensity for regulating the regulations) basically all stem to their lack of enough fresh water. Why they haven't put their efforts and money into solving that instead of liberal fantasies like the bullet train is symptomatic of their unicorn fueled philosophies. ...shocking isn't it?......like Alaska and Stevens' "bridge to no where"....or Bob Byrd's "$140 mil WVU monorail"...Cali's water consumption will only INCREASE with the "daily fecal wash"........and now here in NY, we have Big Fredo yapping about high speed rail......along with his desire for 100% paid leave for all NY workers (<30 hrs get 5 days; > 30 hours get 7 days) in addition to Family Paid Leave......our Union workforce get a dollar amount incorporated into their hourly wage for vacation time....cast an all inclusive umbrella, and it costs us $750K/yr...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdnlng Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 1 minute ago, OldTimeAFLGuy said: ...shocking isn't it?......like Alaska and Stevens' "bridge to no where"....or Bob Byrd's "$140 mil WVU monorail"...Cali's water consumption will only INCREASE with the "daily fecal wash"........and now here in NY, we have Big Fredo yapping about high speed rail......along with his desire for 100% paid leave for all NY workers (<30 hrs get 5 days; > 30 hours get 7 days) in addition to Family Paid Leave......our Union workforce get a dollar amount incorporated into their hourly wage for vacation time....cast an all inclusive umbrella, and it costs us $750K/yr...... We simply need more business people involved in our various governments. It seems like we understand that there's such a thing as unintended consequences and that foresight is a good thing. Politicians not so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDBillzFan Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 12 minutes ago, 3rdnlng said: Why they haven't put their efforts and money into solving that instead of liberal fantasies like the bullet train is symptomatic of their unicorn fueled philosophies. First, because there simply is not enough money in fixing the water issue, relative to the bullet train or the housing they're building for the homeless. Those projects trickle down to friends, families and unions getting their work and kickbacks, which get laundered back to the Dem state campaigns. You start doling out money to 'companies' that will clear the land and build the rail...and there are countless 'contractors and subcontractors' who get that cash...and they toss much of that cash back to the elected (Newsome, Garcetti, Sanchez, etc.) Same with the homeless housing; the real estate, the contractors, the builders, the electricians, plumbers, and every other union trade gets its kickbacks from the Dems, who collect campaign contributions from that same money, until they've blown through $20M and have two studio apartments to show for it. The difference is that building high-speed rail and housing for homeless does not turn off another money spigot. Addressing the water issue means cutting off the green money, and that green money comes in in a way that solving the water issue and preparing for another drought will never fund through laundering. In the end, the leftists running don't care about rails, or homeless or droughts. They care about the money and power. Residents be damned. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldTimeAFLGuy Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 1 minute ago, 3rdnlng said: We simply need more business people involved in our various governments. It seems like we understand that there's such a thing as unintended consequences and that foresight is a good thing. Politicians not so much. .....for how many years has the battle cry been, "we need a Washington outsider to clean up the mess"?......and for how many years did entrenched politicians try to fraudulently run as THE Washington outsider most qualified?...thus the armored shield of the "Good Old Boyz Network" remained intact......until NOW.....Trump is a true Washington outsider and the armor has been breached......do I like his business practices?...nope....is he obnoxious, abrasive, abusive, caustic, arrogant et al?...yup.....is THAT what Washington needed?.. damn right IMO....and the "network" is reeling from the "breach", in full retreat....so is MAGA a ruse?.....of course...he was SOLELY after free digs at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, wealth pursuit, free jet travel, book deal, his very own library as well as the HUGE salary...how about "draining the swamp"?.....FBI, CIA, DOJ, etc corrupt?......an orchestrated political coup?.....blasphemy!....this could never happen in the "world's greatest democracy" that we've pedaled globally for years......IMPOSSIBLE....so cleaning up "our own damn house" is underway, FINALLY.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdnlng Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 7 minutes ago, IDBillzFan said: First, because there simply is not enough money in fixing the water issue, relative to the bullet train or the housing they're building for the homeless. Those projects trickle down to friends, families and unions getting their work and kickbacks, which get laundered back to the Dem state campaigns. You start doling out money to 'companies' that will clear the land and build the rail...and there are countless 'contractors and subcontractors' who get that cash...and they toss much of that cash back to the elected (Newsome, Garcetti, Sanchez, etc.) Same with the homeless housing; the real estate, the contractors, the builders, the electricians, plumbers, and every other union trade gets its kickbacks from the Dems, who collect campaign contributions from that same money, until they've blown through $20M and have two studio apartments to show for it. The difference is that building high-speed rail and housing for homeless does not turn off another money spigot. Addressing the water issue means cutting off the green money, and that green money comes in in a way that solving the water issue and preparing for another drought will never fund through laundering. In the end, the leftists running don't care about rails, or homeless or droughts. They care about the money and power. Residents be damned. The fifth largest economy in the world feeds on its own like Alferd Packer in a snowstorm. At some point in time California will run out of relatives and be forced to eat itself. What a shame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldTimeAFLGuy Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 37 minutes ago, 3rdnlng said: The fifth largest economy in the world feeds on its own like Alferd Packer in a snowstorm. At some point in time California will run out of relatives and be forced to eat itself. What a shame. ...yup....and "sooner versus later" would never be a wake up call..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDBillzFan Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 3 hours ago, 3rdnlng said: At some point in time California will run out of relatives and be forced to eat itself. What a shame. I used to think that, but the reality is that there are 40M people there, and many of them simply accept this as the cost to live in CA, and others (like myself) have been there so long they don't know the difference. They joke and gripe about the high-speed rail fiasco and the water issues and fire issues. They ignore the homeless issue because most people don't leave near those tent cities, and if the tent cities start to get unruly, like the one at Angels stadium, they just sweep the area, hose it down, and the homeless find some other place to set up camp. Leaving was huge for my family, and we didn't even realize how incredible it would be until after we got out. It's impossible for me to explain it. Suffice it to say, it's incredibly enjoyable to spend time with people in space. There are no real lines to stand in, no real traffic to sit in, no people crowding us on our property, or at work, or anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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