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Steal From The Poor And Give To Whom?

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Thank you oh great leaders and minds running this nut house.

The Los Angeles County board of supervisors is considering a 1/4% increase in the county wide sales tax to fund programs to help the 47,000+ (and increasing) homeless population.

Just “For Your Information”, the LA County sales tax will be 9.5% in 2017 and automatically goes up to 10% in 2039.  The proposed increase is on top of all of that.  All of you nice Angelenos will be paying almost 10% on everything you buy if the measure passes.

The sales tax increase is expected to generate $335,000,000.00 each year. Yesiree, Bob, that’s more than a THIRD OF A BILLION DOLLAR$. More than $7000 for every homeless person.

Looking at it another way, the money raised for the 47,000 works out to a $3.56 per hour raise for each of them if they worked full-time. Someone who makes $15 per hour (for all you Feel The Bern folks), that’s equivalent to a 24% raise!  The 2017 minimum wage in Los Angeles will be $12 per hour so that would be almost a 30% raise.

Everyone ready for your 30% raise next year? Of course we all get those sorts of raises every single year.  Woohoo!  Just need to be one of the 47,000,

Here’s my take. A sales tax increase is about the most regressive tax that can be enacted. What do I mean by that? Well sales tax is paid at the same rate whether you’re rich or poor. The people that a sales tax increase hurts the most are the working poor. It takes a bigger bite out of what money they have to live on than it does to a wealthy individual. That’s why we have income tax brackets. Those on the lower end pay at a lower rate than those who are the top wage earners. Sales tax is not graduated by income.  Of course the brain trust with all their great wisdom of the ages, and their caring progressive socialist agenda, takes this all into consideration, as they stick it to the hard working people that they SAY (words can be cheap) they look out for and represent.  And they still wonder why Mr. Trump won the Presidential Election.

To be fair, the geniuses who think up this stuff, the County Supervisors, are part of the WORKING POOR and they feel the pain of having to get by on ONLY about $200,000 in annual salary and $3,000,000 (that’s right 3 MILLION DOLLAR$) in expenses. The $3 million is to cover office supplies, staff, limousines, pet projects, you know the day to day stuff we all spend $3 million a year on.  And I’m not counting any of the side deals that of course DON’T happen, wink wink.  Tough to get by on that paltry amount.  So they are suffering along with the rest of us dregs.  “I feel your pain“, Bill ‘Flat broke with only $150 million’ Clinton.

All part of the great progressive movement of wealth redistribution.  Robbing Hood, steal from the working poor and give the the non-working!  Seems fair to me.  The fairness of it all makes my ‘DEPLORABLE‘ (I’m one of those low life racist, bigoted, misogynistic, xenophobic, conservatives who obviously doesn’t give a crap) body feel all tingly!  Of course I may be feeling something sneaking up from behind.  I’d best not drop the soap…

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I Beg Your Pardon?

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Several “lawmakers” (and from my take of the Constitution, do they truly understand law?) and “dignitaries” such as the esteemed Jesse ‘what the hell did he say?’ Jackson, are calling for President Obama to pardon Hillybob.

The power of The President to pardon individuals is granted by The United States Constitution in Article II, Section 2.  The wording pertaining to pardons is as follows:

“… he shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offences against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.”

I’ll state right now that I am not a lawyer nor do I play one on TV but my take is that you need to be GUILTY of an offence before you can be pardoned.

This means all the nice folks calling for her to be pardoned believe that SHE IS GUILTY! I’m happy to hear (okay it’s hilarious!) that the liberal left is now admitting to her culpability in committing multiple FELONIES.

Okay, this may seem odd, but I will defend Hillybob and say that at this point she has not been CHARGED nor CONVICTED of any crimes and still has the presumption of innocence until such time as she is charged and if found guilty, convicted.

I would suspect the the legend in his own mind, greatest “Constitutional Scholar” in American history, President Obama, can see that he’s in a wee bit of a pickle  if he tries to somehow let her off the hook by using a Presidential pardon.

Anyhow, if her “friends“, and as they saying goes, “with friends like those who needs enemies!“, want to convict her in the court of public opinion by continuing to demand for a pardon, that is their First Amendment Right to do so.

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Zombies Are REAL!

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I didn’t believe that Zombies actually existed until I read about a bill that outgoing, Senator “Babs” Boxer wants to introduce. I did not realize that the brain dead  could author a Senate bill.  You can read her (Its?  Do zombies have gender?) call to eliminate the Electoral College on her official website HERE.

Babs, yes, I know, even as the walking brain dead, you are smarter than The Framers of The United States Constitution.  Those stupid white guys who created the Electoral College to prevent the large population centers from controlling the seat of power as well preventing the marginalization of the voters of a diversified union of states.  And I know that after your passing you will be honored for having had such superior insight and leadership, the magnitude of which was greater than Washington, Jefferson, Adams, Franklin, and the rest of the gang that created The Constitution, combined.  They will no doubt create the  second largest monument (only The Hillybob Monument will be larger) in Washington DC to memorialize your savior status in The United States.

I’m with you, Babs, “F” those ‘Rust Belt’ racist, bigoted, sexist, misogynist, xenophobes.  We the collective subjects in the People’s Republik of Kalifornia, en masse know the progressive East and West Coast values are what’s best for EVERYONE because we do Yoga and eat Kale (or in your case Kale fed brains).

I’ll make a simple suggestion to you Babs, which will prove that the “Electoral College is a disaster for democracy“.

Senator Babs, make the Electoral College votes in The People’s Republik of Kalifornia, proportional to the vote tallies of the subjects of the state. Easy peasy!  34 votes for The Anointed One, and 21 votes for Mr. Trump.

No need to overhaul the United States Constitution.  This can be done quickly and efficiently at the local level.

This would allow the Electoral College vote of the Golden State to represent the WILL OF THE PEOPLE of Kalifornia,  What could be more DEMOCRATIC?

You wouldn’t need to amend the United States Constitution to make the system FAIRER for all by starting at the state level.

Show the country what to do!  Lead the way to voter reform starting with Kalifornia, Babs!  You have been our state anointed one since the ‘Year of The Woman‘ (1992).  Babs, lead us and we will follow!  Show the rest of the country that we of the Golden Granola State are the most progressive and enlightened people in the country.

Senator Babs, from one of your subjects, you’re welcome, and I’m humbly honored to serve you, the state, and our country.  If you need more suggestions of actions to take, just leave me a comment.  I have a fecal load more things that I’d like to say to you.

What was that?  Did you just say “Oh sh*t” that doesn’t help Hillybob?