09-20-2010, 04:48 PM
The ARRA is more of a life preserver than stimulus for California since they can't even afford to employ half their workforce, so the bill kept hundreds of thousands of public workers employed.
However my biggest bitch about Democrats, especially the California Democrats, is them being in fucking bed with the Departments of Correction, Education, Transportation, etc. unions. I can complain all I want about the gross lobbying that Republicans receive from the oil industry, big pharma, tobacco, NRA, etc. but Democrats get just as much influence and wasted expenditure from the aforementioned unions.
California pensions are underfunded by hundreds of billions yet there are tens of thousands of retired public workers in California receiving $100,000 a year or more in pensions! Retired prison guards, elementary school teachers, traffic controllers, etc. all raking in more than $10,000 a month!
Here is a list of those receiving $100,000+ pensions in California: http://database.californiapensionreform ... le=calpers
I hate linking things from FOX but unfortunately this is a fairly accurate summary of what is going on in California.
However my biggest bitch about Democrats, especially the California Democrats, is them being in fucking bed with the Departments of Correction, Education, Transportation, etc. unions. I can complain all I want about the gross lobbying that Republicans receive from the oil industry, big pharma, tobacco, NRA, etc. but Democrats get just as much influence and wasted expenditure from the aforementioned unions.
California pensions are underfunded by hundreds of billions yet there are tens of thousands of retired public workers in California receiving $100,000 a year or more in pensions! Retired prison guards, elementary school teachers, traffic controllers, etc. all raking in more than $10,000 a month!
Here is a list of those receiving $100,000+ pensions in California: http://database.californiapensionreform ... le=calpers
I hate linking things from FOX but unfortunately this is a fairly accurate summary of what is going on in California.