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Lol he now threatens California..

 
bravos 2017-02-12 22:07:58 

Talk about shooting yourself in the foot!! The guy said they should build the wall around California!,that's a very telling remark and some personal validation of my position and beliefs on this whole Trump debacle.

 
birdseye 2017-02-12 23:27:21 

In reply to bravos
California pays the federal government way more than it gets back – so it should secede -

California pays about 13 percent of all federal taxes and receives about 11 percent of federal expenditures. It's one of 11 states with a deficit between what it pays the feds and what it gets back. New Jersey has the biggest annual gap between spending and taxes, at more than $2,600 per person. New Mexico enjoys the biggest surplus, at more than $7,700 per person.

 
black 2017-02-12 23:29:23 

In reply to birdseye

Yeah, and that money goes to Red States like Mississippi and Louisiana.

 
FuzzyWuzzy 2017-02-13 09:00:12 

In reply to black

...who have more impact on electoral college than California and New York.

 
bravos 2017-02-13 12:52:23 

In reply to birdseye

Yeah that's what i was thinking,yet again with Trump everything is about backtracking or digging out of the garbage to then attain the obvious,very retrogressive,a whole big deal about the improbable and probably impossible,that relegates right thinking people to have to state the obvious...lol

 
SnoopDog 2017-02-13 13:44:44 

In reply to bravos

He really threatened to do that? #Unpresidented. lol

 
bravos 2017-02-13 14:39:36 

In reply to SnoopDog

The king of unpresidented..

 
djdrastic 2017-02-14 02:18:43 

Now that CalExit is in full swing , what to do about that pesky Oroville Dam problem ...

California wants to secede and become it’s own country. When you are your own country there is nobody else to bail you out when there is a problem (actually not really true). It seems this is a good test to see if they are ready to be their own country.

 
Priapus 2017-02-14 07:38:41 

In reply to djdrastic

If that ever happens I wonder how many californian women will move to the other 49 states to give birth so as to have a Yankee baby. big grin

 
bravos 2017-02-14 09:00:34 

In reply to Priapus

Yeah but it won't be USA again..

 
Tryangle 2017-02-14 09:20:27 

In reply to djdrastic

Wasn't there some stat that showed California on its own was like the 5th largest economy or something?

They literally could "go it alone" although if something catastrophic was to happen in say San Andreas, they may scramble.

 
bravos 2017-02-14 09:24:08 

In reply to Tryangle

Yep 6th..

 
djdrastic 2017-02-14 11:39:55 

In reply to Priapus

razz razz razz razz razz razz razz razz razz razz razz razz razz razz razz razz razz razz razz

CalExit seems stillborn at this point.Not even a month after Trump has been inaugurated as POTUS , Jerry Brown had to go down on one knee and ask for federal funding and help from Trumpty Dumpty.Protip Jerry , if you spent less money on welfare for illegal immigrants and building railways that lead to nowhere , maybe you would have enough money to look after your current infrastructure.


The whole situation is well summed up with the 2 beautiful images.

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