Taxes and rent need to come down, this place is worthless. Just recently is when lots of small sandwich shops and burritos etc. have been dropping out and the building is up for lease but the rent did not come down dramatically like real estate residental areas. Seems to be a lot of hype since year 2000. Schiff says America stagnated then, not 2007. Seems those who took the money and ran just made it cost more for a paint job lacking primer ending up costing more than ever to remove the paint.
Hey, here's an idea... get churchs and religious organisations to start paying their taxes, like everybody else. Cutting money to schools in CA is a huge mistake.
Why fund the public schools when the graduates are leaving without knowing how to even read or write? Math aptitude tests are dismal. It's a complete waste of dwindling tax dollars.
This new budget raises taxes on a gallon of gas by 12 cents, raises the sales tax by a penny, doubles the car registration tax, and places a 5 percent fee on people to file their state taxes. It will place an estimated $1700 a year tax increase on every household in the state over the next five years. We already have the highest sales, income, and business taxes in the country!
Google "KFI John and Ken show",listen to some of the shows for more info, and find out why Californians are fed up.
I can't imagine schools with cut programs to support our Gifted and Talented and English Language Development students; schools with no librarians; schools with no athletic programs and not tutoring programs. Schools without counselors is NOT the solution.
Keep in mind that California is ranked 33rd in per-student spending out of all th States.
Cuts in education? Please, attend your local Board of Education meeting to see the true impact of these cuts. Granted, unions have a great deal of power, and I don't disagree that there are so many ineffective tenured teachers, but, this is not the time to address these issues when we are facing the possibility of taking away basic programs and services for our State's children.
There is on average one paid administrator per every six teachers. This goes beyond stupid, it's featherbedding at best. Why can't the parents raise their own kids instead of some Marxist-socialistic State program that sucks up precious tax dollars? You public employees are living outside of reality. You can't continue to tax the broken working class into prosperity.
I pay 8.25% sales tax here in the city of the angels. State Income tax is around 10-15% of my income when you include things like state disabilty insurance and state unemployment insurance. My gas is taxed, my car registration is taxed, the smog from my car is taxed, and I am forced to buy liability insurance. I don't want to pay more taxes to the state of CA.
Low? The average family currently pays between 50-70% of their gross income into taxes when you consider property, sales, license, registration, excise taxes, etc. Are we to allow ourselves to become enslaved unto the Almighty State? What's left of a worker's wages for himself to use as he sees fit?
And every time the issue of CA and it's budget/funding comes up I have to ask..."Doesn't anyone see a problem with overpopulation in CA"? You'd be surprised at the amount of resources that would be freed up for EVERYTHING if they'd just start deporting and secure our borders. So don't whine about school funding. This country has US citizen kids starving and dying from lack...get past this problem 1st then they can cry about education/schools. Got it?
The California school system in concert with the teachers union has brought California to its knees. I have witnessed firsthand tenure teachers that are completely ineffective. We need to get to work firing ineffective teachers and administrators. The dead wood once cut will allow younger teachers to come in and pick up the slack. Ive also seen boarded up schools empty because there arent enough kids. We should take a look at the assets and provide more transparency to the education budget.
Taxes and rent need to come down, this place is worthless. Just recently is when lots of small sandwich shops and burritos etc. have been dropping out and the building is up for lease but the rent did not come down dramatically like real estate residental areas. Seems to be a lot of hype since year 2000. Schiff says America stagnated then, not 2007. Seems those who took the money and ran just made it cost more for a paint job lacking primer ending up costing more than ever to remove the paint.
metalschooldrill 2 years ago
Hey, here's an idea... get churchs and religious organisations to start paying their taxes, like everybody else. Cutting money to schools in CA is a huge mistake.
GoHomexxxx 3 years ago
Why fund the public schools when the graduates are leaving without knowing how to even read or write? Math aptitude tests are dismal. It's a complete waste of dwindling tax dollars.
joe80dman 3 years ago
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This new budget raises taxes on a gallon of gas by 12 cents, raises the sales tax by a penny, doubles the car registration tax, and places a 5 percent fee on people to file their state taxes. It will place an estimated $1700 a year tax increase on every household in the state over the next five years. We already have the highest sales, income, and business taxes in the country!
Google "KFI John and Ken show",listen to some of the shows for more info, and find out why Californians are fed up.
AWakeWoman155 3 years ago
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I can't imagine schools with cut programs to support our Gifted and Talented and English Language Development students; schools with no librarians; schools with no athletic programs and not tutoring programs. Schools without counselors is NOT the solution.
Keep in mind that California is ranked 33rd in per-student spending out of all th States.
TellingItLikeItIz 3 years ago
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TellingItLikeItIz 3 years ago
Cuts in education? Please, attend your local Board of Education meeting to see the true impact of these cuts. Granted, unions have a great deal of power, and I don't disagree that there are so many ineffective tenured teachers, but, this is not the time to address these issues when we are facing the possibility of taking away basic programs and services for our State's children.
TellingItLikeItIz 3 years ago
There is on average one paid administrator per every six teachers. This goes beyond stupid, it's featherbedding at best. Why can't the parents raise their own kids instead of some Marxist-socialistic State program that sucks up precious tax dollars? You public employees are living outside of reality. You can't continue to tax the broken working class into prosperity.
joe80dman 3 years ago
I pay 8.25% sales tax here in the city of the angels. State Income tax is around 10-15% of my income when you include things like state disabilty insurance and state unemployment insurance. My gas is taxed, my car registration is taxed, the smog from my car is taxed, and I am forced to buy liability insurance. I don't want to pay more taxes to the state of CA.
FIX IT WITH CUTS!
primesteak 3 years ago 3
Thats fucking low.
When you the acceptable 20% sales tax and income tax of 50% (depending on how much you make) then come back.
llothar68 3 years ago
Low? The average family currently pays between 50-70% of their gross income into taxes when you consider property, sales, license, registration, excise taxes, etc. Are we to allow ourselves to become enslaved unto the Almighty State? What's left of a worker's wages for himself to use as he sees fit?
joe80dman 3 years ago
And every time the issue of CA and it's budget/funding comes up I have to ask..."Doesn't anyone see a problem with overpopulation in CA"? You'd be surprised at the amount of resources that would be freed up for EVERYTHING if they'd just start deporting and secure our borders. So don't whine about school funding. This country has US citizen kids starving and dying from lack...get past this problem 1st then they can cry about education/schools. Got it?
VenusBlue4u 3 years ago
The California school system in concert with the teachers union has brought California to its knees. I have witnessed firsthand tenure teachers that are completely ineffective. We need to get to work firing ineffective teachers and administrators. The dead wood once cut will allow younger teachers to come in and pick up the slack. Ive also seen boarded up schools empty because there arent enough kids. We should take a look at the assets and provide more transparency to the education budget.
Bassmarko 3 years ago 4