Hilsgal
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Utah
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Message Posted: Sep 10, 2010 7:38:30 AM
"Logue's Proposition 23 would suspend California's so-called Global Warming law until unemployment drops to 5.5 percent -- and stays there for a year."
Good luck with that.
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BlueVanGroup
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Colorado
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Message Posted: Sep 10, 2010 7:28:49 AM
Will California take a break from solving imaginary problems (Global Warming(tm)) to work on real problems (unemployment, economic stagnation, high taxes, oppressive regulation, illegal aliens)?
Probably not, but it's nice they're asking the question.
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realtorguzzler
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Florida
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Message Posted: Sep 10, 2010 7:26:36 AM
Both the California and Texas air is so polluted the people are sick most of the time. Wonder what the statistics say about employees' sick leave.
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bluehawk43
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Arkansas
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Message Posted: Sep 10, 2010 7:10:58 AM
When you run out of money funding outlandish ideas you finally come back to reality.
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Bussman
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Dallas
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Message Posted: Sep 10, 2010 6:21:13 AM
Good to read of a California politician who seems to make sense.
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Luckylindy
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Milwaukee
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Message Posted: Sep 10, 2010 5:35:59 AM
But you could have the whole state building solar panels and windmills. Ha Ha fools.
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GingoutMD
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Maryland
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Message Posted: Sep 10, 2010 5:11:19 AM
The problem I see with Proposition 23 is that an employment rate of 5.5% is a very arbitrary number. An unemployment rate of 5.5% or lower has only occurred in California eight (8) times over the past 34 years (1988-9, 1999-2001, 2005-7) and only three times has it lasted for more than one year. The lowest it has ever been was 4.9% in 2000 and 2006 (the average unemployment rate is 7.12% over that same period).
Basically that proposition, if passed, will kill the "Global Warming" law.
[Edited by: GingoutMD at 9/10/2010 8:16:09 AM EST]
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Sneakers55
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Houston
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Message Posted: Sep 10, 2010 4:48:14 AM
Sounds like a good idea to me, but I've seen work leave California for Texas but not the other way.
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