knabe said:
i bet this job pays better. in sunnyvale CA, you can get paid $200,000 year to be a sustainable energy something. get lifetime pension at 85-100 percent of your ending salary after less than 20 years (think in military terms how unfair this is) and hire a staff of probably around 5 and all that money to pay salary, budget, retirement. maybe they should study the unsustainability of the taxpayer. i guess we don't pay enough taxes. CA is in the red 15 billion dollars, yet they are suing the taxpayer because they can't have their own special set of emissions standards. maybe the soccer moms could give up the cadiillac escalades and purchase something else? No way. household's in silicon valley that make 80,000 will qualify for free health care from all you lower cost of living regions, and guess what else? the amt tax that was supposed to tax people because they used tax exemptions the congess passed initially only tagged around 165 people, but now, you can get dinged for it with a combined salary of only 80,000. mathmatically, we are almost at 100% government with no private industry and importing food to boot. we need more i say!
Ca, coming to a community near you. forget illegal immigration, be scared of immigrants from CA.
Knabe, i agree with you 100% on this one. When Californians ( the Citizen-legal type) move to the Ozarks (MO, AR, OK) they bring worse troubles than the Illegals working inthe local Poultry Processing Industry.Here's how it goes, from a disgruntled GenerationX'er.
1. "Ah, the peace and quiet". 2 years later, the same newcomers say........."This place is soooo boring.Heck, there's nothing to do, except drink a little, and, go to the movies".
2. They brag about how much they sold their place in CA, compared to what they bought out here. 3yrs later............"Dang it ! I'm getting on up there in years, and, my house will only bring 20k more than I paid for it in 19XX. I can't afford to retire."
3. I LOVE the scenery, four distinct seasons ( with a winter that isn't quite as bad as the Midwest and Northeast), the pastures and old barns are sooo just like my Grampy and Nana described it ( 95% of these folks are descendants of Ozarkers that left before WW11). 4 years later, same people are saying....."I'm getting tired of having to wait on the State and County clear the roads after an Winter Storm. Also, I hate having to plug and patch my tires after a Spring rain washes rocks and gravel onto the road. What's wrong with this state? The roads are all paved in CA!!!!!!"
4. "Jobs are soo plentiful here. Love it. Absolutely love it here. My family is coverd with health insuirance for less than 20-buck$ a week." BUT....., 5 years later...........same, stupid Mustards are saying................."what's that smell? Yuck-o!!!!!What are they putting on those fields, just so they can have productive pastures and hay meadows? And, I'm sick and tired of all these Trucks out on the road. Is there anything out that isn't directly tied to WalMart, FedEx Freight, Tyson, or JB Hunt?"
5. THIS ONE REALLY MAKES ME SCRATCH MY BROW IN DISBELIEF......... Upon ther arrival, these folks are amazed at how well-mannered and respectful the youth are here. 5years later.............." That Barbaric redneck of a Principal allowed a Teacher to beat my sweet, innocent child with a board. They just don't do that in California, NO-sir-eeee. I, also,for the life of me, don't know why the Arkansas Stae Police can't stop the infiltration Gangs into NW AR. That's why we left California in the first place."
at least the immigrants (legal and undocumented ones both) will get a job (and keep it), and not stir up trouble. They don't run for the Quorum Court (yes, y'all, we still have Justices of the Peace. Also,we calll 'em County Judges, not County Commisioner), the School Board, the Little League Parents Association, and try to "improve" our Ozarks by adding zoning laws, and, making it impossible to get rid of Vermin, using whatever device is handiest. We can't even kill a racoon with a Nail Gun, anymore.
Blame Mel Gibson and Danny Glover. They give us the I-Dea.
GB