Tag Archives: Welfare State

Texas vs. California: 12/12/12 Edition

Posted on December 13, 2012 by Lawrence Person

This was supposed to go up last night, but there was a glitch. Ten hours late sounds about right for California… California leads the nation in outrageous pay and benefits for unionized state employees. Including $822,302 a year for a … Continue reading →

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Texas Vs. California: 13 Days Before the Election Roundup

Posted on October 24, 2012 by Lawrence Person

With the election less than two weeks away, time for a roundup of how the champions of their respective political models (Texas for Red States and California for Blue States) are doing: Why is gasoline so expensive in California? Because … Continue reading →

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Help Me, Elspeth Reeve, You’re My Only Hope!

Posted on October 1, 2012 by Lawrence Person

Let’s talk about the ObamaPhone video, shall we? The video is both funny (the woman is an idiot with a comical voice) and politically useful (displaying, as it does, a sense of entitlement to government handouts). So, naturally, some liberals … Continue reading →

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Dear California: You Know That Money Will Be Wasted, and You Know Those Tax Hikes Will Be Permanent

Posted on September 28, 2012 by Lawrence Person

I’ve got another Texas vs. California piece coming around on the guitar, but I thought there was enough here to warrant a separate post. Hold on to your hats, but it seems that California voters might, just might, be catching … Continue reading →

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Texas vs. California: Dog Days of August Edition

Posted on August 27, 2012 by Lawrence Person

It’s late August, and California’s slide toward insolvency continues apace. How badly underwater is CalPERS? Try $884 billion. Speaking of California unions, here’s how they’re trying to block reform. California’s recovery is much slower than the already slow pace of … Continue reading →

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Texas Vs. California: August 16, 2012

Posted on August 16, 2012 by Lawrence Person

Looks like California has done such a good dog of screwing the pooch that I may have to start doing these roundups weekly: Although bankrupt, California is about to add another outrageous benefit to its already bloated pension plan. The … Continue reading →

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Texas vs. California: Summer of Bankruptcy Edition

Posted on August 10, 2012 by Lawrence Person

Time for another look at how Texas’ Red State model stacks up against California’s Blue State model, with a roundup of relevant news from the past few weeks. Here’s a roundup of California’s dysfunction. Lots of tasty tidbits, including this … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for August 3, 2012

Posted on August 3, 2012 by Lawrence Person

A random compilation of vaguely interesting news that you may have already read elsewhere. So it goes: The definition of FAIL: trying to escape police in a Smart Car: (Hat tip: Dwight.) Obama has secretly killed all the 1990s welfare … Continue reading →

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The Myth of “Bloated Greek Defense Spending”

Posted on July 17, 2012 by Lawrence Person

In order to divert attention away from the economic, moral, and political bankruptcy of Europe’s cradle-to-grave welfare state, some liberals, relying on figures from the Out of Our Ass Institute of Statistics, are tying to claim that Greece’s excessive spending … Continue reading →

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Texas vs. California: A Quick Roundup

Posted on July 11, 2012 by Lawrence Person

Spent most of the day checking things off my list and web-surfing Creepy Pasta. So here’s a quick roundup of Texas vs. California tidbits: A ballot initiative could derail the union stranglehold over California. Among all states, Texas has the … Continue reading →

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