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CountAllVotes

(22,230 posts)
13. huh?
Thu Nov 1, 2012, 05:00 AM
Nov 2012

As a fifth generation Californian, I'd like you to know that I am not a millionaire and my income is borderline poverty level and it has been that way most of my life and yes, I lived in San Francisco and the Bay Area for about 40 years or so.

Thanks for adding to the myth that Californians are a bunch of rich people sitting around counting their money. This is certainly not the case nor is it the case of most people that I know that live here.

Sure, I know a few of the "haves" but they have nothing at all to do with people like myself and these same "haves" tend to be from other states, not California, just fyi.


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One More Republican Myth Bites The Dust cantbeserious Oct 2012 #1
Not really, 1% tax rate barely even register to most people in all tax brackets... pediatricmedic Nov 2012 #12
Beg To Differ With Your Opinion cantbeserious Nov 2012 #18
Heads exploding implies there's some kind of reaction in there. More like a flat fizzle tsssssssssss bloomington-lib Oct 2012 #2
K&R. nt riderinthestorm Oct 2012 #3
I Don't Think the 1%... zentrum Oct 2012 #4
California is a wonderful place to live. When you have money, you can live wherever you want to dimbear Oct 2012 #5
Like how many millionaires are going to leave the beach house to truedelphi Oct 2012 #7
huh? CountAllVotes Nov 2012 #13
I'm a Californian too, but I get what he's saying Momgonepostal Nov 2012 #16
yeah I did the same thing CountAllVotes Nov 2012 #17
White flight among members of the middle class exists. truedelphi Nov 2012 #19
Well duh! If they're paying $50M in CA for a mansion that would only cost $5M in TX, SunSeeker Oct 2012 #6
I believe Mitt Romney has a house in La Jolla, CA. muntrv Oct 2012 #8
Yes, and I can guarantee you he won't be filing a California Form 540 in April slackmaster Oct 2012 #10
It all depends on how you define "leaving" the state slackmaster Oct 2012 #9
When FDR was told the wealthy would leave America if taxes were higher, he said: mountain grammy Oct 2012 #11
LOL boy he was being generous.............. kooljerk666 Nov 2012 #14
K&R ck4829 Nov 2012 #15
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