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In reply to the discussion: Gov. Brown's plan on shelter law stirs backlash [View all]truedelphi
(32,324 posts)Got to Washington and stay there (OCCUPY!) until the state gets its money back.
For years California has been the number one destination for people from all over the world who come to live and work in the USA.
There is a law on the books, rarely even mentioned, that ensures that any state taking in high volumes of people receives a certain percentage of funds spent on the newly arrived immigrants' account. Even way back in the 1980's, there was close to thirty billions of dollars owed to California.
Go and get our damn money. You are a Democrat; Obama is a Dmeocrat - it shouldn't be ard to do.
Those bilions when returned to the stae, could actually allow us to have outr teachers, social workers, project managers, fire fighters, police etc returned to the work force. And employing them would mean that the local diner woud be re-vitalized, as would th elocal auto mechanic, travel agencies, et al.
So get on the bus, Gus. Hop on the plane, Lane. Get some cash for our town, Brown, and keep California working the way it was intended to do.