re: #334 Aceofwhat?

Burger King: kids meal = cheesburger + apple fries (sans caramel sauce) + chocolate milk.

we get that little treat for our kids about 2-3x per month and there is absolutely nothing wrong with it at that frequency.

i don’t live in California, but i’d bet the residents would be better off if the pols started figuring out how to provide the same services for a lot less fucking taxes than whatever the hell else they’re doing out there…

Is Whitman right about a bloated state government?

Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman wants to chop the state’s workforce by 40,000 employees, a pledge she made again this weekend at the state GOP convention. But does the nation-state of California really have such a bloated government?

Not according to the Center for Continuing Study of the California Economy, an independent research group based in Palo Alto.
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In his report from last December, Levy’s organization found that California – which has 38 million residents – had the third lowest number of full-time state government employees relative to the population.

California and Florida both had 103 state employees for every 10,000 residents, while Illinois had the lowest ratio at 97, the group reported. The U.S. average was 143 state employees per 10,000 residents, with California 28 percent below the national average.