CA welfare recipients spent $70 million on Las Vegas, Hawaii, Miami vacations.

[opebo]

But welfare recipients spending money is a good thing, wormyguy - this boosts the economy.  You should read about Keynes.

[opebo]

I think this is rather low on the list of reasons why California's budget is so bad.

Correct.  Undertaxation is the reason.

[opebo]

The funny part is that wormyguy and all the other rich-worshipers never complain that the holiday havens are chock-a-block with the owning class year round.  Guys, you have to understand that it is the rich who are 'taking your money' for pleasure-trips, not the poor.

(one would think this would be obvious, but they're blinded by their worship of power).

[opebo]

The funny part is that wormyguy and all the other rich-worshipers never complain that the holiday havens are chock-a-block with the owning class year round.  Guys, you have to understand that it is the rich who are 'taking your money' for pleasure-trips, not the poor.

(one would think this would be obvious, but they're blinded by their worship of power).

Are there any non-rich ex-pats in Thailand? I just realized it's probably not that difficult to live there long-term or expensive and even non-riches can save up the money.

Sure, there are a lot of non-rich Europeans. 

[opebo]

And why should people be required to buy only things the government allows them to?

Because the government is paying for the "things."

But workers are also paying for all the things the rich have, memphis.  Why don't we get to stipulate exactly what they can buy?

[opebo]

It is rather amusing in a way that - in theory - some of Torie's tax dollars have ended up in my bank account. 

You work in a casino?

[opebo]

No, but like most people who live here, I work in a tourism-related field.  Not all of the welfare was spent on gambling, the article says.

Are you a pimp>?

[opebo]

Well that is about 6 seconds worth of government spending. In any event, unemployment benefits will finally be ending soon (the 99 weeks will elapse at last), and just watch the unemployment rate drop.

Actually no, the unemployment rate will increase because a reduction in government payments means a reduction in demand, leading to little or no economic growth and thus no job creation.