Bill O'Reilly Did A Comparison

[WillowTree]

of California (bastion of liberalism) High Taxes plus a State Income Tax

and


Texas (Conservative state) No State Income Tax.

Bill O'Reilly: A tale of two Americas, California and Texas | Talking Points | The O'Reilly Factor

Take a look and then choose where you want to live You only get to choose one of these two.

Poll to Follow.

 

[Valerie]

Hmm it is an interesting contrast...





...California, the state with the largest population. Texas is second. And it's fascinating to compare the two places because they signify the clash, the clash that's taking place in America right now.

Texas voted for Romney by about 1.3 million votes. California voted for Obama by about 2.3 million votes. Texas is a conservative state, California dominated by liberal Americans. Both states have more minority voters than white voters.

The overriding tradition of Texas is that self-reliance rules. Most voters there don't want government telling them what to do. Therefore, they don't have a lot of social services. No state income tax in Texas. However, debt in the Lone Star State is about $40 billion and there is a balanced budget amendment.

By contrast California owes an astounding $167 billion. And it's running an annual deficit of about $9 billion, money that can never, never be paid back. And what is California getting for all of that? High school graduation rate; 37th out of 50 states. Per capita income, $44,500. But there is a 10.1 percent unemployment rate. Crime number one, there are more prisoners in California than any other state.

Let's take a look at Texas high school graduation rate ranks 44th slightly above California. Per capita income about $40,000 bucks per year. But there is relatively low unemployment 6.6 percent. Convicts in state prisons ranked number two behind California.

So you can see there is not a big difference in the economic and social stats but there is a big difference in mind set. California has many more social welfare programs. Golden State also has many more business regulations.

Texas, you could pretty much set up any "bigness" you want. You can also ride a motorcycle without a helmet. Talk on the cell phone in a car and on and on. Texans basically saying hey, government, get out of our lives!

The Californians on the other hand generally embrace big government in just about all areas. I mean when the city council of San Francisco proposes to ban gold fish, you know you have intrusive situation. By the way that same city council finally banned public nudity last week except for permitted festivals or parades. Thank God the Thanksgiving Day parade, not held in the city by the bay.

In Texas, if you run around naked and make a wrong move, you might get shot. The state allows its citizens to carry concealed weapons. You can't do that if you are naked.


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[AmyNation]

Neither.

 

[FJO]

Like Dennis Miller said (I paraphrase) for topological reasons, I would like living in California, but for social reason I would choose Texas.

 

[squinch]

of California (bastion of liberalism) High Taxes plus a State Income Tax

and


Texas (Conservative state) No State Income Tax.

Bill O'Reilly: A tale of two Americas, California and Texas | Talking Points | The O'Reilly Factor

Take a look and then choose where you want to live You only get to choose one of these two.

Poll to Follow.

Your point is moot. Pretty soon Texas won't be a state anymore.

 

[tjvh]

Aren't as many earthquakes or liberals in Texas. Texas +1.

 

[Some Guy]

Considering the similar high school graduation rates, crime rates, etc, it seems like the determining factor for those might be population rather than political ideology.

 

[AmyNation]

Wasn't Texas recently ranked worst healthcare in the nation?

Both Cal. and Texas have pretty serious problems, neither state is in the top best states to live in.

 

[Valerie]

of California (bastion of liberalism) High Taxes plus a State Income Tax

and


Texas (Conservative state) No State Income Tax.

Bill O'Reilly: A tale of two Americas, California and Texas | Talking Points | The O'Reilly Factor

Take a look and then choose where you want to live You only get to choose one of these two.

Poll to Follow.

Your point is moot. Pretty soon Texas won't be a state anymore.

Never gonna happen... IMO

A petition calling for secession that was filed by a Texas man on a White House Web site has received tens of thousands of signatures, and the Obama administration must now issue a response. And Larry Scott Kilgore, a perennial Republican candidate from Arlington, a Dallas suburb, announced that he was running for governor in 2014 and would legally change his name to Larry Secede Kilgore, with Secede in capital letters. As his Web page, secedekilgore.com, puts it: “Secession! All other issues can be dealt with later.”

In Texas, talk of secession in recent years has steadily shifted to the center from the fringe right. It has emerged as an echo of the state Republican leadership’s anti-Washington, pro-Texas-sovereignty mantra on a variety of issues, including health care and environmental regulations. For some Texans, the renewed interest in the subject serves simply as comic relief after a crushing election defeat.

But for other proponents of secession and its sister ideology, Texas nationalism — a focus of the Texas Nationalist Movement and other groups that want the state to become an independent nation, as it was in the 1830s and 1840s — it is a far more serious matter.

The official in East Texas, Peter Morrison, the treasurer of the Hardin County Republican Party, said in a statement that he had received overwhelming support from conservative Texans and overwhelming opposition from liberals outside the state in response to his comments in his newsletter. He said that it may take time for “people to appreciate that the fundamental cultural differences between Texas and other parts of the United States may be best addressed by an amicable divorce, a peaceful separation.”

The online petitions — created on the We the People platform at petitions.whitehouse.gov — are required to receive 25,000 signatures in 30 days for the White House to respond. The Texas petition, created Nov. 9 by a man identified as Micah H. of Arlington, had received more than 116,000 signatures by Friday. It asks the Obama administration to “peacefully grant” the withdrawal of Texas, and describes doing so as “practically feasible,” given the state’s large economy.

Residents in other states, including Alabama, Florida, Colorado, Louisiana and Oklahoma, have submitted similar petitions, though none have received as many signatures as the one from Texas.

A White House official said every petition that crossed the signature threshold would be reviewed and would receive a response, though it was unclear precisely when Micah H. would receive his answer.

Gov. Rick Perry, who twice made public remarks in 2009 suggesting that he was sympathetic to the secessionist cause, will not be signing the petition. “Governor Perry believes in the greatness of our union, and nothing should be done to change it,” a spokeswoman, Catherine Frazier, said in a statement. “But he also shares the frustrations many Americans have with our federal government.”

The secession movement in Texas is divergent, with differences in goals and tactics.

With Stickers, a Petition and Even a Middle Name, Secession Fever Hits Texas - NYTimes.com

 

[Mr Natural]

Most of Texas is a flat, barren hell hole full of loud mouthed ignorant assholes.

I'd take CA over TX in a heartbeat.

 

[WillowTree]

Most of Texas is a flat, barren hell hole full of loud mouthed assholes.

I'd take CA over TX in a heartbeat.

why do you hate hispanics?

 

[FJO]

Most of Texas is a flat, barren hell hole full of loud mouthed assholes.

I'd take CA over TX in a heartbeat.

why do you hate hispanics?

He LOVES Hispanics.

He knows that Hispanics don't have a snowball's chance in Hell for their "Reconquista" in Texas, but in California they are a shoo in, because that unfortunate bankrupt state already more than half way there.

 

[beretta304]

Most of Texas is a flat, barren hell hole full of loud mouthed ignorant assholes.

I'd take CA over TX in a heartbeat.

Like a night out with your closet friends, eh?

 

[GuyPinestra]

Most of Texas is a flat, barren hell hole full of loud mouthed ignorant assholes.

I'd take CA over TX in a heartbeat.

Never been there, huh?

 

[NYcarbineer]

So you're an idiot to live in a high tax state? Is that O'Reilly's brilliant observation?

O'Reilly chooses to live in New York State.

lol

 

[Lovebears65]

TEXAS!!! .. I lived there for 7 years and would move back in a heart beat.. Some great people live in TX

 

[Some Guy]

So you're an idiot to live in a high tax state? Is that O'Reilly's brilliant observation?

No, it's not actually.

 

[peach174]

Most of Texas is a flat, barren hell hole full of loud mouthed ignorant assholes.

I'd take CA over TX in a heartbeat.

You haven't been to Texas have you?
Look at some pics from Texas
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On the other hand, most of Southern California is the Mohavi Dessert.
It it wasn't for water from the Colorado River all of Southern California would look like a barren hell hole.
How dare the people of Texas love freedom and the Constitution.
By the way it's Californian's from Hollywood who are loud mouthed ignorant assholes.

 

[AmyNation]

Both places suck.

And yes, I've been to both and am currently living in one

 

[NLT]

Most of Texas is a flat, barren hell hole full of loud mouthed ignorant assholes.

I'd take CA over TX in a heartbeat.

^^^^^^^Barren headed loud mouthed ignorant asshole