So California is on fire again...

[rightwinger]

Cool story. Irrelevant but cool .

Reality

 

[marvin martian]

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Your white flag. LOL

 

[rightwinger]

Your white flag. LOL

Seems to work for you

 

[marvin martian]

Seems to work for you

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Yes, it works great! I know exactly when I've handed your ass to you once again. Thanks!

 

[Natural Citizen]

Add in that LA Mayor Karen Bass (who is in Africa at the moment at the expense of taxpayers) cut the LA Fire Department budget by a $23 million in 2024...

Bass Releases $12.8B Proposed Budget With $242M In Cuts

 

[JGalt]

It's a bad one with embers starting new fires. So far no sign of the governor or the president.

"Hey President Biden! Wake up and pee, California's on fire!"

 

[JGalt]

That's a whole lotta fire there. Lightning? Accident? Flying sparks? Phase of Moon? Or a whole bunch of unhappy stupid people.

Makes you wonder how many of them were deliberately set.

 

[marvin martian]

Add in that LA Mayor Karen Bass (who is in Africa at the moment at the expense of taxpayers) cut the LA Fire Department budget by a $23 million in 2024...

Bass Releases $12.8B Proposed Budget With $242M In Cuts

She needs to be prosecuted.

 

[john doe 101]

"Hey President Biden! Wake up and pee, California's on fire!"

Almost time to blame everything on trump.......

 

[JGalt]

Almost time to blame everything on trump.......

Not yet. Biden/Harris still owns everything, as well as all those roadblocks and speed bumps they instituted as an effort to make try to make Trump fail. But Donald J. Trump doesn't know the meaning of "failure." He'll deal with them as he gets to them. By the time Trump's been in office two years, nobody will even remember Biden and Harris.

 

[john doe 101]

Not yet. Biden/Harris still owns everything, as well as all those roadblocks and speed bumps they instituted as an effort to make try to make Trump fail. But Donald J. Trump doesn't know the meaning of "failure." He'll deal with them as he gets to them. By the time Trump's been in office two years, nobody will even remember Biden and Harris.

You are actually blaming the wildfires on the President? Oh I forgot you're a red hat you dont get embarrassed by your stupidity.

 

[petro]

Looks like Val Kilmer in the first Top Gun!

Damn.
Beat me to it.

 

[Unkotare]

 

[Edgetho]

Add in that LA Mayor Karen Bass (who is in Africa at the moment at the expense of taxpayers) cut the LA Fire Department budget by a $23 million in 2024...

Bass Releases $12.8B Proposed Budget With $242M In Cuts

Thing is.... dimocrap scum are thieves. They take in BILLIONS of dollars and................

Where is it??

Kaliphony is BROKE. They have more debt than they take in.

California's debt is significantly higher than its assets, and the state has faced budget problems in recent years:

• Debt
  As of 2022, California's debt ratio was 106%, the fifth-worst in the country. This means that California owes more money than it takes in.
  
  
• Assets
  California's assets are not enough to cover its debt. For example, in one analysis, California had $275.4 billion in assets to pay bills totaling $535.8 billion.
  
  
• Budget problems
  California has faced budget problems in recent years, including a $27 billion deficit in 2023 and a $55 billion deficit in 2024.
  
  
• Outlook
  The state is expected to face a $68 billion deficit in 2024-25. However, the state may be able to cover some of this deficit with reserves.
  

California's debt is primarily used to pay for infrastructure projects, such as schools, parks, prisons, dams, and bridges. The state sells bonds to investors to receive funding for these projects, and then repays the investors over time.


California's revenue comes from several sources, including personal income tax, sales and use tax, and corporation tax.

• California's state and local debt is over half a trillion dollars
  Nov 13, 2024 — The state's debt ratio is also important, given California's large economy and population. The debt ratio compares a s...
  
  Reason Foundation
  
  
  
• The 2024-25 Budget: California’s Fiscal Outlook
  We expect the state will face a serious deficit, also known as a budget problem. A budget problem occurs when resources for the up...
  
  Legislative Analyst's Office
  
  
  
• The 2025-26 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook
  Nov 20, 2024 — Remaining Reserves Could Cover Much of Deficit in 2026‑27. The state has faced significant budget problems over the la...
  
  Legislative Analyst's Office
  
  
  

How about the HSR project that went belly-up? Where's that money?? You get the government you deserve so don't expect me to give a shit about Kali burning to the ground

The debt ratio compares a state's liabilities to its assets and revenues. As of 2022, California had the nation's fifth-worst debt ratio, at 106%—meaning the state owes more money than it takes in. The next two most populous states, Texas and Florida, had far lower debt ratios of 46.52% and 30.26%, respectively.Nov 13, 2024

 

[Natural Citizen]

"In April 2024, State Farm—one of the biggest private insurers in the state—announced that it had canceled a total of 72,000 policies in California, 30,000 of which were homes. Many of those affected lived in high-risk, upscale neighborhoods in Los Angeles County, the area now affected by the Palisades fire.”

Are California Wildfires Covered by Insurance? What To Know

 

[buttercup]

This is a true nightmare.

And it's looking a lot like another Lahaina situation. I could say more, but it would sound too 'crazy' for all the mainstream folks here.

 

[Edgetho]

"In April 2024, State Farm—one of the biggest private insurers in the state—announced that it had canceled a total of 72,000 policies in California, 30,000 of which were homes. Many of those affected lived in high-risk, upscale neighborhoods in Los Angeles County, the area now affected by the Palisades fire.”

Are California Wildfires Covered by Insurance? What To Know

Thanks for the information but linking Newsbleat? That was one of the dumbest articles I've ever had the misfortune to waste 30 seconds of my time on. It was obviously written by a 22 year-old intern that is accustomed to being graded based on the number of words in an assignment. OTOH, it's no different than the rest of the DISGUSTING FILTH. Only dedicated radical activists will work for nothing in one of those shitholes, where they dress to the max, act like they matter and get paid between 0 and $10 an hour.

But thanks anyway, for the effort.

State Farm Homeowners is a "Preferred Insurer" (one of many). They take only the best of the best. If a risk is too high, they pass and people can seek coverage from a 'Standard Risk' or 'High Risk" Insurer. Or they can self insure.

And they didn't "Cancel" them, they non-renewed them. There is a difference. A big one, but one that doesn't matter to the Laymen in here. Or anywhere else for that matter.

Makes The Farm look like geniuses, doesn't it? Gotta underwrite stupidity too, doncha know?

Stupid matters

 

[DonGlock26]

2019

 

[Natural Citizen]

Thing is.... dimocrap scum are thieves. They take in BILLIONS of dollars and................

Where is it??

Kaliphony is BROKE. They have more debt than they take in.

California's debt is significantly higher than its assets, and the state has faced budget problems in recent years:

• Debt
  As of 2022, California's debt ratio was 106%, the fifth-worst in the country. This means that California owes more money than it takes in.
  
  
• Assets
  California's assets are not enough to cover its debt. For example, in one analysis, California had $275.4 billion in assets to pay bills totaling $535.8 billion.
  
  
• Budget problems
  California has faced budget problems in recent years, including a $27 billion deficit in 2023 and a $55 billion deficit in 2024.
  
  
• Outlook
  The state is expected to face a $68 billion deficit in 2024-25. However, the state may be able to cover some of this deficit with reserves.

California's debt is primarily used to pay for infrastructure projects, such as schools, parks, prisons, dams, and bridges. The state sells bonds to investors to receive funding for these projects, and then repays the investors over time.


California's revenue comes from several sources, including personal income tax, sales and use tax, and corporation tax.

• California's state and local debt is over half a trillion dollars
  Nov 13, 2024 — The state's debt ratio is also important, given California's large economy and population. The debt ratio compares a s...
  
  Reason Foundation
  
  
  
• The 2024-25 Budget: California’s Fiscal Outlook
  We expect the state will face a serious deficit, also known as a budget problem. A budget problem occurs when resources for the up...
  
  Legislative Analyst's Office
  
  
  
• The 2025-26 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook
  Nov 20, 2024 — Remaining Reserves Could Cover Much of Deficit in 2026‑27. The state has faced significant budget problems over the la...
  
  Legislative Analyst's Office
  
  

How about the HSR project that went belly-up? Where's that money?? You get the government you deserve so don't expect me to give a shit about Kali burning to the ground

The debt ratio compares a state's liabilities to its assets and revenues. As of 2022, California had the nation's fifth-worst debt ratio, at 106%—meaning the state owes more money than it takes in. The next two most populous states, Texas and Florida, had far lower debt ratios of 46.52% and 30.26%, respectively.Nov 13, 2024

If you subsidize poverty, you get more of it.

I consider California's woes to be a precursor to the financial fate of the country as a whole.

 

[Natural Citizen]

Thanks for the information but linking Newsbleat? That was one of the dumbest articles I've ever had the misfortune to waste 30 seconds of my time on. It was obviously written by a 22 year-old intern that is accustomed to being graded based on the number of words in an assignment. OTOH, it's no different than the rest of the DISGUSTING FILTH. Only dedicated radical activists will work for nothing in one of those shitholes, where they dress to the max, act like they matter and get paid between 0 and $10 an hour.

Well. The place never really has catered to much of a Mises type of demographic, so...