What's up with your state?

[wgadget]

Georgia...Pretty decent with educational freedoms, taxes in my neighborhood are pretty low (but I don't live in a rich neighborhood), but they tend to do a lot of "rolling roadblocks" with the police. Sonny Perdue just decided to cancel adding back in the gas tax that was due to re-appear in July. Republican governor, but the State Convention belied any GOP fairness or justice, as well as the concept of grassroots democracy.

 

[cska80]

when are you coming?

I'd love to make a move to NH as well.

 

[crazyfingers]

when are you coming?

Not as soon as I'd like, but I estimate I'll be ready to move in about a year. At this point I'm not confident I'd be able to find a halfway decent job. Once I gain some more work experience (and a good reference) that should make my search much easier. I just don't want to end up working at a call center or behind a register somewhere, which it seems is where most people with liberal arts degrees and little experience (and no connections) end up.

On a similar note, I’m thinking about taking a last-minute trip up to porc fest. However, with gas over $4 a gallon (plus wear and tear on my car) I don’t know if it would be worth it.

 

[pinkmandy]

VA is hard to figure out. We seem to embrace moderate repubs and moderate democrats alike- it's nothing to vote in a Dem governor and Repub delegates in the same election. There is no difference it seems and the people LIKE IT that way. Northern VA is heavily Dem (and also home of the McMansions). The southern shore is military plus dem. Then there's DC right there and the constant onslaught of the dirty politics...it's confusing here. I think most people just shut down and vote their partyline. It's shameful to me because in days of old VA fought for states rights. Nobody seems to care anymore.

It's a completely different state than it was even 20 years ago.

 

[malkusm]

Going to school in VA and knowing a lot of people here, I'd much rather live here than Maryland....one of the most heavily tax-burdened states. Montgomery, Prince George and Baltimore Counties are socialist through and through, and they have about 55% of the state population....what the other 18 or so counties think doesn't matter.

The way it works in Maryland is, to get about 80% of the blue counties, the Dems talk up social welfare and B.S. spending programs. To make matters worse, though, to get what they need to win the state from the other areas, they talk up environmental conservation projects. Softcore liberals in the rural areas go for that, so they win, imposing sanction upon sanction on the Bay (usually by heavily taxing small fisheries and farms which do FAR less damage than whatever the hell they're doing up in the harbor at Baltimore) to appease them. Then they raise taxes on everyone to pay for the social programs they promised the three blue counties.

Our governor won the state by promising not to raise utility rates, then last year he raised them by 50% anyway. What was a significant budget surplus under our previous governor (the first Republican in 40 years to govern MD, although he had his own issues he was in fact fiscally conservative) has turned into a $1.7 billion deficit - which O'Malley has "fixed" by passing it along to the citizen, increasing state tax collection by 14% (part of which was a 1% increase in the sales tax).

 

[pinkmandy]

Yeah, I'd take VA over MD as well. No offense.

It's just so different now...

 

[porcupine]

New Hampshire, home of the Free State Project, with more reenforcements arriving weekly

 

[MozoVote]

North Carolina has had an inefficient Democrat-run government for over a century... and higher taxes than the other southeastern states... but I can't call it socialist.

It has plenty of small, rural bible towns and still has some "dry" counties. Plus, it has a deep rooted antagonism towards legal gambling.

It's too big to be politically cohesive, and there are cultural differences that come with the topography. People here talk about "the east" and "the west" like residents of Texas do... distances that are too great to cover easily.

 

[Kludge]

Post what state you live in.

I certainly do. Rhode Island is a mini-Michigan. Unions, the ACLU, and welfare recipients rule the day.

Michigan is a giant-sized Rhode Island.

I can't bring myself to even talk about state politics

 

[AndyWhite]

Theres lots of global warmers here in California. Pretty scary how many people believe CO2 is poison.

Regarding ACLU. I don't see them as a threat at all, and even know Ron Paul supporters that work for the ACLU. For instance, the ACLU is fighting REAL ID right now. Maybe they pick some fights we might not all agree with, but they are fighting for our civil liberties.

 

[James Madison]

Indiana here, too. Our government can't figure out what to do with taxes. I especially liked the income tax increase in Marion county to pay for the new Colts dome. And by "liked" I mean "didn't like at all." I'm glad I don't live in Marion county.

Besides the taxes, it's okay here.

The tax code here is almost comical. At least I'm as far away from Marion county as I can get.

 

[Hinkdogger]

Michigan here too. Lets just say that in 2005 I owned a construction company that employed over 100 ppl. By the end of 2006, lost my business, By the end of 2007 lost my house. Moved to NC for the last year and just recently came back as my wife and kids couldnt handle being seperated from the family. Now I'm back to broke and cant find a job. Michigan Sucks.

Hink

 

[Kludge]

Michigan Sucks.

+1. I was inexpressibly sad when DeVos lost in 2004 when we needed a fiscal conservative the most.

 

[kombayn]

California GSP is highest in America. The state is one of the most free, and easiest to start a business. It has great wealth, and great cultural diversity. Your spin of what it stands for is bias at best... California's personal income is ranked 11th in the nation, it is the leader in several industries, including agriculture, energy, technology, wine, and entertainment. California is also responsible for over 13% of America's GDP, and by itself, is larger than all but 8 countries in the world.

You can mock it all you like, the facts don't work on your side.

+ F'n 1!!! I live in Redondo Beach, CA. I wouldn't trade it for anything in the World. I love Los Angeles County.

 

[Hinkdogger]

+1. I was inexpressibly sad when DeVos lost in 2004 when we needed a fiscal conservative the most.

Me too!! I thought he'd have helped us alot. Could'nt believe we elected Granholm Again! What a mess we're in now.