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Friday, February 06, 2009
Money Transfers
I'm just wondering, how much does it cost for a county to collect taxes, send them to the state, and wait for the state to send money back to the county. I would think that there would be some savings in the county holding back the money that it would normally get from the state, and only sending the state the difference. It may not be a big savings, but a billion here and a billion there and pretty soon we're talking about real money.
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Speaking of counties and being hit hard by the California financial crisis...
I bet my county can beat your county and Riverside too on the "who is in more dire straights."
We are one of the nation's biggest leaders in the murder rate per capita and it is surging in great growth from there, but with no money, we will be cutting back on Police and Sheriffs.
I wonder how it will change things when our county goes bankrupt. I guess it will give me an idea of what happens when the state goes bankrupt.
Hey, didn't Orange County go bankrupt long ago. What actually changed when that happened?
I don't remember much that changed during the OC bankruptcy. It may have made a difference to those that were direct recipients of county services, but not to the average citizen.
Riverside is probably better off than most counties - it has managed to put $100 million in reserve - but without the expected funds being made available from the state, that won't last long.
Have you heard about 10's of thousands of prisoners getting out of prison because we can't afford to house them?
I guess that is state thing and not a county thing since it is like 40,000 Felons that will be injected back in to our society.
On the plus side, I bet we dun teached them gudded. They will behave themselves well because they would be afraid of going back to prison. Oh, wait, they know that even if they do commit another felony AND IF they get caught AND if they can't win in plea barganing AND if they fail to create even a tiny shred of doubt during the trial, Then, they probably still won't go to prison because we can no longer afford to separate them from society.
But then again, they probably won't get caught because we will be doing big cuts on the budget for law enforcement.
After those 40,000 California felons get a chance to get situated, I wonder if we will see life turn a little less safe.
Luckily the job market is GREAT right now and Everyone is looking for more workers!
This helps to ensure that felons won't be tempted into illegal activities for their salary since there are sooo many legal ways to make a living!
And that is a good thing!
We wouldn't want them put back in society with almost no chance at being able to get a 'honest' job because of having to compete with hundreds of thousands of laid off people that aren't convicts!
And luckily we just doubled the number of Sheriff and Police due to the windfall profits our Governments are enjoying! Otherwise 40,000 felons with almost no chance at a job and reduced enforcement might create a problem.
Yep. Good thing.
I wonder what other new surprises the government will have for us over the next 6 months.
I suggest temporary housing for the release felons in the state capitol building and governor's mansion.
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