California is doing so well it has an extra 9 billion dollars

[all caps]

Washington is diet California, we ballin.

 

[Michaelangelo]

It's unfortunate you don't understand what surplus means.

it’s unfortunate if you believe that money is going back to the taxpayer

 

[Scheme]

While 9 billion sounds like a lot it's only 4% of their total budget. Could be the Trump effect in action.

They should not raise the budget to compensate, they should use it to pay off the state debt.

 

[BassAckwards]

this will go well

yup-helping out the homeless will only enable/ecourage homelessness. wait til the hipsters up in portland and seattle hear about it.... they will flood san francisco

 

[John Mabrey]

@Junes what do you make of this

 

[Yunes]

I dont make anything of it

 

[Jorge Luis Borges]

That's great news. Smart to spend it on the homeless too. California is filled with shantytowns.

 

[TribalDrumz]

Yet i see Mexican girls 17 years old walking around with 2 babies already WTF?

 

[Rex Kwon Do]

What's up California, elitist New York checking in. We don't always see eye to eye, but still, respect for putting up big numbers. LA will never pull the numbers that the greatest city in the history of mankind -- GOAT York City -- does, but California as a whole is still legit.

We're Arnold, you're Carl.

 

[M3t4tr0n]

What's up California, elitist New York checking in. We don't always see eye to eye, but still, respect for putting up big numbers. LA will never pull the numbers that the greatest city in the history of mankind -- GOAT York City -- does, but California as a whole is still legit.

We're Arnold, you're Carl.

No, we want to be Arnold.

 

[llperez22]

great, can the Cali gov slow down how much they’re sticking their hands in my pockets so often now? This tax shit is getting ridiculous

 

[M3t4tr0n]

While 9 billion sounds like a lot it's only 4% of their total budget. Could be the Trump effect in action.

They should not raise the budget to compensate, they should use it to pay off the state debt.

Ain't no dam Drump effect. It's California love, baby. Get out with that Drump ish.

 

[MadSquabbles500]

Forgive me for my lack of knowledge. But this surplus is basically because they collected all these taxes, and did not have to spend $9bil of it from last fiscal year right?

Can this just just mean they under spent somewhere, when they should have spent? Or it just further proves that California is an expensive place to live, and one of the reasons is the high amount of taxes everyone pays, and not necessarily means it get spent well or isnt wasted.

Not saying this isnt bad or good, but I trying to eliminate all the possibilities of what this can or cannot mean.

 

[MadSquabbles500]

Forgive me for my lack of knowledge. But this surplus is basically because they collected all these taxes, and did not have to spend $9bil of it from last fiscal year right?

Can this just just mean they under spent somewhere, when they should have spent? Or it just further proves that California is an expensive place to live, and one of the reasons is the high amount of taxes everyone pays, and not necessarily means it get spent well or isnt wasted.

Not saying this isnt bad or good, but I trying to eliminate all the possibilities of what this can or cannot mean.

 

[Bamboozled]

Why does this post not surprise me.

I mean he's blatantly trolling with it so let's just get it out of the way ya feel me?

 

[all caps]

I mean he's blatantly trolling with it so let's just get it out of the way ya feel me?

How do you know hes trolling? I've posted with him for a long, long time. Trolling isn't his style.

 

[Lord Commander Palis]

Your av sucks

I bet you the OP is poor lol

 

[John Mabrey]

How do you know hes trolling? I've posted with him for a long, long time. Trolling isn't his style.

him and i have had a long history but we were able to put our differences aside. if only me and @WAR RANDLEMAN! could have the same relationship

 

[Rex Kwon Do]

No, we want to be Arnold.

Well he was your Governator and we are blacker than you, so there's a logical case to be made that we're Carl, but we're also more jacked so that's why I think we should be Arnold.

If we're talking prime stew-making Arrested Development Carl, though, I'm definitely OK with being him.

 

[Jack V Savage]

Forgive me for my lack of knowledge. But this surplus is basically because they collected all these taxes, and did not have to spend $9bil of it from last fiscal year right?

Can this just just mean they under spent somewhere, when they should have spent? Or it just further proves that California is an expensive place to live, and one of the reasons is the high amount of taxes everyone pays, and not necessarily means it get spent well or isnt wasted.

Not saying this isnt bad or good, but I trying to eliminate all the possibilities of what this can or cannot mean.

Most Californians actually pay low taxes relative to the national average. It just taxes the very top relatively higher than other states do. And like most states, they have to balance their budget. Building up a rainy day fund when it is prudent to do that is part of that process.