07-20-2016, 10:45 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-20-2016, 10:45 PM by Eric the Green.)
(07-20-2016, 05:14 PM)Ragnarök_62 Wrote: [quote='Eric the Green' pid='5349' dateline='1468951932']
Our wonderful red-state fly-over country.
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Joe For America Wrote:Well, they’re stupid enough to deserve the government they get, and we hope they enjoy the coming bankruptcy of their major cities and their state pension funds. If you’re a state employee, you should consider setting up your own retirement account.
Today’s latest episode doesn’t really focus on the disaster that is California’s government and pension mess, but it’s certainly an indicator of just why the state (and the nation) is in such a mess.
State Senator Leland Yee, a long time and very outspoken advocate for gun registration and confiscation was a candidate for Secretary of State. If you missed it, earlier this year he was indicted for arms trafficking and public corruption. Senator Lee is a high ranking Democrat.
Quote:In a stunning criminal complaint, State Sen. Leland Yee has been charged with conspiring to traffic in firearms and public corruption as part of a major FBI operation spanning the Bay Area, casting yet another cloud of corruption over the Democratic establishment in the Legislature and torpedoing Yee’s aspirations for statewide office.
Yup. Bans lead to black markets. It's even better to pull for a ban and make a profit on the side.
Public corruption never prospers. This has nothing to do with the comment "bans lead to black markets," which is irrelevant in every sense and in every way.