2. Assistance of a humanitarian nature might be okay, but what about help rebuilding the thing, 3. which is likely to cost billions, and even more so given the corrupt nature of California government?
1. These people--or rather, a substantial number of them--want to secede from the rest of us; they don't like us any more.
1. As I said on another thread, this proposition has not even qualified for the ballot, let alone been voted on and passed. The MSM won't cover people who oppose that lunatic idea because we're boringly normal and because Trump. Just because the MSM won't show us doesn't mean we don't exist. So no one knows how many CA'ians are that stupid. Invalid premise, invalid conclusion.
2. As I said on another thread, CA'ians' share of Federal taxes went to "Assistance of a humanitarian nature" in the Gulf and Atlantic states (and Hawaii) when they were hit by hurricanes. CA'ians' share of Federal taxes went to aid central US states hit by tornados. CA'ians' share of Federal taxes went to aid central, northern, and northeastern US states hit by massive snowstorms. It's called being a state of the US, and CA has done its share.
3. While I'm confident of CA bureaucracy's ability to double or triple costs, the estimate I saw yesterday was $100M. Not pocket change, obviously, but an order of magnitude lower than "billions". But, since we're talking "billions", how much did Hurricane Katrina cost? How much damage was done in the 2013 Moore, OK tornado (hint, it's 10 figures)? Well, CA's taxpayers paid their share of "Assistance of a humanitarian nature".
Hmmm....
Dam near Sacramento near bursting due to heavy rains? Here's an idea: why don't you let some of the farmers to the sough have some of that water that you've been denying them? Seems like a reasonable solution to me.
1.) Are you aware that there are farmers in the Sacramento Valley, just as there are in the San Joaquin Valley? They irrigate their lands, too. And just as there are significant cities in the San Joaquin Valley, there are significant cities in the Sacramento Valley. Strangely, the residents of those Sacramento Valley cities drink water, too.
2.) Are you aware that, just as the Sacramento Valley is named for the Sacramento
River, the San Joaquin Valley is named for the San Joaquin
River? And just as the Sacramento has tributaries like the American and Feather Rivers, the San Joaquin has at least one significant tributary, the Merced?
3.) Ever heard of the
Delta Mendota Canal? It takes water from the Delta - much of it from the Sacramento River,obviously - all the way south into Fresno County (you know that's in the southern part of the Central Valley, right?).
4.) Are you aware that San Joaquin Valley farmers' drought of the past 5-10 years was
court-ordered? By
FEDERAL courts? Don't blame NorCal for that. Blame the Enviros and
FEDERAL courts that used the Endangered Species Act to deny water to San Joaquin Valley farmers.
ETA: BTW, if you were alluding to the long debated (5+ decades in various versions of the proposal) Peripheral Canal, this court order would have made it irrelevant, since the water would have come from the delta, whose salinity - suitability for the Delta Smelt - was the primary factor in this infamous court decision.
5.) Had you been less ignorant in your accusation, the tone of my response would not have been sarcastic. You drop your accusatory tone and I'll gladly drop my sarcasm. OK?
