Report: California state debt twice that of New York’s, more than Greece

[MyLittlePony 340]

They say Uganda has some pretty decent weather.

Go to a tanning boot for a long period of time then move to Uganda.

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If Alaska were a country, it would be a superpower.

Fact.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Who goes to California for tourism? No one I know. But then again I don't know any crazy hippies.

San Francisco? We get a huge influx of European tourists every summer, you know, the kind of people that actually have money to spend?

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Alaska has between $40 - $50 billion dollars in oil tax money, no state tax and they give us money every year. Now try again.

Alaska had 28 billion dollars in debt in 2011. That's a fact. Wiggle all you want but Alaska is lot more like Greece than California.

[MyLittlePony 340]

California has the best wine too in the Napa Valley.

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San Francisco? We get a huge influx of European tourists every summer, you know, the kind of people that actually have money to spend?

Europeans, Mexicans.... I sense a theme.

California has the best wine too in the Napa Valley.

Yes, the best wine in the Napa Valley is in Napa Valley.

Three cheers for California!

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

If Alaska were a country, it would be a superpower.

Fact.

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Laugh all you want. If Florida were a country, it would be a vassal state of Cuba. And you would be the Castro family's water boy.

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[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

Alaska had 28 billion dollars in debt in 2011. That's a fact. Wiggle all you want but Alaska is lot more like Greece than California.

Your link is a joke.

http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/high-oil-prices-fuel-projected-34-billion-surplus-alaska

High oil prices fuel projected $3.4 billion surplus for Alaska

Now factor in that our Oil Tax Fund (Alaska Permanent Fund) has anywhere to $40 - $50 billion dollars in it depending on the stock market and other investments. We have NO state tax and every man, woman, and child that is an Alaska resident gets an annual dividend check. Ya, think on that one but don't be breaking anything up there while your at it.

[Trompe le Monde 1,107]

San Francisco? We get a huge influx of European tourists every summer, you know, the kind of people that actually have money to spend?

There's also this place called Disneyland

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Your link is a joke.

http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/high-oil-prices-fuel-projected-34-billion-surplus-alaska

High oil prices fuel projected $3.4 billion surplus for Alaska

Now factor in that our Oil Tax Fund (Alaska Permanent Fund) has anywhere to $40 - $50 billion dollars in it depending on the stock market and other investments. We have NO state tax and every man, woman, and child that is an Alaska resident gets an annual dividend check. Ya, think on that one but don't be breaking anything up there while your at it.

If Alaska were an independent country, think of all the weapons that money could buy.

With Alaska's strategic position literally at the top of the world, there would be no holding you guys back.

Alaskan culture would quickly dominate the world and we'd all have to learn to speak Alaskan.

There's also this place called Disneyland

girl, you got jokes.

disney world is way better.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Your link is a joke.

sure. Others like to refer to it as the Alaska State Budget. What a joke indeed.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

California has the best wine too in the Napa Valley.

There is some good stuff right here in Sonoma County - Korbel and Kendall Jackson to name two, that I drive by all the time. Even Beringer grows most of their grapes on this side of the ridge.

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

There's also this place called Disneyland

And Magic Mountain, Universal Studios, San Diego Zoo, San Diego Aquarium, etc... California is another Greece. People go there to vacation and buy a few trinkets but in the mean time California is going down the crapper.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Laugh all you want. If Florida were a country, it would be a vassal state of Cuba. And you would be the Castro family's water boy.

Unlike Alaska, Florida is not hanging on Uncle Sam's teat. We'd do just fine without having to support the leeches of this Union. As would California, by the way.