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5. But why isn't it helping the average Californian?

Reply to Sophia4 (Original post)

Wed May 30, 2018, 07:19 PM

May 2018

Homeless rates are far worse than it was even back during the 2008 recession, gas is almost $4 a gallon now and it's not even the middle of summer yet and it's getting harder and harder to make ends meet if you're not someone who can afford the comforts of living in the Bay Area.

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What California and Governor Brown Are Doing Right. Bloomberg [View all] Sophia4 May 2018 OP

Thank you Governor Brown!! CountAllVotes May 2018 #1

Right. Brown is a great governor. Sophia4 May 2018 #3

I've been following him since ... CountAllVotes May 2018 #4

Outstanding... SWBTATTReg May 2018 #2

But why isn't it helping the average Californian? ansible May 2018 #5

6 billion dollars budget surplus, Governor Brown doing it right. Let's look at Kansas. sarcasmo May 2018 #6

Very weird, dishonest use of statistics wonkwest May 2018 #7

Republican governors and legislators put California in debt. Sophia4 May 2018 #8

California's going in a good direction, agreed wonkwest May 2018 #10

Silicon Valley is in California because we have truly excellent universities like Sophia4 May 2018 #14

Reading the snippet in OP BootinUp May 2018 #12

Missed that word, but doesn't make much difference wonkwest May 2018 #13

Can you buy my house? CountAllVotes May 2018 #16

Jerry Brown for President! roamer65 May 2018 #9

I met him in 1977 CountAllVotes May 2018 #11

Me too. (In a positive sense of that expression!) Sophia4 May 2018 #15