goddog said:
Zappykins said:
"Man this sucks. P.S America is making it more difficult for Japan to recover and they won't likely recover again. They will need to adapt unless they can devalue the yen."
Did you know the US is in sort of like a big Depression? (I know they call it 'The Great Recession') but many states are closing many vital services, and even California has been paying employees with ‘I Owe Yous’ for the past several years at times. (California used to have one of the largest economies in the world if it was it’s own country.)
Yes, I agree with you, big corporations adjusting the government to suit their themselves is a big problem in the states – and it hurts many people in the states too. But I think most of Panasonic’s US consumers are the ‘average middle class people’ getting squeezed from both sides and don’t have the money to buy a nice new Plasma TV.
It’s kinda sad really, most everybody loses out.
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perhaps california could raise taxes a bit, and cut services, its got some ridicules benefits compared to the rest of the county and was running deficits even in the good times
a non property tax raise is needed --- for most states and a national increase in gas tax by a few cents would help with our crumbling infrastructure, i know its unpopular choice to do so but its needed.
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Wouldn't work. Companies are already fleeing California due to it's ridiculiously high tax rates.
Really, the only thing that could save California is spending cuts... however, the only places they really have room to cut are all the ones specifically targetting spanish speaking people.
While hispanic people are an important as hell lobbying group.
