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Originally Posted by junglegeorge12
I did not know it was aquitori---if you are in cali it might be due to the tech crash since the silicone valley brought alot of revenue to cali
down here the economy makes no actual sense, corrupt politicians just invent it as they go along......
they wake up one morning and decide they need more tax money to feed their families via unperformed government contracts so they invent a new tax---like gee, let's add a $1/lb tax to coffee,-- or hey, why not just double the water and electricity again like we did two years ago and still have not done the system upgrades we used to justify it....or I know, let's sell all the land and money making park and beach facilites owned by the government to our friends and family so they can charge everyone whatever they feel like to go in.......then lets give ourselves a little paycut so the dumb people like us and don't realize how much money we stole and how many millions in kickbacks we got.....
Down here it is kind of nuts like that, but then there are these great programs, for instance, if you start a factory or business that provides a few jobs here, they will give you the land, a startup loan or grant, military protection, no taxes for a decade or two, and no import taxes or duties to the states, and import taxes and duties here are far below what they are in the mainland US--not a bad deal if you want to start a factory or distributorship here--now there is something for Maeda to think about....getting rid of import taxes could really bring retail down on BH, think how happy Carl would be if his shipping prices dropped about 80 or 90%!
a banana republic fed by the states has it's benefits......