California’s Plan to Increase its Deficit

The first part of this story actually happened in August of 2008, but it so clearly represents the liberal left-coast mindset regarding illegal aliens, I just couldn’t help myself, I just had to bring it up again – it’s worth a reminder. And it’s still not a settled issue, there’s an update at the end, bringing it to its current status.

These are excerpts from Michelle Malkin’s blog on the subject.

(August, 2008) A San Francisco city commission has taken a defiant stand against Mayor Gavin Newsom’s directive on young immigrant felons by urging officials to permit the (ILLEGAL, FELONY) offenders to remain in the city and help pay for their housing, job placement services and immigration lawyers.

Newsom announced last month - in an attempt to quell a growing controversy involving San Francisco’s sanctuary city policy - that the city would no longer shield young illegal immigrant felony offenders from federal authorities for possible deportation.

Three weeks later, the city’s little-known, 15-member Immigrant Rights Commission approved a resolution that ran counter to the mayor’s directive, urging the city to let young (ILLEGAL) immigrant (FELONY) offenders stay in the city. The commission advises the Board of Supervisors and mayor about issues involving immigrants.

It called on San Francisco to pay nonprofit community groups (ACORN?) to screen juvenile offenders to determine whether they should be entitled to city-paid immigration attorneys who would help them seek asylum as victims of abandonment, trafficking or abuse.

It also urged the city to provide adequate resources for placing the youths in “culturally appropriate” community programs approved by the juvenile court system; a policy that federal prosecutors have said was akin to harboring illegal immigrants.

And it advised the city to develop and expand safe housing, jobs and other opportunities for unaccompanied immigrant youth “because these youth are extremely vulnerable to exploitation by adult criminals.”

So now, San Franciscoians will be expected to pay for safe housing, job placement and immigration attorneys for these poor, disadvantaged ILLEGAL FELONS?

Ooowee, I guess I’m glad I’m just an ignrunt Texas hick. Around here, we aren’t as enlightened as the intellectual elite out there in California. The “enlightened” state’s deficit has roared past $40,000,000,000 and is expected to top $42,000,000,000 soon. So, I guess it does make sense (to liberal Californian democrats) to spend more money they don’t have to coddle YOUNG ILLEGAL ALIENS WHO COMMIT FELONIES.

RIGHT.

“And whereas, San Francisco’s sanctuary policy should protect immigrants from being separated from their families and communities through deportation, while also protecting public safety by ensuring that persons who commit violent felonies cannot take advantage of the sanctuary policy, Therefore be it resolved that the San Francisco Democratic Party takes a recommitted position in support of our constitution and our city’s sanctuary position for immigrants, And be it further resolved that the San Francisco Democratic Party supports continuation of the sanctuary policy without extending the protection of that policy to persons who commit violent felonies.”

This “sanctuary” crap is just that … CRAP.

To tax already overburdened citizens to pay for ILLEGAL alien’s housing, medical care, job placement and legal aid to fight deportation, is just plain asinine.

What a sorry state (not state of affairs, just a sorry state).

California was created by God to be one of the most beautiful and climate-friendly areas on the planet. Ocean beaches and mountains just a short drive apart and climate varying from cool and foggy to warm and sunny. California has it all. Were it not for the politics and the cost of living, most folks that I know who’ve been there would like to live there. Myself included.

But California’s voters have elected liberal democrats who spend taxpayer money to help everyone “feel good” about everything, without concern for fiscal responsibility – after all, they’ll just go back to the taxpayers for more. There’s a never-ending supply, isn’t there?

Well friends and neighbors, the gravy train has left the station and it ain’t coming back. People are leaving the state in droves and they’re not the dregs of society – they’re the educated, upwardly mobile citizens who are tired of the mess that politicians have made of the state’s economy. They’re going where jobs are plentiful and taxes are low.

California lost a net of 144,000 people in the year ending in July, 2008 – more than any other state. While at the same time, California’s nearly 3 million illegal aliens cost taxpayers over $9,000,000,000 each year.

I guess us ignrunt Texas hicks just aren’t as smart as you enlightened intellectual elite liberals are – we somehow bumbled our way to an $11,000,000,000 SURPLUS – and we don’t even have an INCOME TAX. The remaining good people in California need to take their state back … or, leave it to taken over by Obama’s federal government, just like GM and the big banks.

I can’t wait to see how Obamafornia deals with the influx of new welfare recipients looking for a handout and millions of new illegals.

Apparently, us dumb, unenlightened, clods are just stuck on stoopid, right?

P.S. – almost forgot – to show how seriously California lawmakers take their responsibilities for the needs of their constituents, they passed a bill to ban pâté de foie gras statewide in 2012. Wow, that’s representative government at its finest!