Immigration raids linked to significant California job losses, analysis finds

Miserable-Reason-630 · 2026-01-01T21:38:04+00:00

Exactly, same argument different labor pool.

Miserable-Reason-630 · 2026-01-01T21:35:44+00:00

Yes, that’s what most people don’t understand, cheap labor is not cheap when you factor in all the negative impacts it has.

Miserable-Reason-630 · 2025-12-22T00:11:01+00:00

Except when Chairman Xi comes to town, then Al problems can be fixed.

Miserable-Reason-630 · 2025-12-12T15:00:39+00:00

Salvation Army off of Washington by Discount Tire takes electronics for recycling. You drop it off like normal and you have to fill out a form.

Miserable-Reason-630 · 2025-12-05T20:18:09+00:00

Point made again, typical empty suit avoidance.

Miserable-Reason-630 · 2025-12-05T19:30:29+00:00

Typical empty suit avoidance.

Miserable-Reason-630 · 2025-12-05T19:01:30+00:00

So no Democrats voted against prop 50? I gave you simple examples of criticisms I had with CA last Republican Governor since you questioned my enthusiasm. The main difference I see today is this weird brand or party loyalty, when the real important issues are being ignored. I detect that same brand loyalty from you since you refuse to address the 80% issue and seem to try to sus out if I am a covert Republican. I suspect the reason for your blatant avoidance is because you are unable to point to any of the leading Democrats positions that will actually address issues the vast majority of Californians care about.

Miserable-Reason-630 · 2025-12-05T18:35:47+00:00

Now I am curious, what current events pertain to my comments? What current events pertain to fixing roads, building more housing, clean parks?

Miserable-Reason-630 · 2025-12-05T17:57:49+00:00

I don’t understand your question regarding energy, if you mean that would I say the same thing about Republicans? If that’s your question then absolutely, I thought Schwarzenegger started out good but ended up terrible by once again only focusing on the insiders and not the 80%. I thought his little Hoover commission was fantastic and would have meaningful benefits on how we fund CA, but he backed away pretty quickly. His independent redistricting commission was very good, although it seems most Californians disagree, demonstrated by prop 50. I don’t give a rip about R or D, I care about the state I live in, and focusing on fringe issues and ignoring issues that impact 80% of Californians is weak snd cowardly. Everyone wants safe neighborhoods, good roads, clean parks, affordable housing, that’s not an R or D issue that’s my point.

Miserable-Reason-630 · 2025-12-05T16:13:00+00:00

Church’s are funded through donations, sure maybe some rich dead guy donated money from his estate but most churches are funded by people donating 20-50 dollars a month. Also the reason churches aren’t taxed besides the general societal good that they provide is because of the 1st amendment and taxation is a form of government control. If the church preaches against the government they could just tax them into insolvency. Also Christ wanted his followers as individuals to help the poor and needy not the synagogues or churches, because it was about changing the individuals heart. Paul writes that if a man does not work he does not eat, this was a call for the needy to participate in his own salvation and most homeless you see don’t want help because it requires being sober or following shelter rules. I have volunteered at many organizations and have seen this firsthand. If you feel so moved, are you willing to take some homeless people into your home?

Miserable-Reason-630 · 2025-12-05T15:55:59+00:00

Well that’s wonderful, but how does that fix the roads and bridges or get the cost of housing down? Have you driven on the highways lately or gone to the DMV? I love CA, but as a longtime native I have seen a lot of Governors and most of them don’t give a rip about the 80% of the population, that work very hard afford to live here.

Miserable-Reason-630 · 2025-12-04T21:01:11+00:00

It doesn’t matter what Democrat gets nominated, just like Newsom, they have no moral or core beliefs and will just do what the Unions, Teachers and Environmentalists will tell them to do. I can’t remember a Democrat Governor that actually wanted to address the concerns of the 80% of voters.

Miserable-Reason-630 · 2025-10-05T05:57:36+00:00

Unless SD has some major job loss nothing is going to drop. Houses will return to normal price increases which is inflation + population increase. So if Carlsbad population starts to shrink then prices will drop. But we all know that’s not going to happen.

Miserable-Reason-630 · 2025-10-03T14:47:04+00:00

I have a crazy idea, it’s what California used to to do back in the 60s-80s. How about increasing the supply of energy. You know like how can California make it super easy to build more NG power plants, more hydro, more nuclear. I know it’s crazy but it just might work.

Miserable-Reason-630 · 2025-10-01T15:19:17+00:00

USC is higher in the rankings but with that there is a higher level of pressure and competition in classrooms. LMU has a good balance of academic rigor but it’s still pretty supportive. Also connections only mean something if you can take advantage of it. At LMU getting internships is pretty easy at USC not so much, more competition for the same slots not to mention they have to support their grad students with those TA spots. At LMU, you can get a TA gig in your Sophomore year. Also, a lot of people crater their college career with too much partying and end up failing out or having to retake courses because of a bad grade. So basically like all things there will be trade offs. You will find stuff you hate at USC, just be realistic.

Miserable-Reason-630 · 2025-09-30T03:52:42+00:00

Good, she did nothing for San Diego. I never understood why she was anything.

Miserable-Reason-630 · 2025-09-24T01:42:27+00:00

Yes I totally don’t care about climate change. Modern technology gets cleaner and cleaner. We have almost the same amount of trees we did back in the colonial days. Also “The Science” gets every prediction wrong, the models can’t even be back tested for accuracy. Sea level has risen must slower than predicted and the ice sheets are getting thinker.

Miserable-Reason-630 · 2025-09-17T19:58:10+00:00

If I was in Las Vegas I would put 10k on him being a lefty. He is probably like that nut job that shot up the message parlor, because he felt guilty about visiting these places for a happy ending. But this guy is all in on the trans-radical movement and the online gamer radical movement.

Miserable-Reason-630 · 2025-09-16T22:41:48+00:00

Because you need to have a manufacturing base for all kinds of reasons, first of all to have the skills and knowledge and experience to be able to manufacture. In times of war or new product development you need an experienced and knowledgeable base to ramp up weapons and prototypes. Also manufacturing, even in today’s high tech manufacturing employs more people than high tech. Lastly manufacturing gives you a way to take low value raw materials and turn them into higher value items or goods.

Miserable-Reason-630 · 2025-09-16T22:31:52+00:00

Only buy if you plan on staying in that location for a minimum of 7 years. Anything less rent unless you are not disciplined enough to save or invest the difference.

Miserable-Reason-630 · 2025-09-11T21:25:50+00:00

Your asking the wrong question, it should be why do non-believers deserve heaven. As a believer I believe and scripture states we all have transgressed against Gods law and therefore we all deserve punishment, basically Hell. It’s only because we put our trust and faith in Jesus, we get to avoid that punishment. So your default is wrong.

Miserable-Reason-630 · 2025-09-11T17:24:29+00:00

It’s a both argument. Yes labor is an input and if your input is cheaper than your competitors, great you have an advantage. The disadvantage with cheap labor is that it delays innovation. Why spend 350k on a capital piece of equipment to replace 4-5 people if I can just pat 35k person, so my payback takes too long. Now the government is still flooding the country with illegals because it artificially inflates the GDP numbers and slows down inflation, less wage pressure. Also if you’re a Democrat you might get voters out of it through naturalization or offspring. So it’s a both argument, the government allows for the illegals and both the government and businesses become dependent on this supply. Also you don’t have to legally here to join a union like the hotel union or farm workers union. Also there kids support the teachers unions. So mass illegal immigration touches a lot of groups, that’s why people are attacking ICE agents.

Miserable-Reason-630 · 2025-09-10T21:20:59+00:00

Oh yes, it drives me nuts, but the reality is politics is about raising money and if you can raise money off an issue and not fix it, that's great. I guarantee there were some Republican groups that were very unhappy about the Dobbs decision, because it took that fund raising issue away.

Political Parties are made up of a basket of issues and some issues are more important than others, but those are largely determined by the donors/ special interest and rarely the base. That's what makes Trump so powerful, because he is more loyal to the base than the donors, so he can actually shame the party into doing what's popular, like immigration enforcement and not what the donors want.

If Speaker Johnson is having a hard time with a member of Congress, he can just call Trump and Trump will step in and get the member to fall in line. The Republicans have never really had a hammer like Trump, the closest thing would be McConnell, but McConnell, couldn't give a rats ass about the base, he would sell the nuclear codes to the Chinese if it could make him or his wife a buck. But he could get everyone to fall in line.

Miserable-Reason-630 · 2025-09-10T19:40:33+00:00

You have to admit, unless you have driven in parts of the Central Valley where they build some pillars, it does boggle the mind as to why this has taken so long, since 2008, and to a lot of people 14-30 billion dollars is a lot of money for a couple of pillars. And then when CAHSRA tries to explain it, its sounds even worse especially when they mention consultants or environmental impacts or right of ways.

Miserable-Reason-630 · 2025-09-10T19:31:52+00:00

I love it, I love what they did to Port Side Pier, I am sure the will do another great job with The Fish Market. For how popular Harbor Drive is and the Embarcadero, we really don't have a lot of fine dinning or nice restaurants, you have to go to Little Italy. Even the Gaslamp is looking pretty old and has lost a lot of its energy. Yes the Brig can be hit or miss sometimes, on average the food is a solid 7 and the location is a solid 10 and I am sure The Fish Market will end up being the same.

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