[Porsche-O-Phile]

LA is a narcissist's dream. One of the reasons I can't stand going up there.

I agree with you 100% on the illegals thing. These folks should be rounded up and immediately deported en masse. No more debate, no more bull, no more screwing around. Party's over. If their family members don't like it they can join 'em back in their country of origin too. Or they can stay as citizens. The family doesn't get extended "de facto" citizenship anymore. End of discussion.

That'd go a long way towards fixing the problem. One problem with the article I had was the implication that we could replace tens of thousands of educated, skilled workers with some third-world pig butchers. C'mon. I get the point that immigration represents an opportunity to solve some of our problems, but we also need to encourage DOMESTIC immigration - as in, "encouraging skilled and educated individuals to come here". Right now all we do is tax the living Christ out of them and make them feel inferior to the illegals they're being forced to subsidize - all in the name of liberal "equality". What a crock.

This state has ALWAYS had a history of speculation and boom/bust times. All the way back to the Gold Rush. Before that even. I doubt it's going to end anytime soon. There will be another bubble in CA before too long - maybe over pig farms. Who knows? But is it going to be enough to offset the collapse of the last two? Doubt it. Somewhere in this mess, SUSTAINABLE, CONSERVATIVE approaches to growth need to be adopted.