[Zeke]

California threw money away!! They said they had a surplus and they didn't know waht to do with it. First they rebated the $300 fee charged on vehicles entering the state that were not originally sold here and didn't have 50 state smog equipment. THEN they only charged $200 (instead of the normal 300) in 2000 for State Contractors License two-year renewal. I know, I have an active license. There are over a quarter million licensed contractors in CA. THAT'S 25 MILLION DOLLARS!!! What the he!! are they thinking? Like I'm gonna miss the hun if they didn't do it. It's like the 600 bucks the Feds gave up last year under the guise of jump starting the economy. Yea, right. Give these idiots money and they are totally irresponsible with it. The last person I voted for was Ross Perot for just this very reason. Haven't voted since and probably never will again.

Oh, and I'd like some health insurance, but can't afford anything but scrape-me-up-off-the-pavement-and-send-me-to-county-general kind with $5000 deductable. And the county (Los Angeles) is closing all the hospitals it operates. Coulda used a little surplus there. And who was the jerk that said he was gonna straighten out the health ins problem in this country as one of the first things he would do as President? Him and his wife, piano legs.