California Dreamin’

The song, “California Dreamin’,” recorded by the folkrock group, “The Mamas and the Papas,” topped the popular music charts of 1966 for weeks across the Anglo/English countries.

It has taken more than half a century for the title theme of the song, “California Dreamin’,” to locate a political promoter. The Financial Aid Act passed by the California Senate and Assembly by unanimous vote (and one absentee) on July 15 coincides with the song’s title — though not the lyrics.

The United States is the world’s trendsetter.

California, by far, has the largest population and economy of the 50 states. Other countries watch and take note.

The California Financial Aid bill of $2.1 billion coincides with the first payment of the federal $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill passed last March.

Each state has a theme song. California’s theme song is: “I Love You, California.” That ditty should be changed to: “Socialism here we come. Capitalism is on the run.”

California’s financial assets are about $134.9 billion. California’s financial liabilities are $399.4 billion hence a deficit of $264.5 billion. Add the county and municipal liabilities, California’s total debt hovers around $1 trillion. Once again, California leads the other 49 states by a wide margin.

A state cannot, like the federal government, print money out of the blue. A state relies on taxes to pay what the governor proposes and is agreed upon by the state Senate and Assembly.

Is Gov. Gavin Newsom, who is worth an estimated $20 million, who lives in a $3.7 million, six-bedroom mansion in Fair Oaks near the American River, is to be adversely affected by any tax increase?

Is Nancy Pelosi, whose estimated worth is $114 million, to be adversely affected by a tax increase?

For the federal and state governments to pay people who are in between occupations and, in a life shift is a disincentive. Why work when a check arrives in the mail or direct bank deposit once a month?

People who are amid hard times and need outside assistance are not referred to here. It is people who lazy away their time with the expectations that the state and federal governments are there to support their inertness is what this article is critical of.

“All the leaves are brown, and the sky is gray ...”

There are to be many more large piles of brown leaves, there are to be many more gray skies that are to become darker if this government-subsidized socialistic direction is not checked.

— Anthony Mills/Vallejo