California Owes $55 Billion on Unemployment Benefits | Will Swaim

"In the COVID era, people ended up on unemployment and the federal government sent out about $100 billion to California and a huge amount of it-about $55 billion-was lost to criminal gangs. Fraudsters show up from all over the world. We're talking about international crime, gangs, and people in California prisons and jails."
Siyamak sits down with William Swain, the president of the California Policy Center. We'll discuss how California now has about $55 billion in unemployment benefit liabilities, of which a significant amount was due to EDD fraud during the pandemic, the biggest fraud of its kind in any state. Now, California businesses are liable to cover these costs.
"They're not just going to eat that out of their profit, these businesses. They're going to raise their prices. You wouldn't know a whole lot about this because the business community itself is really hesitant to raise objection, or afraid that if they do, the regulators will descend on them and find something wrong with their business."
0:00 Intro
2:15 California's $55B Unemployment Fraud scandal
4:02 Businesses feel the pain as FED collects its debts
6:07 California's Hostile Business Environment
10:05 Are jobs and the economy the real victims?
11:16 Why CA Businesses Don’t Object to Regulations
13:15 The real power behind the throne
16:41 Exploitation or political agenda?
19:19 How Government Shapes Journalism Practices
21:02 The poor pay for Progressive policies
23:39 Losing faith in big government.
27:25 Dumbing down the media
30:10 Solutions to California's biggest issues?
32:15 Can bipartisanship save California?
35:15 Solving Crime and Homelessness
37:23 Retail theft's deeper roots
42:13 Who’s controlling California politics?
44:05 Membership declines hit unions where it hurts
45:54 California's hope
#california #californianews #californiainsider #fraud #unemploymentbenefits
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  • @California.Insider
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  • @paeezh
    @paeezh20 күн бұрын

    California governor should be impeached for the damages that he has caused. When anybody ask him about what’s happening in California, he starts raising his voice for the good job he has done. I don’t know the good job for who. For himself?? Definitely not for majority of Californian.

  • @gregabreu7346

    @gregabreu7346

    20 күн бұрын

    We’re trying to again hopefully will get him out. He’s ruining the great state of California.

  • @armoredghost6180

    @armoredghost6180

    20 күн бұрын

    He’s what Californians wanted whether they knew it or not.

  • @teresaalford5978

    @teresaalford5978

    20 күн бұрын

    YOUR VOTERS had the chance to recall him and you let him OFF the HOOK!!

  • @paeezh

    @paeezh

    20 күн бұрын

    I actually never voted for him. The problem with some voters is that they never research a candidate before voting. If you look at the amount of wealth he accumulated during his government work whether he was a mayor or his is governor, that’s a red flag by itself.

  • @gbottle0521

    @gbottle0521

    19 күн бұрын

    $55 Billion to pay illegal immigration🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @sigg3504
    @sigg350420 күн бұрын

    I'm am actively getting rid of my contractors license because the state mandates that I carry workers comp insurance, but...I DON'T HAVE ANY EMPLOYEES. Because I didn't pay it (because I can't get enough work) they have suspended my license. The unlicensed guys are under bidding me by 20-30% because they don't have the licenses, insurances, bonds or pay taxes. This state HATES SMALL BUSINESSES, I'M OUT. Moving to Nevada as soon as I can.

  • @teresaalford5978

    @teresaalford5978

    20 күн бұрын

    EXCELLENT POINT!!!!!!!

  • @thomaskim5008

    @thomaskim5008

    19 күн бұрын

    Don’t move to Nevada. We don’t want Californians who will ruin Nevada just like California

  • @aaabbbccc543

    @aaabbbccc543

    19 күн бұрын

    i used to be a sub contractor in CA.... family business.... CA punishes legal contractors who have a license and insurance... but does nothing about the illegal contractors that have no license or insurance....left CA 6 years ago

  • @thomaskim5008

    @thomaskim5008

    19 күн бұрын

    @@aaabbbccc543 Good for you. Where did you move to?

  • @zakariazherrera9465

    @zakariazherrera9465

    19 күн бұрын

    No kkfornianos in nevada socker👺

  • @tonyhodges8477
    @tonyhodges847719 күн бұрын

    In other words, Gavin’s friends lined their pockets.

  • @TonyTitleGuy

    @TonyTitleGuy

    17 күн бұрын

    Aww... Say it isn't so!

  • @unebonnevie
    @unebonnevie19 күн бұрын

    CA is so depressing! My neighbor's car got hit by an immigrant who drove a car without a driver license and "no speaking English," too!!! My neighbor called the cop for a police report, and all the cop did was telling the guy don't the car anymore. The moment the cop left, the guy hopped in his car and started driving again! My neighbor took photos, etc., and got the insurance info from the illegal immigrant, but, for sure my neighbor will not be compensated, as the insurance might even be fake!

  • @garybulwinkle82

    @garybulwinkle82

    13 күн бұрын

    This happened to my father thirty five years ago! He chased the guy at 70 mph down main street while his car was bellowing steam and smoke! Guy's address was a P.O. box and no insurance!! This is a result of liberal insanity; they are not of sound mind!!!!

  • @GaryInSoCal
    @GaryInSoCal19 күн бұрын

    Why aren't the fraudsters being imprisoned instead of punishing CA businesses with BS additional taxes?

  • @Madasin_Paine

    @Madasin_Paine

    19 күн бұрын

    this is one of the greatest control frauds by members of the government business and public community. and it shows how much nonsense is necessary so that people aren't even aware of this story in the capital of capitalism and the so-called heart of social democracy, where Indians got the Gaza treatment with the gold rush +-.... new Gold Rush and with it all the recolonization destruction destruction of environment and the locals way of life... the white man can't quite put it together and alert the masses fast enough.... it's the old cliche that the answers are hidden in plain sight as taxation treasury is diverted to the least amongst us for their greatest good times treated like a herd of pets playthings food fertilizer and working animals, the veterinarians of humanity call The herd a pace... old chickens make good soup old dairy cows make good shoes human sewage and human bodies cultivated into compost lentils soybeans and other feed crops 8 $ & 9 $ 😮 Piracy and privatization pension Ponzi schemes also known as a public-private partnership also known as global organized crime, top down sr exec srvc pensions matter more than you and life on Earth +- imho et al...

  • @rhipotter6191

    @rhipotter6191

    19 күн бұрын

    What you mean Newpolosi plans to spread this nation wide.. Current admin doing same thing 😂😂 the 10 million "newcomers" will keep the plan rolling

  • @TonyTitleGuy

    @TonyTitleGuy

    17 күн бұрын

    Hate to say it, but... The government is NOT here to help you.

  • @josefeibl8230

    @josefeibl8230

    17 күн бұрын

    They're part of the criminal demonrat party.

  • @Only1JoytotheWorld

    @Only1JoytotheWorld

    16 күн бұрын

    Please sign THE CURRENT RECALL PETITION for Gavin Newsom. Rescue California. Stop talking, TAKE ACTION! I'm trying to get signatures from our Latino residents, but I don't speak Spanish. The majority (Latino) of Californians HAVE TO GET INVOLVED. I'm trying.

  • @bobbywright4087
    @bobbywright408719 күн бұрын

    I from California born and raised and when I lost my job I was denied got nothing.... South America gangs never step foot in the state they got billions

  • @richardcathcart2952
    @richardcathcart295220 күн бұрын

    CA Govt in Sacramento is a Democrat-domintaed criminal operation: its groupies benefit, whether or not they do ANY work, turn a blind eye to other criminals etc.

  • @IsDefinitelyHuman
    @IsDefinitelyHuman19 күн бұрын

    This explains why my Unemployment was denied earlier this year.

  • @gbottle0521

    @gbottle0521

    19 күн бұрын

    $55 Billion pay to illegal immigration🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @redleo380
    @redleo38018 күн бұрын

    People should not fear the government, government should fear the people. Rise up.

  • @Only1JoytotheWorld

    @Only1JoytotheWorld

    16 күн бұрын

    💯Please sign THE CURRENT RECALL PETITION for Gavin Newsom. Rescue California. Stop talking, TAKE ACTION! I'm trying to get signatures from our Latino residents, but I don't speak Spanish. The majority (Latino) of Californians HAVE TO GET INVOLVED. I'm trying....

  • @christiane.g.4142
    @christiane.g.414219 күн бұрын

    Every year i have more and more reason to give thanks for having FLED Ca. in January '07 and haven't looked back!!

  • @phann860

    @phann860

    19 күн бұрын

    As long as Democrat voters don't also leave (Which is happening) and follow you to your state, start voting and next thing they will repeat the same mess.

  • @keithhupp5995
    @keithhupp599519 күн бұрын

    The reason why they were susceptible to fraud it is because they made people pay back their unemployment back when they would get a second job because they would go over? I got paid $20 more per week for about a month and ended up paying them back over eight hundred dollars. How they could charge people for receiving their own money is beyond me.

  • @maryannecba3889

    @maryannecba3889

    19 күн бұрын

    It's not "your own money". Employees don't contribute to the Unemployment Insurance Fund. There is no deduction for such on your pay stub. The employer foots the entire bill for it. That said, the entire system in California is so messed to allow people who make an honest mistake to be hounded while gangs and fraudsters get away with millions.

  • @sheepishmclemmingston5550

    @sheepishmclemmingston5550

    19 күн бұрын

    ​@@maryannecba3889oh, but you DO contribute as an employee, its just not a "Structured and Labeled" contribution. But as an Employer I factor that cost into EVERY employee I hires wage. I would be totally on board to pay EACH and EVERY employee the EXACT amount I shell out for their UE Insurance requirement when I hire them, but have to consider that REAL cost of employing each individual into the wage I'm willing to negotiate with them for their position with the company. So in essence, they'd be bringing that pay home would contribution be mandated, but because of that added cost, I have to reduce the wage Im willing to negotiate off the top. I'd wager MOST COMPANIES factor this in. They are ALL reducing an employees ACTUAL realized wage and that reduction reflecting from 50%-100% of the cost of the UE's contribution cost per employee. Effectively removing that income that they would bankroll and take home in wage compensation. So, yes, per se I as the EMPLOYER am actually making the payment, but its WITH funds that otherwise would be making its way into the employees paycheck. Unemployment is a crock, right off the shelf anyways, unless you are earning FAR below poverty level income anyway, most especially in California. It caps at about 1800 a month, good luck living off of that in MOST, if not ALL of California. Hell, that'll barely cover the cost of rent for a studio apt in a lot of the State. So I guess one would be going without utilities, car payment, gas for that car, insurances, food and every other monthly expenditure one requires just to EXIST here, let alone ANY luxuries. Whole things a sham, just like SS. A bait and switch ponzi scheme from the getgo

  • @luck9837
    @luck983720 күн бұрын

    Does ukraine and Israel have to pay the federal government back? Or is it just California?

  • @theashpilez

    @theashpilez

    19 күн бұрын

    Just the native born suckerz

  • @higherresolution4490

    @higherresolution4490

    19 күн бұрын

    Excellent point. Definitely a rhetorical question.

  • @thomaskim5008

    @thomaskim5008

    19 күн бұрын

    You mean “Do Ukraine and Israel …”

  • @LuisCruz-hv8nz

    @LuisCruz-hv8nz

    19 күн бұрын

    Just California as per Israel and Ukraine will never pay a dime back as per president Zelensky the USA has become his personal ATM 😂

  • @tonyburzio4107

    @tonyburzio4107

    19 күн бұрын

    Depends. If the Russians win, you get a draft notice to help defend Warsaw.

  • @Kanooky_Jones
    @Kanooky_Jones20 күн бұрын

    You mean the tax payers owe $55 billion, right?

  • @AlexanderNixonArtHistory

    @AlexanderNixonArtHistory

    19 күн бұрын

    correct

  • @scottfranco1962

    @scottfranco1962

    19 күн бұрын

    Its the "stupid tax". You elected stupid people, now you get to pay for it.

  • @gbottle0521

    @gbottle0521

    19 күн бұрын

    $55 Billion pay to illegal immigration😂😂😂😂

  • @artneville5994

    @artneville5994

    19 күн бұрын

    Correct.

  • @phann860

    @phann860

    19 күн бұрын

    Of course, the government has no money it is from you and all the taxpayers.

  • @SamuelClemente7718
    @SamuelClemente771820 күн бұрын

    As a Lakers fan i never was ok with them getting $ Billions in relief

  • @vinhbuidoi246
    @vinhbuidoi24619 күн бұрын

    I really like this guy, he said the same thing I used to tell my friends “ the problem is the government “ and politicians.

  • @greglane3978
    @greglane397820 күн бұрын

    Just when you think California government cannot get any dumber they set a new low standard. So happy and glad I don't live in CA. Don't have to put up with the BS but it is great entertainment to watch from a distance and laugh.

  • @phann860

    @phann860

    19 күн бұрын

    I wouldn't laugh, no doubt emergency action will be taken which will affect everyone. Has California ever paid a bill under Newsome.

  • @motomikebuilder
    @motomikebuilder20 күн бұрын

    The reality of Ca policies is very concealed. Several of your guests have been so informative that I'm more disappointed in our policies and politics than ever. I've been a contractor for 30 years and I don't want to hire anyone with the current regulations. I'll be swinging a hammer into my 60's which is fine. I'd rather have ice packs in the evening on the ouwees than get sued for some bull shit.

  • @GmanR88
    @GmanR8818 күн бұрын

    Excellent interview; Swaim is very well-spoken.

  • @lljl5310
    @lljl531019 күн бұрын

    Thank you California Insider!

  • @jlee559
    @jlee55919 күн бұрын

    EDD failed to make a legit application for the PUA, then those of us who really needed it got shut off from payments with no notice or real reason, thus taking our rightful funds has led to losing our business forever

  • @salpine
    @salpine19 күн бұрын

    Running a small business. We survived the pandemic and got a couple loans. Now sales are down, costs and wages are up, and now more taxes. Breaking even. We’re looking at possibly closing our shop and having to lay off 25 people. Some that have been with us for many years. And it’s just another drop in the bucket, no one cares, no help, not a lot of options. Small businesses are being gutted.

  • @josefeibl8230

    @josefeibl8230

    17 күн бұрын

    Don't forget the increase in insurance rates.

  • @Only1JoytotheWorld

    @Only1JoytotheWorld

    16 күн бұрын

    Please sign THE CURRENT RECALL PETITION for Gavin Newsom. Rescue California. Stop talking, TAKE ACTION! I'm trying to get signatures from our Latino residents, but I don't speak Spanish. The majority (Latino) of Californians HAVE TO GET INVOLVED. I'm trying.

  • @desmondmarshall7384
    @desmondmarshall738420 күн бұрын

    One of the McDonald's where I live have three kiosks, I have noticed the drive thru is more efficient since. The employees focus more on the drive thru window.

  • @jesuslverfmysul

    @jesuslverfmysul

    20 күн бұрын

    Good! But have they fixed the ice cream machine?

  • @youbetyourwrasse

    @youbetyourwrasse

    20 күн бұрын

    @@jesuslverfmysul The Kiosks have been trying, but their Union will not allow it.

  • @josefeibl8230

    @josefeibl8230

    17 күн бұрын

    ​@@jesuslverfmysulfixing the ice cream machines is Bidumb's next job.

  • @Only1JoytotheWorld

    @Only1JoytotheWorld

    16 күн бұрын

    Please sign THE CURRENT RECALL PETITION for Gavin Newsom. Rescue California. Stop talking, TAKE ACTION! I'm trying to get signatures from our Latino residents, but I don't speak Spanish. The majority (Latino) of Californians HAVE TO GET INVOLVED. I'm trying.

  • @jesuslverfmysul

    @jesuslverfmysul

    16 күн бұрын

    @Only1JoytotheWorld You don't have to speak Spanish. I'm Latino, and I speak English. If they don't speak English or understand English, then likely they aren't citizens and wasting your time anyway.

  • @CesoeFelony
    @CesoeFelony19 күн бұрын

    I live in the Bay Area,and I lost my job at Tesla because I refused to get vaccinated,And I never got a stimulus package they told me someone claimed my 40k and there was nothing I could do about it...

  • @tlsthoughts

    @tlsthoughts

    19 күн бұрын

    Wow! So sorry that happened to you.😔

  • @CesoeFelony

    @CesoeFelony

    19 күн бұрын

    @@tlsthoughts very kind of you, thanks But that's what I get for living in communist California

  • @eddiekulp1241

    @eddiekulp1241

    19 күн бұрын

    Why were you entitled to 40 grand stimulis ? Rest of us got 3,000

  • @CesoeFelony

    @CesoeFelony

    19 күн бұрын

    @@eddiekulp1241 I know people who got 100k.For example I have a cuzn who has never worked in his life and has been in prison for 14 years and he received to checks both 40K a piece....When I was working at Tesla I worked over 40 hours a week and they have bonuses so like if you work a weekend that's 250$ added to your check,so if you work Sat&Sun that's 500 ontop of what you make weekly,I was getting 25 an hour....

  • @Brandonmichaelc

    @Brandonmichaelc

    19 күн бұрын

    If you got any money and a lawyer that will pursue it I'd sue Tesla and the State!

  • @jtamezf
    @jtamezf19 күн бұрын

    But but, it’s the 5th largest economy in the world!😂😂🤪🤣🤣

  • @tonyburzio4107

    @tonyburzio4107

    19 күн бұрын

    Was.

  • @phann860

    @phann860

    19 күн бұрын

    For how long?

  • @rjohnson9543

    @rjohnson9543

    17 күн бұрын

    With this Fed Loan problem and the current debt and the unfunded pensions, health care for illegals, huge drops in population, crime, drugs, corruption, businesses closing and moving out of state CA might take in a lot of money as a Gross, but much much more goes out leaving even more deficit.

  • @nsuguitan

    @nsuguitan

    16 күн бұрын

    99 percent of California's economy is owned by Newsom and pelosi

  • @Only1JoytotheWorld

    @Only1JoytotheWorld

    16 күн бұрын

    Please sign THE CURRENT RECALL PETITION for Gavin Newsom. Rescue California. Stop talking, TAKE ACTION! I'm trying to get signatures from our Latino residents, but I don't speak Spanish. The majority (Latino) of Californians HAVE TO GET INVOLVED. I'm trying.

  • @user-ib8ls1vq6y
    @user-ib8ls1vq6y19 күн бұрын

    Taxation without representation.

  • @josefeibl8230

    @josefeibl8230

    17 күн бұрын

    You have representation. Vote differently.

  • @richardcathcart2952
    @richardcathcart295220 күн бұрын

    Why don't CA cities provide available land furnished with RENTED-only tents (shelters) for the homeless? Cut out the NGO's that used government funds to operate their shady organizations.

  • @marktwaine9344

    @marktwaine9344

    19 күн бұрын

    the druggies and drunks won't go for it....

  • @Brandonmichaelc

    @Brandonmichaelc

    19 күн бұрын

    Because the city officials get paid off by the NGOs and NonProfits who fund their campaigns. And the politicians keep what they don't use after the elections that are already rigged. Quite the system they have rigged out here. It's ridiculous

  • @richardcathcart2952

    @richardcathcart2952

    19 күн бұрын

    @@marktwaine9344 Separate those dangerous people FROM those who really are merely homeless.

  • @phann860

    @phann860

    19 күн бұрын

    By shady organisations, non profits need to be investigated, the cost per homeless person is, I think< north of $70,000 a year. You can't ignore there is a massive industry of cronies and Democrat supporters making a good living out of the homeless etc. The worst thing to happen to these parasites is if proper measures are taken to solve the situation.

  • @richardcathcart2952

    @richardcathcart2952

    19 күн бұрын

    Imagine: a city finds suitable land, installs basic sewage/potable water/electricity, the RENTS tents or other such shelters to the real homeless who prove they were recently housed in that city as renters/home-owners. Policing will keep the dangerous out of the privacy fenced settlement. City-owned bus service will allow people direct access only to the municipality itself, not connected to, say, Los Angeles or San Francisco.@@phann860

  • @greglane3978
    @greglane397820 күн бұрын

    Don't forget Seattle. The same crap was going on there as well.

  • @coyote-wang
    @coyote-wang17 күн бұрын

    Its become impossible to make a living here, no jobs no nothing. The state has no social safety net so while prices explode my income was driven to 0. I used to do well with freelancing but they made it illegal for people to use californians as remote freelancers.

  • @nottobebelieved8608
    @nottobebelieved860819 күн бұрын

    Newsom really mismanaged the state. Wonder how much damage Newsom could do on a federal level?

  • @redshiftmedia2485

    @redshiftmedia2485

    19 күн бұрын

    He's probably aiming for 2028

  • @nottobebelieved8608

    @nottobebelieved8608

    19 күн бұрын

    @redshiftmedia2485 Looking forward to watching it play out.

  • @phann860

    @phann860

    19 күн бұрын

    Please don't, Biden is bad enough.

  • @julielinsacum2463

    @julielinsacum2463

    19 күн бұрын

    A scary thought

  • @nottobebelieved8608

    @nottobebelieved8608

    19 күн бұрын

    @@julielinsacum2463 Must keep sane people up at night.

  • @moondog-HMB
    @moondog-HMB19 күн бұрын

    12:15 if you do the math a jump from $15.50 to $20.00 hour wage that's actually a 29% labor cost increase. Am I not correct?

  • @zayonkiber2510
    @zayonkiber251019 күн бұрын

    Lord save us all😢😮

  • @user-useff
    @user-useff17 күн бұрын

    This guy really understands causation and is able to connect the dots from so many aspects of society. A damn good summary of today's time. Since all repairs have to be done from the base, our repair needs to be grass roots. Share this episode before the next election.

  • @Mocha4Man
    @Mocha4Man19 күн бұрын

    UP$UP$UP, never sell America Short!

  • @WilliamKiene-yg7rq
    @WilliamKiene-yg7rq20 күн бұрын

    I was in small business in California for 50 years and now looking at it from Florida, I can see where the once great state will slowly collapse. What I worry about is all the good folks in California who are stuck there and could lose everything. Nothing or nobody is too big to fail. Their News is lying to them every day. God bless Will Swaim.

  • @armoredghost6180

    @armoredghost6180

    20 күн бұрын

    California really is too big to fail. It has problems, but so many people still live there and so much money flows around the state.

  • @nicklasmillner101

    @nicklasmillner101

    19 күн бұрын

    Enjoy the h

  • @WilliamKiene-yg7rq

    @WilliamKiene-yg7rq

    19 күн бұрын

    @@armoredghost6180 Well, best of luck. The fun is just getting started.

  • @Pedgo1986

    @Pedgo1986

    19 күн бұрын

    @@armoredghost6180 nothing is too big to fail even Rome fell eventually. Its just phrase to justify stealing taxpayers money for bailouts.

  • @hdw237

    @hdw237

    14 күн бұрын

    ​@armoredghost6180 in a true capitalist nation, nothing is "too big to fail". We all learned how little capitalism remains in this nation in 2008.😢

  • @gary9080
    @gary908019 күн бұрын

    My wife spent more time getting CA unemployment approval than her time was worth.

  • @worldlife9834
    @worldlife983416 күн бұрын

    Opening a business in the United States is considered to be high risk. Government regulation mixed with crime continue to make businesses unprofitable.

  • @igotaction
    @igotaction19 күн бұрын

    Dude, WTF is wrong with KZread F-ing with your channel? Poor Siyamak, bro can't catch a break. Keep up the great work!!!

  • @Airick9073
    @Airick907319 күн бұрын

    How did I get unsubscribed? This channel is so important!

  • @jerrygarner4103
    @jerrygarner410318 күн бұрын

    there is always one exit left.." the exit out of California " 😢😢

  • @Arid379
    @Arid37919 күн бұрын

    Every store is closed down and lost $55 billion

  • @74cacao
    @74cacao19 күн бұрын

    Should send Newsome a copy of your documentary

  • @jpguthrie6669
    @jpguthrie666916 күн бұрын

    I moved to Japan some years ago, and like it here. One thing which Japan has done is to keep unions from having any power in industry or government. Japan is probably the world's most anti-Marxist country, and has seen unions as agents of Marxism. Since unions have no power in education, Japan's schools are among the world's best, and a high school senior in Japan has a level of education to a college sophomore in America. Since unions have no power in public services, public servants are efficient, do their jobs well, and treat the public as respected guests when the public have to do business with the government. Since unions have no power in industry, Japan's manufacturing remains relatively strong, and Japan does not have a "Rust Belt," or collapsed industrial cities. The end result of no unions is a country with the world's largest middle class. Japan is not a perfect place, because no place is perfect, but Japan has managed to keep political, union, and business corruption largely under control.

  • @user-vb8yf8be3l
    @user-vb8yf8be3l19 күн бұрын

    I live in Silicon valley We hve been trying to get a building permit to build one house on 5 acres 2 years later we have still not got it

  • @Mocha4Man

    @Mocha4Man

    19 күн бұрын

    PALO ALTO, will never allow it!

  • @user-vb8yf8be3l

    @user-vb8yf8be3l

    18 күн бұрын

    @@Mocha4Man I did some work in PA maybe 40 years ago

  • @ripvanrevs

    @ripvanrevs

    18 күн бұрын

    I think that is a SIGN to MOVE OUT OF CALIFORNIA!!

  • @user-vb8yf8be3l
    @user-vb8yf8be3l19 күн бұрын

    gas in CA in 2024 and 25 will have a new 50 cent tax for each of the years

  • @delbertcast3543
    @delbertcast354318 күн бұрын

    No, 55 billion wasn’t lost to criminal gangs, 55 billion was used by a different criminal gang than normal !

  • @considerateg3747
    @considerateg374720 күн бұрын

    I don't think voting works until we secure our voting system we will always have designated politicians not elected ones. Make voting great again by allowing voting on the Blockchain where there will always be digital footprint on chain.

  • @k.chriscaldwell4141

    @k.chriscaldwell4141

    19 күн бұрын

    With respect, but which of their myriad of crimes does one’s vote apply?! One vote does not cut it when the system has gone rogue and criminal.

  • @armoredghost6180
    @armoredghost618015 күн бұрын

    Excellent guest. Hope he’ll be on again.

  • @bigbirdexplores1919
    @bigbirdexplores191918 күн бұрын

    So if the owner of the fast food thinks he needs to make 95% and only give 1% to employees. I say everone stop buying fastfood

  • @user-rq5zu1jp3l
    @user-rq5zu1jp3l20 күн бұрын

    California should sell its surplus property such as open space and parks to devolopers to pay off this debt

  • @nicklasmillner101

    @nicklasmillner101

    19 күн бұрын

    Only someone far away would say something that moronic, probably in a state sucking more than putting in .

  • @pachuco1815
    @pachuco181516 күн бұрын

    if the economy wasn't bad enough now this pops up

  • @chrisc-rc2og
    @chrisc-rc2og17 күн бұрын

    He stole that money . Fraud probably was about 50% to blame

  • @garybulwinkle82
    @garybulwinkle8213 күн бұрын

    My father was involved in the California legal system. He said, "whoever has the money, pays!" Socialism works until they run out of other people's money!!!

  • @leslierudd8399
    @leslierudd83992 күн бұрын

    Loved this interview. Insightful.

  • @samsonabraha9536
    @samsonabraha953619 күн бұрын

    Some of EDD Employees made a mistake, because when they suppos to pay the right person gave money people in prison & wrong people ,I saw frustration on people on pandemic time !!!

  • @bigbirdexplores1919
    @bigbirdexplores191918 күн бұрын

    I believe that taxes are how politicians get paid. And I also believe that if you don’t trust or believe them then you should not have to pay taxes.

  • @leslierudd8399

    @leslierudd8399

    2 күн бұрын

    Amen big bird!

  • @Burger1097
    @Burger109719 күн бұрын

    The same or worse is happening with EBT fraud.

  • @PromoCodeLady
    @PromoCodeLady20 күн бұрын

    I legally qualified for the personal and business programs they had available and both my personal and businesses (plural) paid taxes every year for years and EDD did not give me 1 penny. I was supposed to receive 10K from the EIDL being that I was 1 of the first to apply and did not receive a dime. Horrible people at the same time they approved fake businesses and identity theft and disqualified applications 24/7.

  • @74cacao
    @74cacao19 күн бұрын

    As a California business owner I agree - we are going to cut jobs and ask others to take pay cuts

  • @scottperry7311
    @scottperry731119 күн бұрын

    When you hangs bag of money out the window for people and businesses, people and businesses find a way to grab it, legally or illegally.

  • @RR-ub8iy
    @RR-ub8iy4 күн бұрын

    Very good educational material. Just facts. Thanks and keep it up.

  • @kenjohnson4423
    @kenjohnson442317 күн бұрын

    If you were born in Calif. you can have your worker fill out a W8-BEN and pay them cash, no income taxes, no payroll. The state can not impair your contract with a worker. Do not hire employees. Hire workers. Not to mention, income tax is voluntary for state citizens of Calif. Look at a W4, there is an option to be exempt. If no one is exempt, then why would the option be there to begin with? Who is exempt on the W4, who has no federal tax liability? State cit. or simply People. Read page one of the calif constitution, all people are Free...you can fill out a new W4 today, check exempt and stop paying income tax. stop filing 1040, state cit do not file 1040. Yes, IRS will send a CP59 notice asking why you stopped, check the box, not a US citizen. You are a citizen of Calif. Look at your birth cert.

  • @cdrone4066

    @cdrone4066

    16 күн бұрын

    I’d speak with a lawyer before checking that box.

  • @kenjohnson4423

    @kenjohnson4423

    7 күн бұрын

    @@cdrone4066 , no lawyer will tell you the truth. Look at your birth certificate,,does it say US citizen? It will say state of California. Read the 14th amendment. Us citizenship didn't even exist until 1868. DC did not have citizens until after the civil war. So us citizens are federal citizens. United states means DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA., USA means the Union of 50 several states

  • @SamuelClemente7718
    @SamuelClemente771820 күн бұрын

    I have question for Mom and Pop business owners. How do you compete with Walmart and Home Depot prices?

  • @squidreuel

    @squidreuel

    19 күн бұрын

    Me and my wife have bad knees, we cant stand more than an hour, and a 20-minute wate in line is too much for me, sometimes ill bring a folding chair into Walmart

  • @diggingmystyle

    @diggingmystyle

    19 күн бұрын

    Impossible to compete with Home Depot because it so unique. Walmart is a different story because everything it sells is sold everywhere.

  • @ripvanrevs

    @ripvanrevs

    18 күн бұрын

    You don't. You provide services that the larger companies can't or don't do very well.

  • @Only1JoytotheWorld

    @Only1JoytotheWorld

    16 күн бұрын

    Please sign THE CURRENT RECALL PETITION for Gavin Newsom. Rescue California. Stop talking, TAKE ACTION! I'm trying to get signatures from our Latino residents, but I don't speak Spanish. The majority (Latino) of Californians HAVE TO GET INVOLVED. I'm trying.

  • @truthjusticeintegrity
    @truthjusticeintegrity19 күн бұрын

    Unfortunately there are some that can commit crimes in The Open and nothing will be done about it

  • @wakawaka1976
    @wakawaka197613 күн бұрын

    Good interview as usual

  • @California.Insider

    @California.Insider

    13 күн бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it 😊 ! Pls Join our CA Insider newsletter: bit.ly/Cainsidernews

  • @dwells3554
    @dwells3554Күн бұрын

    Witnessed edd fraud first hand. Reported to postmaster, local law, local da, attorney general.....nothing but crickets, and run around, no agency seemed to care or take initiative.

  • @PlanetLuthian
    @PlanetLuthian19 күн бұрын

    The Unions in CA need to be investigated for RICO

  • @diggingmystyle

    @diggingmystyle

    19 күн бұрын

    RICO is a category, not a crime.

  • @PlanetLuthian

    @PlanetLuthian

    19 күн бұрын

    @@diggingmystyle Racqueteering is a crime.

  • @josefeibl8230

    @josefeibl8230

    17 күн бұрын

    ​@@diggingmystyleAll Out Crazy fan. Embarrassing 😮

  • @diggingmystyle

    @diggingmystyle

    17 күн бұрын

    @@josefeibl8230 who?

  • @j4k3br4k3
    @j4k3br4k319 күн бұрын

    The unemployment benefit hasnt increased in over 2 decades and is such a small amount it doesnt do shit. Meamwhile they got rid of the max contribution limit and effectively doubled the tax rate in 1 year. That doesnt pencil for me.

  • @jimmysjohn141
    @jimmysjohn14113 күн бұрын

    This is money owed. Which meant it should have been there based on what the workers have put in. Remember Social Security benefits were never under any issues until after the Iraq war. The money is there but the people holding the purse have allocated it somewhere else. It most likely got relocated towards big businesses fearing they would leave if not done.

  • @carolharrison5780
    @carolharrison578018 күн бұрын

    Nonprofit started by GOV N wife in 2011 showing big profit maybe since she gets a salary the millions in profit can be donated back to taxpayers.

  • @avagrego3195
    @avagrego319518 күн бұрын

    Unexpected / unintended consequences, governor doesn’t seem too smart.

  • @jacksonmarshallkramer5087
    @jacksonmarshallkramer508718 күн бұрын

    Why anyone would live there is beyond me.

  • @CL99528
    @CL9952819 күн бұрын

    Im glad this guys knows everything

  • @user-ve4ix2sz1k
    @user-ve4ix2sz1k15 күн бұрын

    Hope US have money for CA

  • @sethlira
    @sethlira12 күн бұрын

    I live in Cali-Jr ….AKA Hawaii... it’s the same crap…and just like San Francisco…we will price ourselves out of paradise and our own homes because we want them to be overvalued...like dude said... mass-exodus...total clown show.

  • @user-vb8yf8be3l
    @user-vb8yf8be3l19 күн бұрын

    So PGE will pay maybe one million a year and they they will raise eclectrcity

  • @Brandonmichaelc

    @Brandonmichaelc

    19 күн бұрын

    Electric companies raised their rates and are charging the wildfire fund fee as well.

  • @rhipotter6191
    @rhipotter619119 күн бұрын

    They were caught sending money to a bunch of people in prisons 😂😂 Newpolisi made Cali a straight clown world..we upwards of Sac where its still ok Placer county doesnt play!!

  • @JamesSerdna
    @JamesSerdna19 күн бұрын

    Layoffs all over the place.

  • @cjg2877
    @cjg287719 күн бұрын

    We need Trump back..

  • @adolfdyversiti6517

    @adolfdyversiti6517

    19 күн бұрын

    And?What will he can changed? Israel first him too...and he can't fix the unstoppable and growing budget deficit. Welfare and warfare.

  • @kerrybarrera3410

    @kerrybarrera3410

    19 күн бұрын

    We need a new administration so a federal investigation can be conducted in the state of California.

  • @toanth936

    @toanth936

    19 күн бұрын

    California is so blue, Trump cannot doing anything

  • @dks13827

    @dks13827

    17 күн бұрын

    but, they cheat !!!!!!!!

  • @skanderbeg1751

    @skanderbeg1751

    16 күн бұрын

    @@adolfdyversiti6517 Putin then

  • @Slyfox1775
    @Slyfox177520 күн бұрын

    4 of my 6 comments deleted !!!

  • @youbetyourwrasse

    @youbetyourwrasse

    20 күн бұрын

    little trouble-maker you :D So WHAT DID YOU SAY?

  • @Slyfox1775

    @Slyfox1775

    20 күн бұрын

    You won’t see it it will get deleted

  • @youbetyourwrasse

    @youbetyourwrasse

    19 күн бұрын

    @@Slyfox1775 Did someone say something? lol

  • @armadilllo

    @armadilllo

    19 күн бұрын

    I have noticed they aren't deleted as much if I reply to someones post instead of creating a new reply

  • @Only1JoytotheWorld

    @Only1JoytotheWorld

    16 күн бұрын

    Please sign THE CURRENT RECALL PETITION for Gavin Newsom. Rescue California. Stop talking, TAKE ACTION! I'm trying to get signatures from our Latino residents, but I don't speak Spanish. The majority (Latino) of Californians HAVE TO GET INVOLVED. I'm trying.

  • @marggonz9715
    @marggonz971518 күн бұрын

    Easy to help the debt quit giving our hard earn money to health care for people who are here illegally

  • @icecold8974
    @icecold897412 күн бұрын

    California should just file chapter 7 and 13. We need a hard reset, the state will never pay that back without us paying for it on the back end. Balancing a budget, should be part of the requirements, that determines your eligibility to be re-elected.

  • @FrankGallagherr
    @FrankGallagherr19 күн бұрын

    Gavin is getting a new house in Hawaii with this money

  • @Only1JoytotheWorld

    @Only1JoytotheWorld

    16 күн бұрын

    Please sign THE CURRENT RECALL PETITION for Gavin Newsom. Rescue California. Stop talking, TAKE ACTION! I'm trying to get signatures from our Latino residents, but I don't speak Spanish. The majority (Latino) of Californians HAVE TO GET INVOLVED. I'm trying.

  • @JD-el7zt
    @JD-el7zt19 күн бұрын

    The companies need to pass the cost along instead of closing, and let the people feel with their voting for pretty easy

  • @anfboi08
    @anfboi0818 күн бұрын

    I vote for Swaim.

  • @LV-dm6vn
    @LV-dm6vn19 күн бұрын

    Oh the beautiful beaches and bums

  • @lahanlon
    @lahanlon19 күн бұрын

    I would bet he is very thankful his eyes were opened to the evils of liberation theology. At least some extent, that is what has been so damaging to Pope Francis pontificate.

  • @rogeralvarado6060
    @rogeralvarado606019 күн бұрын

    Well, the best way for the businesses to fix the problem is to leave. California just leave and that will fix the problem.

  • @colemanhigley747
    @colemanhigley74719 күн бұрын

    Newsum will just explain to you that California has the 5th largest economy in the world. Ask him any question and his response will be the "5th largest economy" answer.

  • @ripvanrevs

    @ripvanrevs

    18 күн бұрын

    Largest UNEMPLOYMENT RATE in the United States.

  • @tongpangaonok3184
    @tongpangaonok318417 күн бұрын

    Californians you voted for the democratic party, please vote for them again,the rich a d the famous especially the Hollywood actor and actress just love the democratic party, so please vote for them again

  • @Gizmo82477
    @Gizmo8247718 күн бұрын

    Where be Gavin

  • @Only1JoytotheWorld

    @Only1JoytotheWorld

    16 күн бұрын

    Please sign THE CURRENT RECALL PETITION for Gavin Newsom. Rescue California. Stop talking, TAKE ACTION! I'm trying to get signatures from our Latino residents, but I don't speak Spanish. The majority (Latino) of Californians HAVE TO GET INVOLVED. I'm trying.

  • @lineupcomedy
    @lineupcomedy20 күн бұрын

    Brought to you by -The Business Owners

  • @eldybellacetin8167

    @eldybellacetin8167

    19 күн бұрын

    Who hires people? Business owners. You wouldn't have a job otherwise. Dont say the government because they have very selective hiring and it takes forever.

  • @nicklasmillner101
    @nicklasmillner10119 күн бұрын

    California ranked 33rd in Student Spending, your a good yapper but facts count , NJ and MA,CN are the big spenders on per student. California has neglected schools for many ,yrs . Nothing new , and underpayment of teachers.

  • @Brandonmichaelc

    @Brandonmichaelc

    19 күн бұрын

    If your source is Fake News I wouldn't trust it. I've looked into it in the past and there seems to be a lot of different reporting.

  • @redpat8832
    @redpat883219 күн бұрын

    Surprise. 🙄

  • @janibeg3247
    @janibeg324718 күн бұрын

    Was Julie Su involved in this?

  • @ronnythompson9115
    @ronnythompson911517 күн бұрын

    Rain Bombs and atmospheric currents is to blame

  • @josefeibl8230

    @josefeibl8230

    17 күн бұрын

    Atmospheric rivers not currents.

  • @ronnythompson9115

    @ronnythompson9115

    16 күн бұрын

    @@josefeibl8230 You're right that's the correct excuse.

  • @timothykelley4425
    @timothykelley44257 күн бұрын

    We would have had gruesome Newsome vetoed but the sheep voted him back in. So you get what you voted for. Enjoy your stay.

  • @PugB-pq2zs
    @PugB-pq2zs15 күн бұрын

    Bela Lugosi's Not dead

  • @user-rh5zh7uw3s
    @user-rh5zh7uw3s18 күн бұрын

    Paying the poor more money is bad!! Paying the rich CEO's more money is good! What a load of BS. These guys are pure evil. 👎🏽👎🏽👎🏽

  • @Only1JoytotheWorld

    @Only1JoytotheWorld

    16 күн бұрын

    Please sign THE CURRENT RECALL PETITION for Gavin Newsom. Rescue California. Stop talking, TAKE ACTION! I'm trying to get signatures from our Latino residents, but I don't speak Spanish. The majority (Latino) of Californians HAVE TO GET INVOLVED. I'm trying.

  • @cheaserceaser
    @cheaserceaser19 күн бұрын

    Small business owner here. Labor costs and input costs have gone up so much the last couple of years, I have had to layoff all my American workers and replace them with migrants and pay them under the table with cash. Much cheaper without paying for workmen's comp, health insurance, FICA taxes, etc.

  • @ripvanrevs

    @ripvanrevs

    18 күн бұрын

    Congratulations on breaking the law. I would never take that chance.

  • @cheaserceaser

    @cheaserceaser

    18 күн бұрын

    @@ripvanrevs Its not breaking the law if you hire migrants who are looking for work.

  • @Only1JoytotheWorld

    @Only1JoytotheWorld

    16 күн бұрын

    Please sign THE CURRENT RECALL PETITION for Gavin Newsom. Rescue California. Stop talking, TAKE ACTION! I'm trying to get signatures from our Latino residents, but I don't speak Spanish. The majority (Latino) of Californians HAVE TO GET INVOLVED. I'm trying.

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