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I am a Californian, but, because I don't have a death wish, have moved out of the state. I see that many of my fellows have done likewise. http://www.city-journal.org/comments/index.php?story=8622#21443 http://www.city-journal.org/comments/index.php?story=8622#21443 Fri, 26 Oct 2012 21:06:03 EDT Authors and pundits love to portray Californians as demented twits who fall prey to every Pie in the Sky proposal which comes along â€" and given our electorate’s history maybe they have a valid point. But a Proposition 666 titled: “Take Enormous Amounts in Taxes from Californians and Give the Money to Friends and Family Members, While Keeping Some for Ourselves” Act would garner only a paltry 2 million supporting votes during a future California election and fail to pass. The trick to these scams is centered around the marketing. 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The Roman Catholic Church, along with other organizations, was duped into publicly opposing Prop. 71, thereby adding legitimacy to the Hollywood drama surrounding the “ban stem cells” myth. Most of the $3 billion has been doled out to insiders within private industry and public universities, while political patronage jobs going for $250,000 per year were created left, right and center. To date, not one single cure derived from embryonic stem cells has been developed â€" ask your own physician if you doubt that fact. But Prop. 71 accomplished every one of its goals â€" the actual and unstated goals, not the Hollywood drama the voters were treated to. Money leading to development of private patents and marketable medical techniques was awarded to designated recipients. Public universities within California also fed off the carcass and received their share of the bounty. 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