{"id":13063,"date":"2011-01-25T23:47:07","date_gmt":"2011-01-25T23:47:07","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-01-25T23:47:07","modified_gmt":"2011-01-25T23:47:07","slug":"your-tax-dollars-at-work-tim-donnellys-waste-of-5-minutes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/2011\/01\/25\/your-tax-dollars-at-work-tim-donnellys-waste-of-5-minutes\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Tax Dollars at Work: Tim Donnelly&#8217;s Waste of 5 Minutes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/18938091?title=0&amp;byline=0\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" align=right><\/iframe>Well, those are five minutes that I&#8217;ll never get back again. To your right, you will find Asm. Tim Donnelly&#8217;s web video that he shot in his Assembly office. &nbsp;It is not often that I recommend not watching a video I post, but that is what I do here. &nbsp;Better uses of your time include watching paint dry and walking over burning coals.<\/p>\n<p>In it, amongst other brilliant ideas, he enlightens us on his theory on what the Employment Development Department does. &nbsp;Except&#8230;he has no clue what it does. &nbsp;He says that its purpose is to &#8220;create jobs.&#8221; Except, no, that is only one part of what it does. &nbsp;It does help those who are on the unemployment roles iin workforce development, but, there&#8217;s that other part. That would be unemployment, which the EDD manages.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently Tim Donnelly wants to get rid of unemployment benefits in the state. I&#8217;m sure the idea might be popular with some of his rich donors, but I&#8217;m not sure how that would go over with the middle class folks in his district. <\/p>\n<p>Oh, and he also wants to eliminate CARB, which &#8220;tries to fix global warming, if you still believe in that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, this guy has been getting some attention for this video. Apparently shredders are popular enough to land you on the Fox Business channel. &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/18938091?title=0&amp;byline=0\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" align=right><\/iframe>Well, those are five minutes that I&#8217;ll never get back again. To your right, you will find Asm. Tim Donnelly&#8217;s web video that he shot in his Assembly office. &nbsp;It is not often that I recommend not watching a video I post, but that is what I do here. &nbsp;Better uses of your time include watching paint dry and walking over burning coals.<\/p>\n<p>In it, amongst other brilliant ideas, he enlightens us on his theory on what the Employment Development Department does. &nbsp;Except&#8230;he has no clue what it does. &nbsp;He says that its purpose is to &#8220;create jobs.&#8221; Except, no, that is only one part of what it does. &nbsp;It does help those who are on the unemployment roles iin workforce development, but, there&#8217;s that other part. That would be unemployment, which the EDD manages.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently Tim Donnelly wants to get rid of unemployment benefits in the state. I&#8217;m sure the idea might be popular with some of his rich donors, but I&#8217;m not sure how that would go over with the middle class folks in his district. <\/p>\n<p>Oh, and he also wants to eliminate CARB, which &#8220;tries to fix global warming, if you still believe in that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, this guy has been getting some attention for this video. 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