California unloads on eBay

[dixiechick]

California unloads on eBay

How bad are times for California? So bad that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is now autographing used cars to sell online.

Oh yes, it has come to this. The state, in desperate need of cash, is cleaning out its storage and putting items up for sale on eBay (EBAY), Craigslist and other places, The Los Angeles Times reports. And with a signature from the Governator, maybe those things will bring in a little more cash.

A 2002 gold Ford Focus with some 108,000 miles on it, for example, had Schwarzenegger's autograph on the visor and was going for $2,125 on eBay. The state will hold a two-day auction for other items starting Friday in Sacramento.

There are other deals to be had, the Times reports. Some are unclaimed items, or stuff that has been confiscated...

California unloads on eBay

[pigmeat]

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god, i would hate to live in that dump

[daved150]

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wow....it's come to that

[skinnyman]

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i guess you make the check payable to State of Ca. recovery fund.

[horsepwr]

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Isn't that something. All the dough that goes to that state.
How does that happen? How does a state like California go broke?

[daved150]

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Isn't that something. All the dough that goes to that state.
How does that happen? How does a state like California go broke?

spending too much money. too many social programs is my first guess. then, the tax base has dropped out from under it...it's just fuked. this state aint in any better position and florida lost 55k people last year!! their tax base has been smashed too...the bennifit florida has, atleast from what i remember from living there, is they dont have a HUGE social network like northern states or california does

[horsepwr]

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spending too much money. too many social programs is my first guess. then, the tax base has dropped out from under it...it's just fuked. this state aint in any better position and florida lost 55k people last year!! their tax base has been smashed too...the bennifit florida has, atleast from what i remember from living there, is they dont have a HUGE social network like northern states or california does

I bet you're right on the money sir! too many social programs...taxes taxes taxes...

[Doink the clown]

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Reminds me how i read that Ca., is the least churched state in the nation, meaning it has the fewest churches per capita in the nation. Not trying to bring a religious theme to this but i find it striking this and they are in the worst of it..

[Dzone]

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Holy cow! I spent a whole summer in orange county CA and I freakin loved that state. I still dream of having a place there. Too bad that glorious state has been run into the ground by idiots. Besides being overpopulated as all he ll.