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California is "communist mandating" solar on new homes - made in china
Posted by: BOMB CALIFORNIA POLITICIANS ()
Date: August 24, 2019 02:36PM

THAT'S WAR

CAL said they'll transfer all retirement fund of california workers to a chinese financial company in china

CAL continually makes laws making it easy for asians (and hispanics) to cheat the law

CAL has made it ILLEGAL to ask whether an elected mayor is a citizen of another country and if that mayor is ACTIVE FOREIGN MILITARY of that other country (assumed YES).

dems are pushing things too far - it goes beyond treason

it's WAR they are talking

it's WAR they should get


The solar article with url & pics is HERE ->

http://www.fairfaxunderground.com/forum/read/40/3184461/3184472.html#msg-3184472

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Re: California is "communist mandating" solar on new homes - made in china
Posted by: Market economy ()
Date: August 24, 2019 02:41PM

If you have a problem with this, start a US based solar panel company that’s competitive. There aren’t too many of them. Suntribe solar in Charlottesville is a good one, but they don’t have the facilities or the technical expertise to go global

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Re: California is "communist mandating" solar on new homes - made in china
Posted by: rthtyrtr ()
Date: August 24, 2019 03:36PM

IT'S SERIOUS.

YOU CAN'T LET THEM GET AWAY WITH THAT SHIT

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Re: California is "communist mandating" solar on new homes - made in china
Posted by: 89efdkj ()
Date: August 24, 2019 03:49PM

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California used to be the first line of DEFENSE against asian invasion - and got federal money to make it so. ports in SF were government built - mostly by military. they likely still are owned by - but asians are somehow claiming the ports are asian owned

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Re: California is "communist mandating" solar on new homes - made in china
Posted by: r3gtger ()
Date: August 24, 2019 03:54PM

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SF, California gov has erected this statue "ASIAN WOMEN STANDING DEFIANTLY AGAINST USA'S SUCCESS IN WWII". it is an "asian progress" marker, "asians own SF", they can erect anti-USA statues in USA using USA's money


DROP DEAD DEMOCRATS

we dropped the bomb, and we don't regret it


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Re: California is "communist mandating" solar on new homes - made in china
Posted by: r4gere ()
Date: August 24, 2019 04:00PM

The statue, constructed on November 1, 2017, in San Francisco, is one of dozens of public memorials demanding acknowledgment of ... asian dominance in SF

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Re: California is "communist mandating" solar on new homes - made in china
Posted by: the truth 22 ()
Date: August 24, 2019 04:04PM

over the years SF has received heat from republicans for MAKING DEALS with the countries that attacked pearl harbor

THE RESULT IS NO MISTAKE - asians that attacked SF are now CONTROLLING SPENDING OF federal dollars in SF

the question is why Californians who defended their coast should have to tolerate this total "reversal of fortunes"

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Re: California is "communist mandating" solar on new homes - made in china
Posted by: r34gt ()
Date: August 24, 2019 04:08PM

why SHOULDN'T use bomb politicians who enter agreement to FORCE, by weapon (or weaponed seizure) politicians who

DEMAND every home install $15,000 chinese solar ??

And corrupt contractors use illegal aliens to build (not hiring californians much or at all), corrupt companies banked from china build the homes and use as many chinese imports to build the homes as possible?

(not to mention asian appliances sold in homedepot CA, toyota cars - gov employees are fired if they don't own asian car, etc)

THE ISSUE HERE IS WHAT IS BEING FORCED - NOT UPON if the buyer is willing

THAT DIFFERENCE IS WAR

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Posted by: 5t4r3 ()
Date: August 24, 2019 04:40PM

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Re: California is "communist mandating" solar on new homes - made in china
Posted by: 348efkj ()
Date: August 24, 2019 06:16PM

did someone say NK can hit the far west coast of CA?

gimme that phone number ...

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Posted by: eidfkj ()
Date: August 24, 2019 08:08PM

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Date: August 24, 2019 08:43PM

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Posted by: sdifiejk ()
Date: August 25, 2019 04:33PM

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Re: California is "communist mandating" solar on new homes - made in china
Posted by: national emergency ()
Date: August 25, 2019 06:18PM

Good thing no one at the WH is ordering corporations what to do - that would be libtarded right?

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Re: California is "communist mandating" solar on new homes - made in china
Posted by: NYCDJ ()
Date: August 25, 2019 09:07PM

SEE: W. CLEON SKOUSEN, THE NAKED COMMUNIST: EXPOSING COMMUNISM AND RESTORING FREEDOM (FREEDOM IN AMERICA, VOL 2)


WRITTEN IN THE 1950'S, IT PREDICTED EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING IN AMERICA SINCE THEN. iF YOU WERE BORN IN THE 40'S OR 50'S YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SEE THE ROLLOUT AS IT HAPPENED.

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Date: August 26, 2019 05:52PM

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Re: California is "communist mandating" solar on new homes - made in china
Posted by: 2frgee ()
Date: August 29, 2019 11:31AM


what millenials don't understand is they, they they aren't extremely careful

will have an asian with a gun to their head

and get evicted and be replace by a nigger who works for an asian

if they do not arrest politicians doing this kind of thing


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Re: California is "communist mandating" solar on new homes - made in china
Posted by: o9sdfkj ()
Date: August 31, 2019 07:32PM

death penalty

it's financial treason in the order of billions

i'm fine with a death penalty for that

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Re: California is "communist mandating" solar on new homes - made in china
Posted by: Repeater ()
Date: August 31, 2019 08:24PM

Again if you don’t like it you’re always welcome to start a solar panel start up based right here in the US of A on your own. No one stopping you.

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Re: California is "communist mandating" solar on new homes - made in china
Posted by: 4nd9w ()
Date: August 31, 2019 09:42PM

Market economy Wrote:
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> If you have a problem with this, start a US based
> solar panel company that’s competitive. There
> aren’t too many of them. Suntribe solar in
> Charlottesville is a good one, but they don’t
> have the facilities or the technical expertise to
> go global

No, the correct thing is to stop all TAXPAYER funds from being used for solar panels made in China.

If you can't make them here profitably, then they are not worth having. We're not in the business of selling ourselves out because you cocksuckers want to gobble multicultural cock.

Now go fucking kill yourself, oxygen thief.

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Re: California is "communist mandating" solar on new homes - made in china
Posted by: Supply demand ()
Date: August 31, 2019 10:18PM

4nd9w Wrote:
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> Market economy Wrote:
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> > If you have a problem with this, start a US
> based
> > solar panel company that’s competitive. There
> > aren’t too many of them. Suntribe solar in
> > Charlottesville is a good one, but they don’t
> > have the facilities or the technical expertise
> to
> > go global
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> No, the correct thing is to stop all TAXPAYER
> funds from being used for solar panels made in
> China.
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> If you can't make them here profitably, then they
> are not worth having. We're not in the business of
> selling ourselves out because you cocksuckers want
> to gobble multicultural cock.
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> Now go fucking kill yourself, oxygen thief.


If there’s a market for it someone is going to fill it. If no one stateside is willing to make them or feels that they can make them at a profit then I guess the Chinamans are the only ones that are going to be able to fill it. Again being entrepreneur and start your own company or shut the fuck up.

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Re: California is "communist mandating" solar on new homes - made in china
Posted by: xj6wj ()
Date: September 01, 2019 09:45AM

Then it doesn't get filled. Not every want needs to be filled.

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Re: California is "communist mandating" solar on new homes - made in china
Posted by: It's a power play ()
Date: September 01, 2019 10:21AM

Oh NOOOO!
A source for free power to reduce electricity bills and lower carbon emissions. Those animals are trying to save the planet for future generations. How dare they?

Meanwhile, here in NoVa, most local governments won't let you put them on your house at all because it will hurt the patriotic power companies profits.

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Date: September 01, 2019 02:38PM

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Date: September 05, 2019 12:25PM

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Date: September 27, 2019 07:18PM

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Re: California is "communist mandating" solar on new homes - made in china
Posted by: rgtbree ()
Date: September 27, 2019 07:20PM


Fairfax County Government HAS ALREADY PARTICIPATED IN THIS ASIAN TAKEOVER FRAUD



THEy gave out "discounts" for democrats who installed made in china solar panels USING YOUR MONEY given to CHINA

HOME DEPOT - homed in california, china's foot in america, is who installed the panels and participated in this "yet another huge american rip-off"

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Date: September 27, 2019 07:25PM


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Re: California is "communist mandating" solar on new homes - made in china
Posted by: Monkey Md Just Did It Too ()
Date: September 27, 2019 11:46PM

More commie plans, solar on all new homes 15 g's at least Fairfax will try it next

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Date: October 30, 2019 01:33PM

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Posted by: Fuck China ()
Date: October 30, 2019 01:39PM

Trumptards apparently don't know all the fire alarms, fire extinguishers, fire hoses, etc. are all made in China.

Maybe this would be a goods time to throw all that Chinese made fire equipment in the trash and start over.

Just take all the homeless, people on welfare and social security and medicare/medicaid, farmers taking subsidies, and the prisoners and illegals and put them in MAGA hats and send them out there to fight the fires.

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Date: November 17, 2019 02:48PM

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Posted by: The Real Story About What Happen ()
Date: November 24, 2019 06:46PM

LARGE CADRES OF cHINESE HAVE BEEN IMPORTED BY THE COMMIES IN OUR GOV'T INTO THE us TO WORK ON SOLAR TECHNOLOGYC ALL OF THEM ARE HIGHLY TRAINED MILITARY OPERATIVES.

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Posted by: The Real Story About What Happen ()
Date: November 24, 2019 06:46PM

LARGE CADRES OF cHINESE HAVE BEEN IMPORTED BY THE COMMIES IN OUR GOV'T INTO THE us TO WORK ON SOLAR TECHNOLOGY ALL OF THEM ARE HIGHLY TRAINED MILITARY OPERATIVES.

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Posted by: 48768o ()
Date: December 04, 2019 12:34AM

Obummer sold Cali to China. He promised them the rest of the country under the guise of the UN working for the NWO. The US now is full of trained Chinese soldiers working under the protective umbrella of "farmers", "solar energy workers" and running their US ports. They plan to take over the US, get rid of the current population, then use the land to grow what they need for their own population.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DpKsA4Ku50

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofWVybGVPZI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IysPRWL1yDI

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Date: December 17, 2019 01:23PM

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Posted by: Banana Up Gerry’s Prolapsed Ass ()
Date: December 17, 2019 01:46PM

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Date: December 17, 2019 02:09PM

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California Gig Workers Win Historic Victory: Now It’s Time To Nationalize Big Tech

Companies like Uber, Lyft, and Doordash claim their millions of workers are “independent contractors,” but that’s really just an excuse to pay them less. Now these workers have won an important victory: In California, they will now be considered employees. The bill was signed into law today. But this is only the beginning.

With the passage of Assembly Bill 5 (AB5), California’s long suffering “gig economy” workers will now be classified as “employees.” This legislation has the potential to improve the lives of millions of workers in the state, but the bosses and venture capitalists are not happy about the change. The self-proclaimed tech “innovators” are panicking because their business model, built on the hyper-exploitation of vulnerable populations of workers, is likely incapable of withstanding even the most rudimentary of labor protections: employee status.

AB5, which is supported by LA Drivers United, the Teamsters, the SEIU, and other unions, expands the functional definition of an “employee.” This will make it significantly more difficult for companies to misclassify workers as “independent contractors”—a category that places financial burdens on the individual while allowing the employer to pay almost nothing. The legislation could affect millions of Californians beyond ride-hail drivers, such as janitors, nail salon workers, adult entertainers, independent truckers, and others.

Uber and Lyft Fight Back
The California State Senate officially passed AB 5 on September 10. On Wednesday, the bill was signed into law by California governor Gavin Newsom. But Big Tech is not accepting the ruling without a fight. In the lead-up to the vote, Uber, Lyft, and Doordash established a united front to oppose the legislation, pooling 90 million dollars for a campaign to roll-back the new legislation before it goes into effect. This obstructionist campaign includes legal challenges, preparing a referendum to repeal the bill, and pushing the governor to include as many loopholes as possible before signing off. Additionally, Uber and Lyft proposed their own last-minute bill which would exempt them from the heaviest financial obligations by creating a new classification of workers: neither employees nor independent contractors, but “network drivers.” Uber dug in its heels further by releasing a press statement claiming that AB 5 does not apply to rideshare drivers, vowing in effect to ignore the new law.

The gig economy capitalists are claiming that any encroachment on their business model will adversely affect their workforces. Rideshare companies in New York City, for instance, are retaliating against drivers who succeeded in winning a minimum wage and a cap on the number of new licenses being issued. Claiming their hands are tied, Uber and Lyft in NYC have begun to limit the hours drivers can log into the system—effectively cutting drivers’ potential earnings. The app giants have also restructured surge pricing to their own benefit, and threaten to implement other detrimental changes.

So long as drivers remain mostly unorganized, the companies will continue to shape workflow and pay rates in their own interests, and the threat of de-facto layoffs is real. If gig workers want to defend the few rights we’ve won, and gain new ones, we must build national unions that are capable of bargaining for us. No amount of government legislation can substitute for the self-organization of this precariously employed sector of the working class.

The “Gig Economy” is a Sham
While the proponents of the gig economy make lofty claims about “being your own boss,” the reality is already well-documented: low wages, long hours, debt, stress, even suicide. According to research, Uber drivers often make below minimum wage. Indeed, the “gigification” of New York’s taxi system led to an epidemic of suicides. It was only after rideshare drivers and traditional cab drivers organized together to win labor protections that drivers have begun to earn anything even close to a living wage.

The gig economy must be understood as an offensive being waged by big capital around the globe against the working class. At bottom, gig work is an innovation for lowering the prevailing wage, side-stepping labor protections, and undermining unions. The “independent contractor” classification acts as a loophole for employers to retain a highly precarious workforce that lacks legal protections such as the right to form unions and bargain over wages.

The gig economy has an allure for corporate elites across the board: just think of the profits that could be made with app-based construction workers, nurses and delivery drivers replacing the “inflexible,” “costly” unionized sectors. Gig capitalism could be a union-busting profit bananza! The passage of AB 5 is an important bulwark against further unbridled “giganomics,” but it’s not enough. Yes, we should support the passage of similar legislation across the country, but if workers are to rebuild a powerful labor movement we are going to have to do more than ask the state to protect us.

Deregulation, Exploitation and Greed
The rapaciousness of Uber and Lyft is already known, as the two companies have bullied their way into one city—and one country—after another, year after year. In 2016, the two companies employed more lobbyists than all of Microsoft, Amazon and Walmart combined. The two behemoths have used every trick in the book to weasel their way into new markets in their attempt to break the back of traditional taxi sectors and form new monopolies in their pursuit of future profits.

As one researcher of the gig economy argued, Uber has made urban spaces worse places to live by increasing traffic, congestion, and accidents, reducing public transportation usage, and leaving a larger carbon footprint. Uber has even allied with the conservative Koch brothers associates in an “unholy alliance against public transit,” seeking to force the general population to use its services for lack of better alternatives (like efficient subways and busses).

The icing on the cake is that Uber almost completely avoids paying state and federal taxes. So the companies that are doing the most to skirt labor codes and undermine public transportation don’t even contribute monetarily to local, state or federal budgets. Certainly such companies meet the definition of social parasitism.

Nationalize Big Tech Under Worker-Community Control!
While workers are celebrating the important victory in California, there is also an air of uncertainty about the future. How will employee status affect the working conditions of drivers? Will there be set shifts, or can gig workers maintain flexible hours? What about layoffs?

It is estimated that employee status will raise costs for Uber and Lyft by 20-30%. As we argued previously, the highly speculative nature of Uber’s and Lyft’s business models leave much uncertain. Both companies continue to post large financial losses, and it is possible that reclassification of drivers as employees on a national scale would make rideshare companies hopelessly unprofitable.

The victory of AB 5 opens the door for drivers to assert their rights and bargain for better conditions. Already, new labor coalitions are forming in cities across the country to fight for similar legislation, and such initiatives should be supported. At the same time, so long as drivers are reliant on parasitic corporations that could declare bankruptcy any day, our futures remain precarious.

Resolving the dilemmas of the rideshare industry requires solutions that go beyond basic government regulation. If Uber, Lyft, and co. are parasitic companies that harm society, why not take them under public ownership? Rideshares could be run by national councils of workers and riders, collaborating with public transportation agencies to ensure an efficient and environmentally friendly transit system.

There are already calls today to nationalize the energy sector as part of a platform to combat climate change. Why not transportation as well? Big companies like Uber, Lyft, Amazon and others are impoverishing the working masses while contributing nothing to society. It’s time we say “enough is enough” and expropriate the companies that are expropriating us. We should call the shots ourselves—as the working class, the people who keep society running.
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Re: California is "communist mandating" solar on new homes - made in china
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Date: September 05, 2020 06:19PM

does anyone know where I can buy Solyndra panels??

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