{"id":2846,"date":"2020-04-14T10:30:05","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T17:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=2846"},"modified":"2020-04-14T13:42:13","modified_gmt":"2020-04-14T20:42:13","slug":"assemblywoman-lorena-gonzalez-complains-about-the-system-gets-destroyed-by-small-business-owner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=2846","title":{"rendered":"Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez Complains About the &#8220;System&#8221;; Gets Destroyed by Small Business Owner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a time when protecting local business owners is of the utmost importance to nearly every elected official in California, Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez has decided to go against the grain. Recently, she wrote a series of tweets accusing the \u201csystem\u201d\u2014that is, the inner workings of America\u2019s economy\u2014of being rigged in favor of the rich and powerful.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The system is rigged against the working poor and middle class workers. That\u2019s the truth. I\u2019m so tired of corporate America. I\u2019m tired of billionaires. I\u2019m tired of income inequality. We are going to have to fight like hell coming out of this to change things. We have no choice.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Lorena Gonzalez (@LorenaSGonzalez) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LorenaSGonzalez\/status\/1249900167265841152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 14, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Easy enough for Gonzalez to say. She\u2019s both of those things\u2014rich and powerful.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">You are the system. You are the reason people are out of work and school and options. That\u2019s the truth. I\u2019m so tired of your laws. I\u2019m tired of bought politicians. We will fight like hell to change things. You have given us no other choice.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tiffani (@TiffaniCFO) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TiffaniCFO\/status\/1249901821209931776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 14, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rather than offer a genuine reply or engage in some sort of civil discourse, Gonzalez\u2014in her quintessential smug fashion\u2014replied with seething snark, mocking the woman\u2019s role as a small business owner.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Yes, I am a CFO and a small business owner. I employ 26 W2 employees, fully cover their healthcare benefits, and sign their paychecks. Your draconian laws have kicked my kids out of school, made it impossible for ICs to survive, and legalized ballot harvesting. NOT OK.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tiffani (@TiffaniCFO) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TiffaniCFO\/status\/1249917735397515265?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 14, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As one of the most powerful people in California politics, Gonzalez should know better than to attack small business owners, who are part of the very middle class she claims to protect. Sadly, this is nothing new for Lorena Gonzalez, who has proven to be a cesspool of backhanded insults and terrible legislation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/fronterasdesk\/25938633407\/in\/photolist-Y78AGS-PiTd1e-PqMg2j-PtXcuv-PiT9kD-e5xcGR-Fw7h2n-Neoqqh-Neoqi3-PtXbVe-PtXfJB-PqMigu-PtXdde-PtXcP8-NfCanM-PiTaFV-PtXcdP-NfC8Pr-PiTcv6-NfC7KH-PtXcyt-PtXbFr-PqMgSN-PtXcjF-WCf6du-VZKz9M\">Photo by Fronteras Desk via Flickr<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a time when protecting local business owners is of the utmost importance to nearly every elected official in California, Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez has decided to go against the grain. 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