Posted by
rycK on Monday, September 22, 2008 10:43:49 AM
The Leftists Have a ‘Solution’ to California’s Budget Problems: Raise Taxes!! Grab Power! Novel!
California, the Golden State and land of opportunity, predicted to
crash in a blizzard of debt , is besotted with sleazy slimy liars
who are thought to be politicos along a wide assortment of mental rejects with
half-way house visions and the following is given as proof:
“The completion of a
budget that is 80 days late, tinged with painful program cuts and precariously
"balanced" with questionable schemes represents more than a failure
of 120 legislators and a governor to reach agreement in the best interest of the state. It is the product of a system
that is almost wired for dysfunction”-- Reform California's budget process
Monday, September 22, 2008
We all know that. How about a solution?
“"It's not like we don't
know what to do" to reform the system, said Sen. Joe Simitian, D-Palo
Alto. "It's that we lack the political will to do it."
Then,
why did you vote for higher and higher and higher salaries for government
employees and higher and higher and higher taxes to pay for that? Did you
receive money from the teacher’s unions? Huh? Here are some of this guy’s
‘achievements:’
* Californians
Against Waste, Legislator of the Year
* Palo Alto Educators Association, Friend of Education Award
* Sierra Club, In Recognition of a Lifetime of Commitment
* Palo Alto Stanford Heritage Award, Preservationist of the Year
* Bay Area
Municipal Elections Committee, Friend of BAYMEC Award
* Junior Statesman
Foundation, Distinguished Leader Award
* Housing Action Coalition, Housing Leadership Award
* Billy DeFrank Lesbian and Gay Community Center, Friend of the DeFrank Center Award
We just
cannot wait to hear what a liberal Democrat like Joe would suggest:
“Simitian's
reform agenda would start with lowering the threshold for budget passage to a simple
majority,
modifying term limits to allow legislators to stay longer than six years in the Assembly
and eight in the Senate and reforming the redistricting process so that lawmakers
cannot shield themselves from competition.” [This link references all quotes in
this essay unless other wise indicated.][Emphasis is mine in
all quotes]
Translated,
this means giving 100% control of the legislature and budget process to the
drug-crazed zombies of San Francisco, LA and wastelands like Oakland. This creates the cronyism that we see in the
inbred Kennedy Klan in Massachusetts. Just look at this
crap:
[1] Supermajority requirement: California is one of just three states (Arkansas and Rhode
Island being the others)
that require a two-thirds vote of the legislature for passage of the budget. This allows a small number of legislators to hold the budget
hostage, as California Republicans did again this year. Solution: Allow passage by simple majority. [This
link references all quotes in this essay unless other wise indicated.][Emphasis is mine in all quotes]
Give p0wer to the majority! That sounds like democracy in action.
[2] Timeline: In
a state of the size and complexity of California, legislators are hard-pressed to review the programs,
hear the pleas of various interest groups and produce a consensus for a budget
in time for the July 1 fiscal year. Solution: A two-year
budget cycle.
Push off problems into the future. That is just great. Why
not just barrow and barrow and barrow as NYC did?
[3] Proposition 13: The property-tax-limiting measure was passed by voters in
1978 under a rallying cry from voters who were worried about losing their
homes. But the measure also brought an unadvertised windfall for commercial
property. Some businesses have been exploiting a loophole that allows them to
avoid a reassessment even when commercial property changes hands. Solution: Annual reassessments of commercial property would bring in several billion dollars a year.
When in doubt just
raise taxes. Tax and tax whoring are the only things liberals understand in loony land. How about weekly
reassessments of all private property in California?
[4] Ballot-box budgeting: Time and again, voters have approved spending mandates
without identifying a source of funding for them. As a result, about 90 percent of the state budget is locked in. Solution: Voters should reject unfunded mandates.
Okay,
how about a line item budget process that forces the revenues to be rigidly
controlled and then the voters can choose which ones they want to pay for??
[5] Unaccountable legislators: Because lawmakers are allowed to draw themselves districts
that are safe for one party or the other, too many of them play to the extreme -
such as the Republicans who are
digging in against a tax increase or the Democrats who won't budge on various
cuts. Solution: Put the drawing of district
lines in the hands of an independent commission, as proposed by Proposition 11,
on the Nov. 4 ballot. Vote yes on 11.
This is called gerrymandering. We wonder how such a process might work. We
rest assured that it would be ‘fair.’ We can be assured that the Dems will cut
waste and make spending cuts. Promise? We believe you. Why not let the illegal
aliens vote [twice] for fairness?
Duh! Vote
in Gavin Newsom for governor! Let the leftists have 100% control. They can be
trusted.
When is
Joe going to call for a federal bailout of California? I just cannot wait to fund some
more of California’s lunatic programs from remote. That will just be
swell.
If you have anything in
terms of wealth or property or a high income then get out of California—fast. Joe Simitian and his allies will use the votes of illegal
aliens to vote your wealth away from you and form a new Marist State.
rycK
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