California’s Nightmare Will Kill Obamanomics: We can only hope.
All that you need is two political parties that are always willing to offer easy government solutions for every need of the voters, but never willing to make the tough decisions necessary to finance the government largess that results.
California has engaged in an orgy of spending, but, compared with our federal government, its legislators should feel chaste. The California deficit this year is now north of $26 billion. The U.S. federal deficit will be, according to the latest numbers, almost 70 times larger.
July 7, 2009 at 11:48 PM
In our last statewide election, we Californians said “No” to more spending by defeating a slew of $ propositions. We also voted no on pay raises for some state officials in an ailing economy, a measure with limited application, to be sure, but a way of putting the orgy-goers on notice.
July 8, 2009 at 2:00 AM
I think you ought to pass a law that says no pay or perks for the legislature until they do their job.
As an aside, you live in a beautiful State, Mary. (I was stationed at the Presidio of Monterey many years ago.) I’m sorry you guys are getting shafted by incompetent and/or greedy politicians.