Posted on 02/08/2009 10:55:15 AM PST by Steelfish
State budget deal to be unveiled Monday
Phillip Matier,Andrew Ross Sunday, February 8, 2009
Buckle your seat belts - the ride is about to get wild in Sacramento, with state Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg planning to put a $42 billion budget deal up for a vote.
The deal - a combination of cuts and tax hikes - is expected to be unveiled Monday, then put up for a vote Tuesday.
Whether there are enough Republican votes to make it fly, however, is unknown.
"Darrell has made it clear that there was no handshake agreement, and there may not be the votes," said one Democratic state senator who was briefed on the plan, but asked not to be named because of the sensitive nature of the talks.
"They are close, and hopefully it will pass," added a member of the governor's staff. "But there are still some major issues to be worked out."
The biggest stumbling block for Republicans - whose support is required for the necessary two-thirds passage - is voting for any tax increase.
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
getting interesting. I sincerely hope for the sake of our california conservative brothers and sisters that no new taxes are enacted. Good luck and keep up the fire.
Everyone else will be Big Losers.
Steaming turd to be unveiled!
Force the state to go into bankruptcy and force the end to all the union compacts, disperse and destroy the retirement system, end the unlimited health benefits...
Oh, heck, what am I saying? They’ll raise taxes, claim to cut spending (by promising not to raise budgets in the future, rather than /actually/ cutting budgets), and we’ll just let the entire state spiral down into ruin.
Article 1.
Section. 10.
Clause 1: No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation; grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal; coin Money; emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts; pass any Bill of Attainder, ex post facto Law, or Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts, or grant any Title of Nobility.
3 Republicans are 3 Stooges.
I owe California for 2008 taxes. I wrote the check and put it in the envelope with the appropriate form but it will NOT be mailed until April 15th.
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