Posted on 05/20/2009 9:07:22 PM PDT by calcowgirl
Here are some partial quotes:
"Voters were very confused on what we were asking them to do"What an arrogant condescending twit. And she still doesn't get it. I sent her a "nice" message."Voters were saying:
"It was quite complex""This is too complicated"
"We don't want to vote on it"
"We are fatigued with the number of elections we have had, especially Special Elections"
"We realize that there are going to be cuts but whatever needs to be done, you do it, and we don not want to participate in it."
http://democrats.assembly.ca.gov/Speaker/
Hey Karen Bass, WE’RE JUST NOT THAT INTO YOU.
From bad to worse. California remains bass-ackwards in its direction.
I think Californians need to make sacrifices. Specificially, we need to set up an altar in Capitol Park and sacrifice our state lege one at a time until the budgets improve.
To a certain extent she is right. We all voted to hand the problem back to our elected representatives. It has really been up to them to raise taxes or cut spending. They now have to S=== or get off the pot. They will have to cut spending in a big way. They simply cannot cover the problem by further tax increases. End of story.
Actually... I was quite surprised... pleasantly surprised to see the intelligence of the Californian voters when they overwhelmingly rejected all those propositions...
Maybe partially, but in the beginning of the video, she very clearly thinks that if she just could have explained it personally to everybody that it was necessary ya-da-ya-da-ya-da ... National recession.... not enough time to reach out....
She clearly thinks people didn't understand what they were voting to do. I contend they did.
Apparently "Assembly Access" doesn't want to allow for any access to the viewers. Maybe they're afraid of comments regarding the stupidity of speaker Bass.
No confusion, just anger at our idiotic state government.
Karen you are the one that is confused. You have no idea about budgets. You do know how to spend though.
Typical elitist arrogance. The political elites know what’s good for you. You’re too stupid. In the case of Democrats,unfortunately it’s true. They are too stupid, thinking that taxing and demonizing productive people and rewarding degenerate behavior and laziness is good for society.
I still think that F was a scam because they can raise their per diem, car allowance travel expense office expenses and actually give themselves a pay raise while crying about being imposed upon.
The voters in California knew exactly what they were doing. Ahhhhnold and gang told them the world would end if they didn't vote for 1A-1E and the voters didn't believe them.
Heh...it’s funny how the elite think that the voters are wrong when they vote against their ideals...hehe... Seems that the voters are way smarter that these idiots understand... Yep, us dumb voters will outfox you every time...heh...
Hey Bass - You go girl. Y’all just keep pretending and deluding yersef.
Actually, only 23 percent of Californians who were registered voted-- the real taxpayers. We're sick of being held up every time one of those so called legislators has a pet project.
The best quote of all was “When I walked into the room, the people would understand [what we are up to].” Sounds like another Messiah complex to me.
Now, stop fondling my wallet.
A pretty well done video by Reason.TV
Featuring Arnold, the Terminator, Tom McClintock...
Hasta La Vista, Arnold!: What California’s Budget Mess Means for America
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzhbBbZJVN4
I heard on radio that she and Arnold were down in LA talking to the folks in the black churches, encouraging them to vote yes. How’d that work out for ya Karen and Arnold??????
Yes, it’s amazing what happens in elections when ACORN isn’t involved, isn’t it?
There are two safe bets on voting on initiatives in CA —
Rule #1: Vote “NO” on every initiative. Unfortunately, there are the rare exceptions like Prop 13, parental consent, etc that they sneak in that require a “YES” vote. For that, there’s Rule #2 which overrides Rule #1...
Rule #2: Vote the opposite of what the teachers unions, Indian tribes, SEIU, AFSCME, Sierra Club, Environmental Defense Fund, et al recommend. This is a sure-fire rule.
Sorry... Are you some kind of kook?
Yes!
You left out the League of Women Vipers!
Heh...well okay, at least we got that out of the way...
Seems like to me the people who found it too complicated
and did not want to vote on it did not come out and vote which is fine by me . If you are too stupid to read the provided information about the propositions which are provided to you DO NOT VOTE. And never just vote on the words of a politician or you will end up with Obama.
Okay, I posted this over at the Sacramento Bee thread with their “redacted” editorial, but I’ll post it here, since it seems to fit.
I remember Nov. 1994 when the Republicans took over, and there were similar diatribes about stupid angry voters...
“Some thoughts on those angry voters. Ask parents of any two-year-old and they can tell you about those temper tantrums: the stomping feet, the rolling eyes, the screaming. It’s clear that the anger controls the child and not the other way around. It’s the job of the parent to teach the child to control the anger and channel it in a positive way. Imagine a nation full of uncontrolled two-year-old rage. The voters had a temper tantrum last week....Parenting and governing don’t have to be dirty words: the nation can’t be run by an angry two-year-old.”
— ABC World News Tonight anchor Peter Jennings in his daily ABC Radio commentary, November 14.
The vast majority of voters were just packing up and leaving.
Another affirmative action dingbat.
Good one!
She sounded more intelligent than usual — in a communist sort of way.
If this tap dancing is her being ‘intelligent’, I’d hate to catch her on a bad day.
Only one word fits: BULLSHIT!
But as usual the left has no clue.
I think Rush said it today but I predicted it before that CA will try to get Obama to bail them out. Obama is giving money away to anyone like their is no tommorrow. Trillions here and trillions there. I thought he was just stupid and clueless but he is evil and wants to bankrupt the USA.
The CA lib politicians are not incompetent or dingbats just evil.
Kudos for John and Ken on KFI radio for helping to mobilize voters.
Whenever the voters get to vote on tax increases they almost always vote no. We should only have as much government as the voters are willing to pay for.
lol
EDUCATION
In California, education receives 40% of the total annual state budget. It is said to be the largest percentage in the nation. Yet our education system is ranked next to last among the states. Obviously, spending more money has not been the answer. Suggestions include:
1. Mandate that all public school districts reduce administrative expenses by a full 50% percent beginning July 1st.
2. Withdraw all unfunded mandates imposed by the legislature on school districts over the past 15 years. Going forward, only allow mandates that the legislature funds in advance.
3. Remove any and all state imposed class size restrictions.
4. Limit tort litigation against public schools to only those instances that involve successful criminal prosecution. Ban frivolous lawsuits.
5. Wherever possible, force school districts to consolidate transportation and maintenance related services so as to reduce unnecessary duplication
STATE GOVERNMENT
Public spending in this arena is unconscionable, wasteful, fraudulent and unethical. The career pigs feeding at the public trough have got to become leaner and far more efficient. Now is the time to:
1. Eliminate perks provided to ALL political office holders. No more cars provided by the state and no more gasoline bills paid by the taxpayers. No more than one, very small and inexpensive, office within their home districts. No per diem expense money. No more paid travel out of state. No paid meals. Professional politicians can pick up their own expenses just like the rest of us.
2. A hiring freeze across all departments of state government except for emergency services. Existing personnel required to pick up the slack when an employee leaves government. In instances where the work load becomes unsustainable, utilize part time employees at a reasonable hourly rate who do not qualify for benefits.
3. Mandate that the publicly paid staff expenses of all elected politicians be reduced by 50% beginning as of July 1st.
4. Permanently freeze the pay of all elected politicians to the current 2009 levels.
5. Across the board, increase deductibles for anyone and everyone receiving or qualified to receive care benefits paid by the state. This to include retirees.
6. Going forward, all contracts negotiated by the state with the public employee unions must be approved by voters before taking effect.
7. Determine a set percentage expense reduction, to be applied across the board to all state departments, that will serve to reduce expenses to the level of funding receipts so that the budget is balanced.
8. Permanently eliminate the practice of spending taxpayer money on welfare and health care expenses for non-citizens. Proof of citizenship must become a prerequisite for qualification to receive publicly financed assistance.
By the way, it would not hurt to solicit expense reduction ideas from taxpayers during the search to find ways to regain fiscal sanity.
The time to restore the common good over political payback as the guiding principle in developing a balanced budget is long overdue. Common sense must replace failed far left Utopian ideology or the State of California has no long term future.
http://greensrealworld.blogspot.com/2009/05/california-cuts-what-pols-cant-grasp.html
I am certainly confused over how Bass even gets to be in the legislature, let alone is Speaker. I won’t even begin to list the things I’m fatigued over.
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She’s wrong. The propositions were not hard to understand at all, just really, really stupid. The election itself was a huge waste of tax payer money.
Isn't human sacrifice like worse than torture? I'll have to let this one slide because I'm not prepared to argue the "human" aspect of state legislators in Sacto.
Just sent her this email:
Karen... This retired old mud Marine knew EXACTLY what I was voting against yesterday... the mendacious and deceitful machinations of you big spending thieves up in Sacramento. You should be hanging your heads, the lot of you, but between you there isn’t enough shame at your abominable behavior to fill a thimble. You’re a despicable bunch, you democrats, and your accomplices, the pubbie who abandoned any pretense at principles by voting with you and the equally unprincipled governor.
And your post-election comments add a new low to this already sordid story, reminding me anew just how much I loathe and despise you and your tax-and-spend cronies. You make me long for the day when you’ll be another two term politician-— one term in office and the other in prison.
From my heart,
DC Wright
USMC Retired
Ouch!
Mine was a lot more mild -- but similar sentiment.
I have a thought - let's nullify every business choking regulation passed in the last decade (such as AB32,) thus eliminating the need for new commissions and personnel to enforce them. This will cut the budget at the same time as fostering business health and increasing associated revenues to the state.
Unfortunately it'll never happen...makes too much sense.
I had a similar thought at the end of the video. She was talking about having to DO something (given the economy, etc).
I thought "why don't you QUIT doing things -- or UNDO things"? Then there might be a chance for recovery.
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