Posted on 07/18/2009 10:37:34 AM PDT by BenLurkin
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California officials hope to reach a deal Sunday on how to erase a $26.3 billion budget deficit that has forced the state to issue IOUs for the first time in nearly 20 years.
Legislative leaders said they made "huge progress" Friday night in talks in the governor's office and plan to meet again Sunday night in hopes of finalizing an agreement.
A deal would clear the way for votes later in the week in the state Legislature.
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No way will they pass a budget that cuts nearly enough....
Reading between the lines — it looks like the Governor and/or Republicans in the legislature caved.
But who knows?
IMO, you can take that to the bank. Course, I could be pleasantly surprised. It would be the first time in a long time.
Yesterday Arnold said only one thing was holding up the deal. All sides agree that the massive education budget needs to be cut, but Dems were insisting that any money cut be paid back later.
They want the language of Proposition 98, the ballot initiative passed in 1988 that committed the state to spending 40% of the general fund on schools and which amended the state constitution, to be changed.
If Democrats think that they can go in after the fact and change the language of amendments without the consent of voters, then this country is in deeper trouble then previously believed.
“Legislative leaders said they made “huge progress” Friday night in talks in the governor’s office and plan to meet again Sunday night in hopes of finalizing an agreement. “
We’veeen totally had by the socialists!!!
Just sue George W. Bush for 26.3 billion dollars!
At best a naive statement.
Some background:
The BIG 5 is composed of 3 liberals (Schwarzenegger, Bass and Steinberg) and 2 Republicans (Hollingsworth and Blakeslee). The legislative minority leaders have characteristically been long on partisanship and willingness to compromise, but short on principles. Generally these minority leaders have not reflected the majority will of their caucus and have been unable to deliver substantial votes.
The more typical pattern is that both minority leaders succumb to pressure from both Kennedy and Nehring. They capitulate to the liberal majority and then assist that majority to single out and pressure the few unprincipled Republican legilstors necessary to meet Prop 13 standards.
A very naive statement indeed.
How is that different from what I said? What do you think it means to cave in?
Or were you replying to someone else?
They do and it is.
Implies: it looks like the Governor and/or the Republicans in the legislature caved
It does not imply: it looks like the Governor and/or the two, Republican Leaders in the legislature caved.
The difference in the emphasis is not subtle, especially to the political novice reviewing the publication. I can only assume the motivation was either ignorance/inattention or an alternative agenda. I'm guessing the latter based on the posting history.
The most glaring affront derived from the reply was the implication that many/most elected Republicans have little or no character, rather than the reality that the California Republican Party is in the control of a group of political whores, working to undermine the group consesus of their own caucuses.
Do you think the folks in Cal. are angry enough to throw some bums out next year?
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