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A way to balance California’s budget? Don’t get too excited…
Orange Punch, The Orange County Register political commentary blog ^ | 3-29-2012 | Mark Landsbaum

Posted on 03/29/2012 3:30:24 PM PDT by landsbaum

Republicans in the Capitol have proposed a budget that is balanced – without increasing taxes. You’re right if you said, “That’s going nowhere.” The tax-and-spend Democrats in control in Sacramento aren’t about to balance the budget without counting on higher taxes, and . . .

(Excerpt) Read more at orangepunch.ocregister.com ...


TOPICS: Education; Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: californiabudget; deficit; democrats; taxandspend

1 posted on 03/29/2012 3:30:38 PM PDT by landsbaum
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To: landsbaum
Democrats in control in Sacramento aren’t about to balance the budget without counting on higher taxes, and . . .

And what? How about you lay it out for me, as if in a summary.

Can you do that? You DO participate in the discussion here, after all... right?

2 posted on 03/29/2012 3:39:45 PM PDT by humblegunner
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Since the EVIDENCE is that when you increase taxes, you “might” get a one time bump in revenues, but surprise, the next year somehow, for some unknown reason revenues collected go down. Can’t figure out how that happens.
Spending increases, though. And that NEVER changes.


3 posted on 03/29/2012 3:41:26 PM PDT by boop (I hate hippies and dopeheads. Just hate them. ...Ernest Borgnine)
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To: humblegunner
Democrats in control in Sacramento aren’t about to balance the budget without counting on higher taxes, and . . .

The democRATS in Suckramento are terminally stuck on stupid.

4 posted on 03/29/2012 3:53:45 PM PDT by immadashell
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The democRATS in Suckramento are terminally stuck on stupid.

They are not stupid. How do you screw the people & at the same time live with all of the perks, knowing that the handout-voters will continue to vote them back thus feeding their fiefdom.

5 posted on 03/29/2012 4:11:02 PM PDT by Digger (If RINO is your selection then failure is your election)
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To: landsbaum
The Republican plan shrinks the state’s $9.2 billion deficit...

Cool! California gets to run a deficit, just like an actual nation-state can!

I guess Cali doesn't have to play with the little kids anymore....

Say, Mark - if you happen to run into John Chiang, ask him how California managed to hire 18.3% of the new workers in the entire country last year (263,200 new jobs created!) but still was able to drop more than 3/4 of a billion dollars in personal income tax revenues for the last six months, when compared to the same period last year.

Does it take some special kind of stupid to do that, or do the new hires not have to do the whole "withholding thingee"?

6 posted on 03/29/2012 5:33:32 PM PDT by kiryandil (turning Americans into felons, one obnoxious drunk at a time (Zero Tolerance!!!))
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