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No balanced budget, no pay! Aw, just kidding. Never mind.
Orange Punch, The Orange County Register political commentary blog ^ | 4-24-2012 | Mark Landsbaum

Posted on 04/24/2012 5:01:46 PM PDT by Mark Landsbaum

Last year the Legislature tricked voters into thinking that they were adopting a measure to dock lawmakers’ pay if they didn’t deliver a balanced budget.

Guess what. They were lying to you. Or maybe they were just kidding.

I know, you’re shocked...

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


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: budget; deficit; lawmakerspay; renege

1 posted on 04/24/2012 5:01:55 PM PDT by Mark Landsbaum
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To: Mark Landsbaum
(Excerpt) Read more at orangepunch.ocregister.com ...

How about you just summarize the rest for us?

2 posted on 04/24/2012 5:17:43 PM PDT by humblegunner
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To: humblegunner

Here ya go...

A freakin’ Judge says the Controller can’t do what we tax payers gave him the authority to do!

Back to F****** square one!


3 posted on 04/24/2012 5:25:55 PM PDT by Randy Larsen (I hate Rinos and Romney is one of the worse Rinos ever!)
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To: Mark Landsbaum

I would love to see an amendment to to the Constitution, that states Congressmen and employees of Congress cannot be paid for any period in which there is not a balanced budget. Short of that, no pay if there is no budget at all would also be good.


4 posted on 04/24/2012 5:27:12 PM PDT by cookcounty (We need Newt. The Black Belt Jaw-jitsu Master!)
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To: Mark Landsbaum

thus the uselessness of a balanced budget amendment is revealed... who defines what “balance” means... the government??


5 posted on 04/24/2012 5:30:08 PM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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