"...and this repeated slamming at Tom is just more proof of what some folks here will swallow so willingly in the name of progress.. need I repeat, the largest state budget ever."
Norm, I wish we had a dufus alert on this forum. Schwarzenegger's commission has come up with suggestions to cut state government by 33%. Once again you you pipe up that the state budet this year was larger than the last.
Does it not occur to your we're on the same topic here? His commission has proposed 33% cuts. What part of that does not register with you?
Dufus, huh?
his proposed cuts in this plan are at least 2 years away.. and we are enroute to borrowing more money in the mean time as no other significant long-term solutions have been implemented, the latest go around was a slight of hand with heavy reliance on the big bond measure keeping us afloat.. for how many years? not to mention end around agreements with the unions and teachers w/ promises of future considerations for token actions now. It would make Davi$ blush.
Dufus.. lol
"His commission has proposed 33% cuts."
Why do you continue to misrepresent this? "Eliminating one third of the state workforce" is not equivalent to "33% cuts", nor is it equivalent to a cut in "state government by 33%".
Eliminating certain jobs and outsourcing may save money and is a good move... but it does not mean the cost goes away. I already demonstrated to you that the collective cuts and revenue increases included in the AP article equate to a 6% reduction in annual expenditures, not 33%.
How can you justify posting "33% cuts"??? I have usually found you to be sincere and genuine in your posts... but this is out and out deception!