CA: Dear voters, We're fresh out of ideas

Bakersfield Californian ^ | 12/25/04 | Vic Pollard

[cousair]

Come up to Washington State.....we don't even have a governor who is legit!! If you count and count and count long enough...you can always win....just like in Florida. If a recount happens, it should happen all over the state, not just KING COUNTY!! The whole country knows what the DNC did up there...shame shame...and California should look hard at what happened.

[stylin_geek]

I'm thinking Arnold will have to play political brinkmanship with the leftislature of CA before any real budget cuts will happen.

[jrfaug06]

California will have to declare bankruptcy. Arnold is a fool who thinks he is in a movie where a happy ending is assured.

I live in California. There is no way out but bankruptcy. The fraud, waste, incomptence in the state, local, county governments rival anything the soviets had.

John

[annyokie]

Merry Christmas, Norm!

[NormsRevenge]

Merry Christmas to you and your'n!

[ken21]

you know, i'm startin to think you're right.

i voted for arnold, but what was the alternative? more davis. ick.

arnold's ego isn't going to help matters. and matters are dire.

the middle classes have increasingly voted with their feet, and moved to idaho, oregon, utah, arizona, colorado etc. evangelicals who abandoned orange county were a dominant force in dubya's re-election in colorado

[mvpel]

Just before my wife and I escaped, San Jose got a $1 million grant from the state to build a bike trail. There's a set of governments with their priorities straight, eh?

[mvpel]

My wife and I both voted for Tom McClintock.

[ExtremeUnction]

Just cut state employee jobs. It's easy. Private companies do it all the time. Cut, cut and cut until the budget is balanced. I've worked for two Fortune 500 companies, and when things were tough, we cut. It seems harsh, but it works. It's called, "Expense Management." It's taught in Business 101 in your first year in college.

[proxy_user]

Um....charge admission fees to illegal aliens?

"That'll be $5000, senor. Muchas gracias.

[Drango]

I just don't know what we should do. Do you?

Cut spending you pompous poof.

[dalereed]

"charge admission fees to illegal aliens?"

Better yet get rid of them and the state, county, and city government will save 9 billion for starters.

When citizens take the jobs that they are doing they will increase the tax income and that could solve the problem except for one little issue. Arnold is a socialist and eco nut and would probably spending to increase and destroy any savings.

[annyokie]

Thanks! (It's my birthday, too!)

[Logical me]

It's sad but California CRATS have destroyed this state. There's money here but it is in the hands of the Hollywierd and the likes. Poor are really hurt, middle class is no longer and the rich just get richer.

[exDemMom]

Getting rid of Grayout was a good first step, but, ideally, we would have ditched the whole legislature and replaced them with good conservatives.

It's a real shame that California has been in the grip of liberal politicians for so long. Let liberals run things, and soon, they destroy everything that is good and successful, and then blame eeeeeevil conservatives for the resulting problems.

Yes, I moved out of CA... but now live in MD (frying pan... fire). I'm still voting in CA, so will still be doing my little bit to try to improve the state. We'll see if it ever becomes worth moving back to.

[jrfaug06]

Bankruptcy is the only option for the politicans. This is the only way the politicians can save face.The democrats can blame Republicans for not paying enougth taxes and the republicans can blame the democrats for spending too much. Each gets to preserve it's traditional roles.

John

[itsahoot]

It's called, "Expense Management." It's taught in Business 101 in your first year in college.

They could do a chapter 11 and maybe in a couple years they could buy Oregon and Washington, like K-Mart did Sears.

[Mr. Jeeves]

California homeowners, get ready to pay a wealth tax to balance the budget. After all, you profited unfairly from the recent run-up in home prices and the compassionate Califorina Legislature just wants to make sure that the truly needy are cared for. Say 1% a year? 3% on homes over $1 million? It's for the children. ;)

[.38sw]

The legislature went absolutely berserk with spending and creating new programs in 2000 and 2001 - they were just drunk with all the money pouring in from the .com economy. They were warned that the amount of tax revenue they were seeing was temporary, but did they care? Nooooooo. So, they created new programs and increased spending on existing programs. The tech bubble burst, tax revenues fell, and programs remained in place. Result? Huge, massive budget deficits. The legislature is just itching to raise taxes - they can't conceive of eliminating programs, commissions, boards, etc. and cutting spending.