[heleny]

The initiative is also deceptive. Ask yourself why a big spender would seek power to cut spending. The obvious answer is he wouldn't. Then why seek the legislation? Because the initiative authorizes billions more in borrowing which allows Schwarzenegger to continue to increase spending without the necessary tax revenue.

There are some good parts to 76 (such as the spending increase limits, school spending base levels, mid-year cuts, etc), but it's too bad they had to include authorization to borrow more. Why couldn't they make each part a separate initiative?

I got my ballot today. It's short and simple; for the first time I've ever seen it this way, it has only one card instead of several cards.

[calcowgirl]

Why couldn't they make each part a separate initiative?

Because then they couldn't call it "spending control" and get people to vote for it. Remember the "Balanced Budget Act"? (Prop 58) Same strategy.