[Freedom_Is_Not_Free]

The Governator already got shot down in flames for supporting such a proposition before the voters. The California electorate wants a free-lunch something-for-nothing system of borrow and spend deficits. That is what they want. I agree we need this, but this was rejected by the idiot California voters 2 or 3 years ago. Good luck!

[edcoil]

“We must change our constitution to ensure this legislature and future legislatures live within our means.”

Our state Constitution already demands you complete a balanced budget and any spending must be accounted for with revenues. It also states you are to have this completed no later then June 1 each year.

We don’t need a new law or constitutional amendment, we need the legislature to do its job.

[goldstategop]

I would prefer a constitutional amendment docking legislators' perks and cutting their pay 10% a day until the pay reaches the minimum wage or spending is cut. Human nature being what it is, politicians will sooner cut spending than see their pay eliminated. It would serve to concentrate their minds on the job at hand.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

15% state sales tax - eliminate state corporate and personal income taxes. That way the illegals and the gangbangers are paying into the system, and more jobs will be created. Problem solved.

[calcowgirl]

Because the deficit was so huge when I arrived in 2002 (in the neighborhood of $24 billion for the 2003-04 budget cycle)....

Why do Republicans still perpetuate this myth? When they start out with lies like this, it's hard to believe anything they say.