Posted on 12/14/2007 4:02:10 PM PST by SmithL
“It is so much fun watching California politics from a distance.”
..and no more of that BS about “as California goes, so goes the nation...”
LA, SF and Sacremento need to fall into the ocean, then things may start to improve.
Arnold has no such excuse.
I agree :o)
Santa Cruz, Santa Monica, Sausalito, Oakland, San Diego, and Arcata should all go with them.
Hmmm... All of those are near sea level. Maybe that's why liberals are afraid of rising sea levels. Losing Monterey and Santa Barbara would be sad, but taking Santa Cruz alone would be worth it.
Your reply is so vague I have no response. Is there a point?
This has become routine in California.
The reply showed little understanding of California's legislative process, the partisan composition of the legislature and the pivatol role a minority governor can play in those processes.
Here's a thought; If the executive is held by the legislative minority, the veto is a powerful weapon to provoke change in the majority.
Here's another: A partisan rogue in the executive who colludes with the opposition can not only destroy his own party, but also the state which he administers.
“Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said today he plans to declare a fiscal emergency next month in the face of a $14 billion budget shortfall” OK. So why add a ridiculous “bipartisan” health care bill that will make the emergency even worse? Is he trying to turn CA into Detroit?
Don’t ... take off your shoes
I guess another million illegals will help clear up the mess. /sarcasm
Eventually everyone will go bankrupt because of illegals.
When was the last Democrat legislature - - you know, where budgets and spending bills originate - - not to run a deficit?
Mexico.
New Jersey aught to talk. Ha ha
So basically the poor can't afford to pay for health-care straight-up so California will jack up the cigarette tax therefore making the poor pay anyways. It's is such blatant hypocrisy for California Dems to say it isn't affordable for the poor to pay for ID's to prove citizenship when registering to vote but they damn well will pay for those cigarette taxes. It's the one position where the Dems say"tough it out" as opposed to "Don't worry - big government has got it covered."
It's been said a billion times but the idea of paying for healthcare through taxes on a product that is unhealthy, in fact needing smokers to continue to smoke is so oxymoronic it is almost beyond comprehension. But hey - it's for the children!
Uhhhh...the other poster was basically correct. Certain programs are in in essence on autopilot in regards to the standard liberal claim that a lack of increase in funding is a cut. Needless to say the liberal legislature never decreases any programs irregardless of the revenues available for each budget.
And whether you think I am right or wrong, you're snarky reply was uncalled for. You could have said exactly the same thing without sounding so damn pissy. Chill.
“New Jersey aught to talk. Ha ha”
...I totally agree!! I just want to be somewhere in PA when it happens..
</sarcasm>
Or Republican?
1994 to 2001
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