Posted on 01/09/2008 6:07:14 PM PST by NormsRevenge
Cut every department in state government by 5 percent. Do it again.
The very first thing he needs to do is get rid of ANY monies that go directly to illegal immigrants. Public schooling and what kids do with their time is a pretty complex issue, so I think for now that would have to be further explored, but not dealt with at this time. But any direct funding of any welfare etc needs to stop right now. The legislators etc all need to take a cut in pay as they combined with Gray Davis got us into this mess. That would be a darned good start.
Yep! Streamline this socialist California government!! Cut jobs and cut pay dramatically. This is what happens in businesses and California’s state government is a business.
Sure, tough choices. Which taxes to raise, which new programs to fund, how much more to borrow. Politicians don’t make tough choices, ever.
Apply proven management techniques to the public sector? Where do you get these crazy ideas....
With Illegal Invaders in just Los Angeles costing us 1 billion dollars a year, is it any wonder we are in trouble?
About five years ago, our company wanted to build a small facility in Stockton. After we got worked over by the Air Resources Board, the County Board, the city Board and the Neighborhood Board, we built the thing in Nevada.
>and Schwarzenegger has promised not to raise taxes.
>is expected to propose new property insurance fees to supplement state firefighting costs.
And the difference between the two above statements is?
Duh!
Our liberal governor has been proposing, approving and increasing taxes faster than his infamous predecessor. The Austrian and his sycophants claim no new taxes and no tax increases but their lies are as big as his legendary tax increases.
Correction, that is 1 billion dollars a year for illegal aliens in Los Angeles just for Welfare and Food Stamps. That does not include incarceration, school, crime and medical.
That’s what happens in ordinary businesses. But the California state government is unionized business, and as such it’s virtually impossible to cut jobs or pay.
Unionized businesses go bankrupt when times get hard enough.
Cut educating non-citizens!
Cut giving them Welfare!
Cut giving them medical aid!
The school districts here in California are incubators for waste fraud and abuse, I know ‘cause I used to work for them and saw all their mismanagement with my own eyes. Almost half the state budget goes to failing schools.
Why is the state gov’t NOT accountable for these things? They are the ones that screwed it up. Why should tax payers be made responsible by reaching deeper into their pockets? We already have high state taxes. This is all BULL CRAP.
Easy answer. Just raise taxes.
Here’s one they can get rid of. California’s own SSI program for illegals.
http://www.cdss.ca.gov/cdssweb/PG42.htm
Across the board cuts are not targeted enough. It is better to start with the low hanging fruit and then move to more blunt methods later. Here are my suggestions:
- Time limit every welfare program
- Lower income limits to the poverty level for benefits provided to those above the poverty level
- Eliminate every benefit to illegals except for those federally mandated.
- Start a court challenge for every federally mandated benefit for illegals
- Convert some jails into Arizona style outside jails. Consult with the Arizona sheriff about the details.
- Confiscate every vehicle in which illegals are involved in traffic violations
- Shut down the effort to make California an environmental Utopia. Shut down offices involved with enforcing CO2 limits.
- Read state employees the riot act over retiree benefits. Threaten massive layoffs unless retirement ages are raised to the normal social security retirement age.
- Double state employee contributions to retirement programs if the retirement age cannot be increased.
yep. As goes California so goes the country too in this respect.
Let’s hope that there is enough Republican left in Arnold so that he will come through and do the right thing.
AGREED! Cut all of their pay!
except for the Republican legislative staff
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