[Amerigomag]

The nurses and the teacher’s union kicked Aronold’s butt when he got in and tried to be fiscally responsible

Talk about widespread ignorance:

The self serving legislation that the Austrian proposed or supported and which he termed fiscally responsible was defeated by a broad spectrum of the electorate including conservatives. It was simply bad law, rejected by both the left and the right.

Prop 76 was the best example. A law sporting a populist theme but with a disguised agenda to shield his friends in New York who lent him $15B so he could keep spending.

[goldstategop]

Voters wanted a real spending limit. They're still waiting for one. While I think its important to educate our kids, its not a government responsibility, its a parental one. I'm in favor of repealing Proposition 98 for that and other reasons. But the politics say if you want to junk the education establishment cum teachers' union spending guarantee from the state Constitution, you're against the children. The point is that bringing true rationality to California's byzantine and incomprehensible budget process is a tall order.

"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

[purpleraine]

I don’t know if we’re talking about the same thing. Rolling back the nursing to patient ratio on post-op floors and the education budget? Since this would have effected salaries and bennies in the education world, I don’t see the problem. You know there’s a big deficit here?