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To: pointsal

The ONLY one to vote yes for is 1F which means no pay raises for the politicians in years with a budget deficit. Otherwise, it is no on the first five (1A thru 1E).


7 posted on 05/05/2009 6:27:16 PM PDT by I Drive Too Fast
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To: I Drive Too Fast

Another view (which mirrors mine)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2244813/posts

Prop 1F: No
Raise Without a Balanced Budget. NO.

What’s not to like about a measure that says to the Legislature, “If you don’t pass a balanced budget you won’t get a raise?”

My advice: beware any measure that puts a representative’s self-interest ahead of the public interest. I’m afraid this would ultimately end up as a perverse incentive for legislators to pass higher and higher taxes in order to qualify for higher and higher salaries. We actually had a balanced budget device in the constitution that worked well: the Gann Spending Limit. We need to bring it back.


14 posted on 05/05/2009 8:12:56 PM PDT by calcowgirl (RECALL Abel Maldonado! - NO on Props 1A 1B 1C 1D 1E 1F)
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