Posted on 05/21/2009 1:20:15 AM PDT by JohnHuang2
LOS ANGELES — Direct democracy has once again upended California — enough so that the state may finally consider another way by overhauling its Constitution for the first time in 130 years.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger returned home from a White House visit on Wednesday to find the state dangerously broke, his constituents defiant after a special election on Tuesday and calls for a constitutional convention — six months ago little more than a wonkish whisper — a cacophony.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
Federalism sucks for libtards:
Did the greater prosperity in low-tax states happen by chance? Is it coincidence that the two highest tax-rate states in the nation, California and New York, have the biggest fiscal holes to repair? No. Dozens of academic studies — old and new — have found clear and irrefutable statistical evidence that high state and local taxes repel jobs and businesses.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124260067214828295.html
State (Indiana) to No Longer Invest in Federal Bailout Recipients
http://www.wibc.com/news/Story.aspx?ID=1094872
They do this everywhere-it’s the same here in MN.
Threaten to lay off firefighters and cops when we already lead the nation in probation vs. incarceration spending...
Meanwhile, no mention of cutting of local gubermtin aid funding for cities(like our state capitol city) that support crimaliens-”sanctuary city”, St.Paul)
Nobody is paying attention!
I agree with all of these things, BUT YOU HAVE TO HAVE A PLAN to get the power to accomplish them.
No popularly elected government since 1932 has reduced the size and scope of government. It's safe to say that it isn't going to happen, that the flaw is in the act of election itself.
What's Plan B?
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