California governor declares state of fiscal emergency

Reuters on Yahoo ^ | 7/28/10

[NormsRevenge]

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Increasing pressure on lawmakers to negotiate a state budget that closes a $19 billion shortfall, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a state of emergency over the state's finances on Wednesday.

In the declaration, Schwarzenegger ordered three furlough days per month beginning in August for thousands of state employees to preserve the state's cash to pay the state's debt obligations and for essential services.

California's budget is several weeks overdue and Schwarzenegger and top lawmakers are at impasse over how to balance the state's books.

[Responsibility2nd]

Don’t worry. Be happy.

Soon California will legalize marijuana and all their silly fiscal problems will be solved.

[Responsibility2nd]

19 Billion Dollars???

CALIFORNIA: Illegal immigrant health care costs state $1 billion annually

[wac3rd]

The good news is that the retired, double-dipping, 0 co-pay medical plan ex-Assistant to the Deputy Director of the Omnibudsperson for San Diego’s Gay and Lesbian Climate Change Health Outreach Department for Undocumented Transgendered is receiving his/her check every month.

Did I mentioned that the aforementioned person passed away last year, and his transgendered partner, Chris and their adopted Foster children will retain full pension and benefits since his demise.

[ScottinSacto]

Idiocy does not equate to emergency! Especially in heavily repeated dosages. Fools!

[CodeToad]

Kali is still giving out IOUs as payments to invoices.

[calcowgirl]

$1.2 billion is just for the stated federally funded health care.

When you count state welfare, education, state health, etc — it is in excess of $10 billion annually (and those estimates were from several years ago). I would guess it is somewhere in the $15-20 BILLION dollar range.

[NormsRevenge]

The latest horror flick out of Hollyweed types..

Final Destination: Insolvency

[Mojave]

When you count state welfare, education, state health, etc — it is in excess of $10 billion annually (and those estimates were from several years ago). I would guess it is somewhere in the $15-20 BILLION dollar range.

And that's not even counting the health care costs of American citizens infected with the various diseases being spread by the illegal aliens undocumented immigrants "displaced visitors."

[calcowgirl]

God’s children.

[Mojave]

“We need to sit down as Americans and recognize these are God’s children as well. And they need some protection under the law; they need some of our love and compassion.”—John McCain

[calcowgirl]

Johnny sure can grovel.

I gotta admit - “displaced visitors” was reaching for a new low.

[Mojave]

I gotta admit - “displaced visitors” was reaching for a new low.

I wondered about that. I know some folks at the US Forest Service and the creation of that term might have been a bit of deliberate sarcasm on somebody's fault.

[Do Be]

California’s next big crisis will put this into better perspective. After they make marijuana completely legal, no one is going to care about the silly budget anymore. They will, however, be devastated by the twinkie shortage.

[calcowgirl]

Deliberate sarcasm — let us hope.

But it wouldn’t suprise me if they were 100% serious.

[p. henry]

Very funny. Sad. But funny.

[Tzimisce]

....big bail out for California, coming soon....

[JPG]

Knock off any funds going to illegals, drill, baby drill, deep six all of the funding for any green crap, freeze state employment hiring and reduce ALL govt pay by 30%. That would be a good start.

[rahbert]

UT took their sweet time with my refund, almost 6 months.

[Liz]

Calif is turning into a Third World with taxpayers subsidizing every whim whining illegals demand. Illegals benefit from the day they violate California's borders. They cost taxpayers billions per year......in schooling, health care, direct payments, etc.

RIDING THE US GRAVY TRAIN---THE SAGA OF PEDRO An illegal alien w/ wife and five children violates our borders. He gets a job mowing loans for $5.00 or 6.00/hour. At that low wage, with six dependents, he pays no income tax, so each year, he files an Income Tax Return to get "EITC---earned income credit" of up to $3,200 scot-free.

He qualifies for Section 8 housing and subsidized rent. He qualifies for food stamps and no deductible, no co-pay free health care. His children get free school breakfasts and lunches. The kids qualify for monthly SSI checks by faking ADD; the illegal and his wife get SSI by faking being aged, blind or disabled; SSI qualifies them for Medicare.

Plus illegals don't have to worry about pricey items like car insurance, life insurance, or homeowners insurance, and they qualify for relief from high energy bills.

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DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR OBAMACARE It is presently against the law to refuse healthcare to illegals. Illegal aliens actually bump US citizens for healthcare. Mexico, the country that is the staging area for illegal invasions, has long-promoted America’s generous public health centers.

Mexico operates Ventanillas de Salud---a Spanish-language program---in about 12 US cities that refers its nationals on US soil illegally---to clinics where they can get free medical care without being turned over to immigration authorities.”

ALL OF THAT IS COLLECTED WITH JUST ONE IDENTITY

Illegal Jose Madrigal, the Washington state rapist, had some 30 identities.

EACH FAKE IDENTITY COLLECTS US GOVT FREEEBIES,
--- AND AS EVERY DESPERATE DEMOCRAT KNOWS ---
EACH ILLEGAL IDENTITY VOTES AND VOTES AND VOTES

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The Obama admin continues to tolerate this ntl-security nightmare of illegals using multiple identities for fear of offending the Mexican government, the National Council of La Raza, and other immigrant advocates....all of whom are providing Democrat voters to endangered Dems. This outrage is burdening taxpayers and polluting our election system----b/c these criminals adopt multiple fraudulent identities.

Evidence shows illegals establish several identities with phony SS nos and fake documents (which these "poor immigrants" buy from document brokers for several thousand dollars). Illegals also get their anchor babies SS nos. They then use the SS nos to establish fake identities.

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Amnesty Will Cost U.S. Taxpayers at Least $2.6 Trillion
Heritage Foundation | June 6, '07 | Robert Rector

S.1348, the Senate amnesty bill that was recently defeated would grant amnesty to nearly all illegal immigrants currently in the United States. Overall, the net cost to taxpayers is likely to be at least $2.6 trillion. Illegal immigrants generally have very low education levels. 61 percent of illegal immigrant adults lack a high school diploma. Illegal immigrants have a poverty level that is roughly twice that of native-born Americans.

The Senate's bill would offer amnesty and a path to citizenship to 12 to 12.5 million illegals currently in the U.S. In addition, its lax evidentiary standards would encourage millions more to apply for amnesty fraudulently. Because there is no numeric limit on the number of amnesties that could be granted under the bill, the actual numbers who would receive amnesty under the bill could be far higher.

Eligibility for government benefits means that the former illegal immigrant or his family members obtains the same benefits as a U.S. citizen would have. Children born within the United States to illegal immigrants, including Z visa holders, are potentially eligible for all welfare benefits from the moment of birth through the reat of their lives. In addition, adult Z visa holders and their foreign-born children will be eligible for medical care under the Medicaid Disproportionate Share Program.

Z visa holders will be given lawful Social Security numbers which makes them eligible for two refundable tax credits: The Earned Income Tax Credit and the Additional Child Tax Credit. These credits provides cash welfare assistance...

Irrespective of employment history, amnesty recipients will become eligible for 60 different federal welfare programs five years after receiving legal permanent residence. When the amnesty recipients reach retirement age, total benefits received will OUTSTRIP TAXES PAID BY ROUGHLY SEVEN TO ONE. (Excerpt) Read more at heritage.org

[kearnyirish2]

Lots of jobs; we’re going to raise rabbits, and live off the fat of the land...

I honestly thought this had already happened months ago, no matter what silliness they’ve spun since.