Posted on 11/03/2010 10:46:07 AM PDT by SmithL
California is now toast, a coming Third World nation.
How is a deceased democrat going to govern? /sarc
“At least the Mexicans will drill for oil..”
And secure the border!!
I’m tellin’ ya, ya gotta take your daily dose of humnor where ya find it. LOL!
If the dead pay taxes and vote, why shouldn’t they be represented in office too?
Yup...California jumped off of a cliff last night. The only saving grace is that the Dems clearly own everything that happens from now on. But I’m not hopeful for the future since we clearly now have more “takers” than “givers”. Unfortunately California will be run into the ground before any of the “takers” wake up and realize how foolish they’ve been.
href=”http://www.caltax.org/caltaxletter/2010/110310_voters_reject_tax_increases.htm"; target = _blank” CA voters reject tax increases
Oh no, I am serious, the Mexers will tell the stupid green hippies to get lost while the Mexican oligarchs move in and drill. That is Mexico’s idea of governing...
Can some body fix that link in 48? I guess I’m still HTML dumb. Thanks, three eight six whiskey tango.
Election results:
Entire State:
Brown - 3,988,409
Whitman - 3,064,982
LA, and the 8 Counties surrounding the SF Bay:
Brown - 2,103,953
Whitman - 995,563
The Rest of California (the other 49 counties)
Brown - 1,884,456
Whitman - 2,069,419
Actually. things aren't quite so rosy for the Dems as the article would lead you to believe.
Yes, Prop. 25 gives the Dems the ability to pass a budget with a simple majority. The Dems can no longer blame the GOp for the failure to pass a budget on time.
However, Prop. 25 was a simple initiative. Prop. 13, which established the 2/3 requirement for raising taxes, was a constitutional amendment. So Prop. 25 cannot override that requirement.
Furthermore, there were 2 more initiatives relating to the budget on the ballot yesterday. The first, Prop. 22, prevents the state from taking money from local governments to balance their budget. The second, Prop. 26, requires a 2/3 vote in order to raise "fees". This prevents them from calling a tax a fee in order to circumvent the 2/3 requirement.
Finally, the state constitution requires that the budget be balanced.
So what we have now is a situation where the Dems have sole control and responsibility for passing a balanced budget by July 1st, in a state with a structural $20bn deficit, with no way to raise taxes or revenues. So they will have to do it by making massive cuts - which they alone will be responsible for.
The only possible exception might be eliminating tax deductions - they might be able to do that by majority vote, but I am sure it would be challenged in court.
Actually, this was litigated before the election. Since Prop. 13 was a constitutional amendment, it cannot be changed or overruled by a law or initiative, only by another amendment. So no provision in Prop. 25 can override the 2/3 vote requirement for tax increases.
California going broke - for real - is like the trick question: "If you go halfway the first day, half the remaining distance the next day, then half of that remaining distance the third day, when do you arrive (answer = "never!"). California will never actually get to breaking point because the pols will always have a new trick up their sleeves. It will always be on the point of going broke, but never actually broke.
So the Dims will vote for more taxes and spending, further erode the numbers of productive people and productive enterprises in the state, and as a result they will continue to fail to meet their own tax revenue objectives, in recognition of which they will put the state further in debt instead of cutting spending; as that cycle keeps repeating itself into the foreseeable future.
(They are doomed, because too many of those who could vote against this scenario will instead leave - as people like them have been doing for more than a decade).
Ironically, without California tax money, the Federal Government —and bad example-—we would be rid of the Democrats you send to Congress—would probably spend less. Of course, the bed thing is that even more Californians would be colonizing gentry waterholes like Sante Fe and Austin. As it is, they are colonizing Arizona and Colorado, and bringing their values with them.
You heard undisguised racism from Sanchez. My guess is that you will hear more of the same two years from now.
Well, it is a failed state now.But, of course, so is Mexico. Argentina has been limping along for almost a century.
Well, it is a failed state now.But, of course, so is Mexico. Argentina has been limping along for almost a century.
Now, the Republicans have no leverage! I guess the State
has to reach diaster level before the voters in the Bay
Area and L. A. get the message.
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