Posted on 12/09/2010 5:52:47 PM PST by americanophile
California Gov.-elect Jerry Brown, who in 25 days will inherit a state in a decade-long economic crisis, is hinting that he will ask voters to make the choice of approving higher taxes or living with big cuts in government services.
In a meeting with Republican senators this week, Brown said he wants to "rip the Band-Aid off next year," referring to the state's budget woes, and hinted that a special election this summer was part of the plan, the Los Angeles Times reported.
California has furloughed state workers and cut some services, but is still in a deep economic well.
"He intimated strongly that he wanted to go to the ballot but did not say so explicitly," Republican Senate minority leader Bob Dutton told the Times.
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It isn’t going to be as easy as he thinks. Did you see this?
http://www.redstate.com/brian_d/2010/12/07/rolling-blue-state-bailout-ended-in-tax-agreement/
California is too important to the Dems, they’ll find a way around it. They will bankrupt everyone in the state before they allow the precious public employee unions to feel the pain.
one idea would be to manage the state services under him.
my wife and i renewed our drivers’ licenses and had to return
twice because of clerical errors.
And as unemployment goes up and more tax paying people leave the state, revenue will continue to fall.
Then they can vote again to raise the tax rate to cover the short fall.......rinse and repeat.
Pretty soon the only ones to pay for the fat pensions are the pensioners.
Hopefully, our House of Reps won't be foolish enough to bail these idiots out with our tax money.
You got that right...this is beyond stupid. I’m all for it if they make the stipulation that only people that add to the tax base are allowed to vote.
Brown is going to be interesting.
He has no ideology, no morality, and does not consider himself beholden to the ‘left’ who elected him.
Far more dangerous and unpredictable than any politician we’ve seen in a long time. he is very smart and ruthless. there is no person or constituency, right or left, who would not get shanked if is in his interest.
I would treat this like the left treated executive salaries and benefits.
Unions cannot get retirement funding, raises, or medical benefits as long as the state is in the red.
Put it up for a vote. When the unions scream, turn it into a campaign ad.
“he will ask voters to make the choice of approving higher taxes or living with big cuts in government services.”
I vote for “big cuts in government services”
Everyone has been screaming...no bailout for California. I have told everyone that it is/already is happening.
They are sly because no one understands bonds.
He’s a whimp. He causes a mess, then puts it on the ballot so he won’t need to take the heat for undoing his mess.
While he’s at it, he might as well let the Mexicans vote as well. The voters aren’t going to vote to tighten the belt. They could care less whether the state goes bust. It’s a gimmee mentality.
As long as other states are not required to anti-up for their stupidity.
Brown knows that at least 2/3 of the population in Cali gets some kind of assistance and it would pass.
I think it’s going to be interesting, but I disagree with your view of Brown. He remains a leftwinger with a leftist ideology, a warped sense of morality, and he’s entirely beholden to the left who elected him - the whole Democratic structure in California rests upon the unions - he won’t buck that system. He’s smart and ruthless alright, but his wife and the Dem machine will keep him in line - the left won’t get shanked, only the right. He’ll just do it in a way that makes people think he’s ‘matured and changed’ since his younger days as moonbeam. People will hear his leftists BS and call it ‘nuance,’ but the result will be the same.
Ya, me too. Another election we’ll lose.
Yes, but the ones who elected this skank will vote for higher taxes...for everyone except themselves, that is.
Yep!
Conservatives should start packing up right now, small business owners, any that are left, can find a better place to set up shop.
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