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Jerry Brown: California Budget Is "Much Worse Than I Thought -- We've Been Living In Fantasy Land"
Business Insider ^
| 12/15/2010
| Gus Lubin
Posted on 12/15/2010 7:51:18 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: Free Vulcan
Yes, but those pigs are just flying by on the way to DC where they will demand more food from our troughs.
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posted on
12/15/2010 8:05:17 AM PST
by
kalee
(The offences we give, we write in the dust; Those we take, we engrave in marble. J Huett 1658)
To: SeekAndFind
Unfortunately, the Governators star power overwhelmed McClintock.Even the FR knitting club went for Arnold. I still remember them chuckling about McClintock's crazy eye.
Not this site's proudest moment.
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posted on
12/15/2010 8:06:46 AM PST
by
skeeter
To: Danae
Ending entitlement programs for illegal immigrants and closing the border will also do wonders. As far as education cuts go, getting the illegal aliens out of the system is gonna have to be the first thing to get the axe. Sorry illegals, the gravy train is over...
A state report said last week that California graduates 55,000 illegals a year from high school.
So lets do the math.. 55,000 x $7,000 per year x 12 grades = $4.62 Billion a year on educating children that are in this state illegally. Not bad.
43
posted on
12/15/2010 8:07:06 AM PST
by
glaseatr
(Father of a Marine, Uncle of SGT Adam Estep. A Co. 2/5 Cav. KIA Thurs April 29, 2004 Baghdad Iraq)
To: Zakeet
We've been living in fantasy land. It is much worse than I thought. I'm shocked. Dude."
To: Jackson57
Arnold NEVER ran as a conservative. Never. He made it crystal clear he was a social liberal.
45
posted on
12/15/2010 8:09:19 AM PST
by
Freedom_Is_Not_Free
(TSA apologists deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. END the TSA.)
To: whitedog57
At some point, we have to realize that Democrats are liars and thieves. At some point, we have to realize that all Democrats and most Republicans are liars and thieves.
There, that's fixed......
46
posted on
12/15/2010 8:12:20 AM PST
by
Thermalseeker
(If I print money it's counterfeiting. If the Fed prints money it's quantitative easing?)
To: glaseatr
For YEARS our state deficit roughly equalled the amount being spent on illegal immigrants.
But watch - they'll attempt to balance the budget by lawing off police & firemen & closing libraries.
Illegals will come out of any budget fight completely unscathed.
47
posted on
12/15/2010 8:12:30 AM PST
by
skeeter
To: SeekAndFind
“California: Jerry Brown Is “Much Worse Than We Thought — We’ve Been Living In Fantasy Land”
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
There, fixed that.
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posted on
12/15/2010 8:14:26 AM PST
by
dagogo redux
(A whiff of primitive spirits in the air, harbingers of an impending descent into the feral.)
To: psjones
Arnolds proposals were voted down by the stupid people who bought the union ads, thats when he folded and went along with the dems. Arnold didn't fold. He was touting his big-spending enviro-whacko agenda before he was even elected
(if you read the fine print of his policy proposals as opposed to the Hollywood headlines.)
And his proposals wouldn't have done anything to reduce spending or curb the deficit.
They were a fraud just like he is.
49
posted on
12/15/2010 8:14:48 AM PST
by
calcowgirl
(“Controlling carbon is a bureaucrat’s dream. If you control carbon, you control life” —Lindzen)
To: SeekAndFind
State Legislature: “What a surprise this is. We had no idea. No one warned us.” /s
To: ClearCase_guy
51
posted on
12/15/2010 8:16:53 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
(This post is not a statement of fact. It is merely a personal opinion -- or humor -- or both)
To: SeekAndFind
52
posted on
12/15/2010 8:17:57 AM PST
by
dfwgator
(Welcome to the Gator Nation Will Muschamp)
To: glaseatr
55,000 x $7,000 per year x 12 grades = $4.62 Billion
According to this source :
http://www.cft.org/index.php/component/content/article/326-california-slips-a-notch-in-per-pupil-expenditures.html
“Already ranked a dismal 46th in the nation in per pupil spending last year, the California public education budget has fallen to 47th among the states, according to the respected annual report on the nation’s public schools produced by Education Week.”
....
....
“Adjusted for cost of living, California spends $7,571 per student, compared to $9,963 per student nationally. With our state’s students shortchanged by an average of nearly $2,400 per pupil, the survey gave California an “F” in the category of school spending.”
In other words, California isn’t even spending ENOUGH on per pupil education according to some liberals.
And your $7,000 per pupil estimate is on the LOW SIDE.
If we recalculate based on the above figures:
55,0000 X $7,571 X 12 = CLOSE TO $5 BILLION !!
And what is Moonbeam gonna do if the Teacher’s Union whines about the state NOT spending enough on kids?
To: SeekAndFind
Bright and perceptive, that Jerry Brown. He could be in the middle of a war and not notice the noise for weeks.
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posted on
12/15/2010 8:18:57 AM PST
by
lurk
To: SeekAndFind
I wonder how the math works out if spending per legal resident student is calculated?
To: SeekAndFind
Moonbeam almost has a lucid moment.
56
posted on
12/15/2010 8:23:26 AM PST
by
RedMDer
(Forward with Confidence!)
To: SeekAndFind
Some cheap advice for the guv: Take an afternoon, go to Torrey Pines (bee-yoo-tee-full place), pour yourself a nice glass of wine and find a quiet place to sit and look out over the ocean. Enjoy the view as the morning haze burns off and the second glass of wine warms your innards.
No, it won’t help the budget but then nothing else will either and at least this will make you feel good on the cheap.
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posted on
12/15/2010 8:25:15 AM PST
by
count-your-change
(You don't have be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
To: SeekAndFind
“The Golden State” has become “The Fools Gold State”.
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posted on
12/15/2010 8:25:55 AM PST
by
reg45
To: SeekAndFind
Same lame excuse used by Bambi. Let me guess....Bush’s fault.
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posted on
12/15/2010 8:26:49 AM PST
by
ladyvet
To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
He will install an exit tax. If ya wanna get out, ya have to pay!"That's called the 'leaving town tax', and it's, er ahh, already been done."
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