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CALIFORNIA: John Chiang's pay blockage upends budget talks
Sacramento Bee ^ | 6/22/11 | Kevin Yamamura

Posted on 06/22/2011 9:21:47 AM PDT by SmithL

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1 posted on 06/22/2011 9:21:52 AM PDT by SmithL
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I like it! And a Dem did this, no less.


2 posted on 06/22/2011 9:27:11 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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Golly! An honest Democrat! Chiang must not have got the memo that he was supposed to say the emperor was wearing some swell new duds.


3 posted on 06/22/2011 9:27:22 AM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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The law of unintended consequences strikes again. Did the rats realize the consequences of these amendments when they pushed them? The amendments have given unprecedented power to the state treasurer over interpretation of the budget. California is in a disgraceful situation with a once proud economy and government reduced to a beggar. Unfortunately, the future looks even bleaker with rats poised to grab absolute control over state government.


4 posted on 06/22/2011 9:27:37 AM PDT by businessprofessor
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"I now have to explain to my wife and daughter that we won't be able to pay the bills because a politician chose to grandstand at our expense," Gatto said. "California has officially degenerated into a Banana Republic, with one branch of government withholding the pay of another."

I'm sure it will be good for all of you.

Actually, the funniest part was that it was Democrat bill that gave Chiang the power and the legal obligation to do this.

5 posted on 06/22/2011 9:29:39 AM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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Do they still get paid for this time period as soon as the budget gets passed? Or is this period going to be lost wages for good with no back pay?


6 posted on 06/22/2011 9:29:51 AM PDT by US_MilitaryRules (Where is our military?)
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Don’t worry they get the money back once they’ve passed the budget.


7 posted on 06/22/2011 9:30:54 AM PDT by americanophile ("this absurd theology of an immoral Bedouin, is a rotting corpse which poisons our lives" - Ataturk)
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They get it back. It’s symbolic at best.


8 posted on 06/22/2011 9:32:14 AM PDT by americanophile ("this absurd theology of an immoral Bedouin, is a rotting corpse which poisons our lives" - Ataturk)
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“Golly! An honest Democrat! Chiang “

Hardly. Mr Chiang is the political version of Gloria Allred. He never met a camera he didn’t like. He sees a great opportunity for free publicity and is going after it with vigor.


9 posted on 06/22/2011 9:32:20 AM PDT by Cyman
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“I now have to explain to my wife and daughter that we won’t be able to pay the bills because a politician chose to grandstand at our expense,” Gatto said. “California has officially degenerated into a Banana Republic, with one branch of government withholding the pay of another.”

No, it is because you are a LIAR, FRAUD and a CHEAT Mr Gatto.


10 posted on 06/22/2011 9:34:22 AM PDT by eyeamok
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To: Pearls Before Swine
I like it! And a Dem did this, no less.

It's all part of a plan. Four weak-kneed Republicans (two from my district) will fold late next week and vote to raise taxes (again). In return, they will get nothing but some watered down promise of pension reform that will never see the light of day. They will get larger offices though and some crappy committee appointments so that's OK.

Also, the new budget will be based on a rosy prediction for ever-increasing tax revenues. This won't hold up and within six months a huge hole will be blown in the budget, again.

It is absolutely essential that the ballot measure to extend tax increases goes down in flames in November.

11 posted on 06/22/2011 9:41:08 AM PDT by keat
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Don’t worry they get the money back once they’ve passed the budget.
Nope!

Prop 25 did two things. First, it allowed the budget to be passed with a simple majority vote instead of the two-thirds that used to be the rule. AND, it required legislators to permanently forfeit their pay for every day the budget was late. If they pass a budget today, they will still have lost one week's pay.

12 posted on 06/22/2011 9:42:09 AM PDT by SmithL
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"I now have to explain to my wife and daughter that we won't be able to pay the bills because a politician chose to grandstand at our expense," Gatto said.

Jackass pussy. Millions of people are unemployed and can't pay their bills because of political grandstanding over things like the environment and agriculture. These are people who actually want to do hard physical labor while jackass pussies like Gatto suck off the taxpayers. Effing moron.

13 posted on 06/22/2011 9:54:23 AM PDT by Enterprise ("Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire)
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””I now have to explain to my wife and daughter that we won’t be able to pay the bills because a politician chose to grandstand at our expense,” Gatto said. “California has officially degenerated into a Banana Republic, with one branch of government withholding the pay of another.””

Welcome to my world Gatto.


14 posted on 06/22/2011 10:39:31 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Sarah Palin, the only candidate to be vetted by the NY Times, the Washington Post and NBC.)
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“I now have to explain to my wife and daughter that we won’t be able to pay the bills because a politician chose to grandstand at our expense,”

Now you know how I feel!

Every entitlement rapes me a little bit more since I am a source, not a sink, of society.


15 posted on 06/22/2011 10:43:25 AM PDT by fruser1
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Does anybody really expect me to believe that the Rat “legislators” are living paycheck to paycheck? Really?


16 posted on 06/22/2011 10:44:32 AM PDT by Carry_Okie (GunWalker: Arming "a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as well funded")
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Actually, the funniest part was that it was Democrat bill that gave Chiang the power and the legal obligation to do this.

I thought the funniest part was after Chiang announced this the California Democrats blamed the Republicans.

17 posted on 06/22/2011 10:46:21 AM PDT by VeniVidiVici (Join the AFL-CIO. The Communist Party needs new blood.)
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and $142 in tax-free travel and living expenses.

That's $36,920 a year, which is within spitting distance of my base salary.

18 posted on 06/22/2011 1:16:55 PM PDT by Lurker (The avalanche has begun. The pebbles no longer have a vote.)
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“I now have to explain to my wife and daughter that we won’t be able to pay the bills because a politician chose to grandstand at our expense,” Gatto said

Funny that. I have to say the same when I get my gross and net paychecks. Thanks to the cut that you take.


19 posted on 06/22/2011 5:28:50 PM PDT by BenKenobi (Honkeys for Herman!)
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Boo-hoo, Mr. Gatto! Boo-hoo!


20 posted on 06/22/2011 7:26:12 PM PDT by newzjunkey (a Pigovian tax is a tax intended to shape market outcomes—appropriately named.)
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