Posted on 12/08/2002 1:04:55 PM PST by NormsRevenge
Edited on 04/13/2004 3:30:02 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Living here makes the "second job" you describe worth the trouble. If we have to work a little harder at it for awhile, so be it. Everything in life isn't just Democrat and Republican.
The simplest solution would be to take each section of the budget, divide by four, then subtract this amount from the amount this budget item might be currently spending.
Might this cause some 'pain', certainly, but trying to foist a socialist utopia upon the world should be painful. Like giving birth. Especially when it's the fifth largest economy in the world. "Hey now, that's one BIG baby comrade sister!".
An out-of-control socialist government will ultimately destroy the incentives needed to produce the goods and services necessary for a thriving economy (in the absence of slavery re: china). Just as parasitism will in the long run, destroy the host.
Well-run businesses would use more complex methods in dealing with debt problems- no doubt, however the simple accounting correction mentioned above, if applied to a state budget would suffice.
This will not happen as state governments do not at all reflect what one might term 'well-run', since no incentive exists for them to behave as such. Expect the earlier mentioned taxes and some others to increase (along with the usual raid on local governments causing them to jack fees) until their needs are met (for this budget cycle, anyway).
In the biological world, hosts adapt defenses against parasites such that they may co-exist in a manner that doesn't threaten the survival of the host. In the case of the private vs public spending of resources there doesn't appear to be much in the way of a 'defense' when, as we see, from one-fourth to one-third of what was collected must now be raised again to fully fund public sector consumption.
Leaving the state is not an option to me. Besides, what with this state's ability to generate 'trends' elsewhere it'd likely be futile. Instead, I'd like help with strengthening the host's ability to ward off parasites. Two ballot box losses, when combined with soapbox losses (media presstitutes) appear to indicate that the solution to unrestrained, unchecked government growth may only be forthcoming from the cartridge box. And then we have the 9th Circuit telling us that the 2nd ammendment is not an individual right, but one only the states may enjoy. How timely. My prediction: a HUGE rise in militia membership (if that's what's needed to 'qualify' for gun ownership).
Not only should it all be cuts but these cuts should also extend to taxes.
I'd like yo see a 40% cut in the state budget. 25% to solve the short term, fiscal crisis, 10% to allow a modest, across the board, cut in personal income taxes and 5% held as reserve.
After a 40% cut the California budget would still be among the largest in the US.
But I'm not sure the population of the state has anything to do with what percentage of the state budget should be spent on education. California's revenues are large because of the population. Texas is not as big in population as California, but it has similar demographics. 30% of the Texas budget is spent on education, with better results in the K-12 level.
I would suspect that there is more waste in the California system, although I don't really know.
I won't argue with you on that. It's definitely top heavy. The budget for the 9 campus UC system alone (not including 23 State colleges) is $3.15 billion.
I only wanted to not apologize for, but clear the assumption, if there was one, that "education spending" in California is not just K-12.
Since I'm a graduate from a California university
It wasn't one of those unaccredited law schools then?...LOL!
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