[Carry_Okie]

The Gov cannot simply, say, take a highway appropriation of 100 Mil, and change the number to read 90.5 Mil and pass it on, expecting it to still be built.

Obviously, he has to look for money spent on bureaucracy. The good news for Californians is that such is easy to find. Over one third of educational expenses never leave Sacramento. How about cutting free sex change operations or money spent on consultants "teaching tolerance"? There are plenty of pork projects in the environmental arena. Then there is cutting land purchases. Finally, how about that $42 billion in illegal power contracts?

All of those are line items. They add up.

Unlike any other candidate, McClintock knows where the bodies are buried.

[RS]

"Over one third of educational expenses never leave Sacramento. How about cutting free sex change operations or money spent on consultants "teaching tolerance"? There are plenty of pork projects in the environmental arena. Then there is cutting land purchases. Finally, how about that $42 billion in illegal power contracts?"

Fine... let McClintock say this - I want HIM to get this specific, and lets see his numbers.

The power contracts are not part of the budget and cost the State relatively little.

[RS]

"How about cutting free sex change operations or money spent on consultants "teaching tolerance"? "

I wouldn't bet my reputation that there is a line item reading -

ITEM 12345A Free sex change operations
or
ITEM 98765h Consultants to Teach Tolerance

That he would be able to line out - my guess is that they are buried in Medical or Education Budgets as line items that he could not simply cross out.