Yeah, I don't get this. Republican legislators should have gone on the record voting for Arnold's bill, demonstrating to the California public that Arnold's concepts of capping spending and issuing bonds are the right ideas. That Arnold's proposals are rejected unanimously gives the impression to the public that Arnold doesn't know what he's doing. Republicans could still push the tough measure on the November ballot. Now it's hard to go to the public and say Democrats, exclusively, voted to bankrupt California come summer of next year.
"Now it's hard to go to the public and say Democrats, exclusively, voted to bankrupt California come summer of next year."
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YOU get it. I get it. It seems none of the Republican in the CA Senate get it, and I don't see many others around here who get it. What's the matter with them?!
One tiny good news, if we can call it that, at least the assembly has a few Republicans with spines -- for a minute, but then they went ahead and spoiled it, by allowing the Dems proposals to pass, which is an even worse disaster to CA, than the current crisis, because it will allow them to raise taxes by simple majority
"Meanwhile, the Assembly Budget Committee also defeated the governor's proposals and blocked them from going to the floor. The spending cap lost 9-14, while the bond plan failed 10-15. Two counterproposals from Democrats were approved and are expected to be considered on the Assembly floor. "
This is from another article at:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/state/20031205-2154-ca-statebudget.html