Posted on 12/13/2008 11:03:07 AM PST by BigFinn
SACRAMENTO – California is facing a $42 billion budget hole that's likely to mean severe cuts to state programs and possibly layoffs, but legislators continue to collect $173 a day for expenses when they're in Sacramento.
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cut the welfare....the California cities will burn down....then the economy will bounce back when they have to rebuild it all!
Problem solved with no needed bailout!
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Start using California’s resources, like the offshore oil. The state that lives by environmental kooks, dies by environmental kooks. Shut off the border spigot, and turn on the oil spigot. Cheap labor gets paid for, one way or the other, but cheap energy equals wealth. Put some real conservatives in charge for the next 15 years, and California’s problems can be fixed. Otherwise, things will continue getting worse, even if Congress bails California out of this mess.
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