A concerned friend of mine sent this to me, which might better explain why many property owners in CA (or renters who will ultimately face higher rents as a result) are frustrated.
Just an FYI if this should interest you.
[WHY VOTE NO] on CALIFORNIA PROPOSITIONS 1A-through-1F (2009) — MORE LIES FROM THE UNION ACTIVISTS?
I just received a 4-page mailer of lies that says …
Families have to live within their means. Our state government should, too.”
“Limit politicians’ spending & stabilize California’s budget.”
“Vote Yes on May 19th to put California’s economy back on track!”
Which are, in my humble opinion, outright lies …
There is nothing in these propositions which will limit the profligate and outrageous spending of the legislature’s liberal democrats as they continue to pursue spending policies which benefits social engineering, support of illegal aliens, providing better contracts to government employee unions and paying off the state’s developers and other special interests. In fact, there is a loophole which will allow government spending to rise as revenues rise – so where is the budget limit they state?
There is nothing in these propositions that will put California’s economy back on track. What is actually required is for the housing market to stabilize; job losses to be reversed; government taxes, fees, rules and regulations altered to encourage businesses to remain in California; and a reduction in overall legislative spending.
The ONE thing Californians NEED TO KNOW …
Acceptance of these propositions will INCREASE the taxes Californians must pay … by extending the taxes for another two years! Something that they forget to tell you in the brochure designed to mislead you into insuring that politicians, government workers, unionized employees and the special interests have wages, perks, benefits and a retirement far superior to anything that is available to the ordinary worker in the private sector.
Look what they say about the individual propositions …
Proposition 1A – “Budget Stabilization: Restricts state spending in the future and forces the state to put money into a rainy day account for future economic downturns.”
The proposition not only does not stabilize the budget – which was passed by corrupt and complacent politicians in both the Assembly and the Senate and signed by Governor “I vant to be loved” Schwarzenstupid – but it increases your tax burden for another two years. The “rainy day account” is little more than a political slush fund which can be used at the discretion of those who have already spent our golden state into near bankruptcy.
Proposition 1B — “Education Funding: Requires that schools and community colleges get paid back amounts recently cut from their budgets when the economy improves.”
Excuse me … but where is the correlation between the amount of money spent on education and the actual results as demonstrated by student scores. In the Los Angeles Unified School District, and elsewhere, 50% of the students are failing to graduate – and many of those that do manage to graduate are severely handicapped by an inferior educational system. Why does the state refuse to test teacher competency? Why does the state refuse to allow school vouchers? This is just another funding mechanism for the corrupt teacher’s unions which support the democrat party. If the unions really believed “it’s about the children,” they would abandon their seniority policies and replace them with “teacher competency” policies.
Proposition 1C — “Modernizing the Lottery: Modernize the lottery so we get more revenues for schools. Helps prevent more teacher layoffs.”
What a crock of bull. If those who ran the lottery could modernize the system, they would have done it long ago. And consider the morality of encouraging gambling when a much better return on your money is to take care of yourself and your family. It is a dirty little secret in the school budgeting world – but the educational system reduces their budget contributions by an amount equal to the anticipated lottery revenues. There is no extra money for the “children” as if the money actually were spent in the classroom. Truth be told, most educational spending is on infrastructure, administrators and unionized teachers. At some of the highest pay rates in the nation.
Proposition 1D — “Children’s Services Funding: Temporarily redirects unspent funds to pay for children’s health and social services.”
This is a direct subsidy to the illegal aliens who are destroying our healthcare, educational, judicial, retirement, social and cultural infrastructure. The number of illegal aliens having “anchor babies” in California and receiving social services is not only staggering, it is one of the main reasons for our current fiscal condition.
Proposition 1E – “Mental Health Funding: Temporarily redirects unspent funds to help pay for children’s health programs including health care screening, diagnosis and treatment.
Déjà vu all over again. Read Proposition 1D – and ask yourself why we have so many mentally ill people roaming the streets in California? The socialistic legislators believe that the citizens of California need to pay for free and universal healthcare and it should start with the children; including those who are illegal aliens.
Proposition 1F — “Legislative Salary Freeze: Prohibits state elected officials from getting salary increases when the state has a budget deficit.”
Is sounds like a prudent measure, but like everything else proposed in the political arena it is highly misleading. Legislators can increase their tax “per diem” expenses and up their state-owned car allowances. They can reduce the amount of money they pay the state to compensate for the use of state property and vehicles. Or, they can simply convert some of their “donations” into personal benefits. Another indication of the duplicitous nature of California’s politicians. How about a proposition that says that legislators will receive 80% of their salary in tough times and forfeit their salaries for each and every day that the state does not have a balanced budget? Or forfeit their state benefits if they are caught in corrupt and illegal practices? Or how about keeping spouses and children from getting high-paying jobs which require little or no work and provides little or no benefit to the State of California? How about keeping “termed out” politicians off boards which pay six-figure salaries for minimal attendance and work?
Bottom line …
This mess was created by the politicians and they should not be receiving a lifeline which will further cripple California’s economy and drive law-abiding tax-paying citizens out of state – ONLY to be replaced with more easily controlled illegal aliens as they wait for President Barack Obama’s conditional amnesty program. By the way, the Obama plan does not require any loyalty to the United States and dual citizenship is still permitted.
Looks like pretty good advice.
Thanks for posting!
Your friend failed to mention the state spending to support infringements of the right to keep and bear arms. If Arnold wants to win my support, he can start by shutting down every part of the DOJ dedicated to enforcing Kalifornia's unConstitutional gun laws.
These laws do nothing except inconvenience people like me while helping to spend billions of dollars that the state doesn't have. Perhaps when the prison guards or the teachers get to choose between their own paychecks or continuing these infringements, they will agree to leave me alone to exercise my rights. But they haven't so far, so I have no sympathy for them whatever. Let them eat cake.