California: State budget brings relief, more worries

The Modesto Bee ^ | September 2, 2002 | JOHN HILL BEE CAPITOL BUREAU

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

SACRAMENTO -- From bushed lawmakers to the people dependent on state services, Californians were relieved Sunday that the Legislature finally had agreed on a budget.

But even the most optimistic admitted that the plan to bridge a $24 billion shortfall was far from the end of the state's fiscal crisis.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

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[Amerigomag]

Assembly Republican leader Dave Cox of Fair Oaks ... said ...Democrats, for instance, could relinquish their majority membership on budget subcommittees and allow Republicans to have half the seats.

Any wonder why Republicans can't prevail in the legislature. With this sort of day dreaming, dufusy leadership who needs Democrats.

Wonder what other realistic solutions Cox has for us.

[rb22982]

Anyone have the totals of the debt owed by the US and all the individual states combined (including SS)?

[jocko12]

Republicans cave in on budget!!!!

[AmericanVictory]

Can we compile a list of Davis adminstration boondoggles and wastes of money and get a rought idea of the dollars poured down ratholes during his tenure to see how close it comes to creating the crisis?

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Most of it is the powercrisis!

Acknowledged at 24 going to 27 billion!

[AmericanVictory]

It would be great if we could come up with some kind of chart with some graphic pizzaz showing how Davis created the deficit and now seek to use it to keep someone with the experience to get it under control from taking his place.

No wonder he has to attack the kind of experience a seasoned investment banker would bring to the state govenrment. We don't need no stinking due diligence here, no reasoned analysis of costs versus benefits.

How much do programs like his subsidies for "clean" SUV's add to it? How much money has he caused to be wasted on services for illegals in order to court their votes?