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Dan Walters: Angry voters whack budget, politicians
Sacramento Bee ^
| 5/20/9
| Dan Walters
Posted on 05/20/2009 8:02:54 AM PDT by SmithL
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posted on
05/20/2009 8:02:55 AM PDT
by
SmithL
To: SmithL
Couldn’t happen to a nicer group of whackos.
To: SmithL
whack-a-pol is a New game?
I used to love to go and see if I could keep up with the little popup things and the mallet thing. It did get boring, kinda link Pong. I was unbeatable at Tank though, and plenty tried.
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posted on
05/20/2009 8:13:34 AM PDT
by
combat_boots
(The 5 Stages of Collapse: http://www.energybulletin.net/node/47157)
To: SmithL
If the State of California cuts Fire and Police protection the people should raise hell. Don’t lump them in with the school system and use it as a scare tactic. Our Firemen/women and Police men/women have given their lives for the people. They need to be protected.
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posted on
05/20/2009 8:15:01 AM PDT
by
RC2
To: SmithL
What happens now ?
That is EASY....CUT GOVERNMENT UNTIL THE CITIZENS CAN AFFORD IT.
And lower Taxes so Govt. gets more Revenue.
Next Question ?
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posted on
05/20/2009 8:16:14 AM PDT
by
4Speed
To: SmithL
it's also running out of cash and needs to float $20 billion-plus in short-term paper to keep its check-writing machines humming. It'll be interesting to see what the rating companies do to CA debt instruments in the next couple of days.
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posted on
05/20/2009 8:16:29 AM PDT
by
Lurker
(The avalanche has begun. The pebbles no longer have a vote.)
To: SmithL
Ever notice that when government is cut, it’s the people on the spearhead of government service, ie, teachers, firemen, policemen, and NEVER the beancounters, secretaries errrrr “Office Assistants”, or the other people who never get to work before 8, religiously take their 15 minute breaks from 9-10 and 2-3, and never hang around after five. I contend you could cut 90% of gubmint spending simply with computerization...most professionals in gubmint don’t NEED secretaries or other assistants to do what you can do with an Excel or Word program.
To: SmithL
Dim Dem Group Think: “ We are in Real Trouble - let's BORROW our way round this.”
IDIOTS
Keep paying the Firemen, Police and Teachers and cut the spending on all the stupid Left Wing, Greeny, touchy-feely stuff. - and that includes Administrators and Bureaucrats. And the best and most effective one - move the State Government away from Sacramento at least 500 miles with NO, REPEAT, NO relocation expenses, NO layoff payments and NO pension payments; that will thin out the ranks.
To: Lurker
What happens when a state declares bankruptcy?
LOL, good job Aaaaaahnold!
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posted on
05/20/2009 8:21:33 AM PDT
by
cups
To: SmithL
Ought to put all politicians in stocks in the public squares and see how many get pelted with rotten food or smacked by bricks and boards.
Surprised by angry voters?
Stupid politicians, quit spending my money.
To: MuttTheHoople
most professionals in gubmint dont NEED secretaries or other assistants to do what you can do with an Excel or Word program. My perception of government would increase substantially if all government offices were required to answer telephone calls within four rings and were forbidden to use answering machines.
To: SmithL
“Whatever the voters reasons...” You just have to love lib writers trying to portray anti-left ballot results as either ignorant, mystifying or a combination of the two. Voters are tired of having their money confiscated by the left for illegals, “green” causes and all the other PC nonsense which has bankrupted an extraordinarily gifted state. Period. It ain’t hard to figure out. Unless, of course, one is trying to cover up the facts. Naturally the left could never be accused of anything like that.
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posted on
05/20/2009 8:25:33 AM PDT
by
Oldpuppymax
(AGENDA OF THE LEFT EXPOSED)
To: cups
States cannot file for Chapter 9 Bankruptcy protection.
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posted on
05/20/2009 8:28:40 AM PDT
by
Lurker
(The avalanche has begun. The pebbles no longer have a vote.)
To: SmithL
That's why state officials are pleading with Congress and the Obama administration to underwrite the loans.
Isn't that unconstitutional?
You know, federalism and all that...
To: SmithL
"...Tuesday's election was a vote of no-confidence..."
Exactly. That's why so many of us voted straight-no, although one of the props was not-awful. It was more important to send a message: stop rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic, and address the real problem: spending!
I'm very proud of my state. Too often, off-year special elections go whichever way the unions want them to go as they march their myrmidons to the polls. Not this time.
And by the way: greeaaat job, Arnold, you SchwarzenRINO. Since your left turn after your own failed special-election initiatives four years ago, you've augered this magnificent state straight into the ground. You have a molecule of a chance to redeem yourself now. Maybe now you'll find those limited-government Friedman-quoting principles you discarded years ago like yesterday's thong. Otherwise, prepare to end your term next year in the cellar of political failure, next to or maybe even below the odious Grey Davis, whose example you've emulated too many times.
And Washington does have some of the answer for you, Arnold. I suggest you supplement your pillow-talk with Obama with the notion of the Feds doing their job about illegal immigration. Federal inaction coupled with Federal mandates for things like free medical care are a part of your problem. But only part.
The root cause of California's pain has been your own inability to lead. You have mistaken popularity for principle. Now it's gut-check time. You must buck your own reflexive instinct to be an adulation-whore and show some grim determination to do things that might be unpopular with your in-laws but are necessary for the state to right itself. May I suggest you channel your predecessor Ronald Reagan, who demonstrated everything you need to know.
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posted on
05/20/2009 8:34:57 AM PDT
by
RightOnTheLeftCoast
(1st call: Abbas. 1st interview: Al Arabiya. 1st energy decision: halt drilling in UT. Arabs 1st!)
To: MuttTheHoople
I was wondering if anyone would notice that. Front line services are always the first thing cut, not the well entrenched patronage.
Bolsheviks don’t care squat about the people, and if the people demand cuts, the politicians cut with maximum hurt. That’s intentional.
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posted on
05/20/2009 8:36:54 AM PDT
by
Luke21
To: RightOnTheLeftCoast
” Maybe now you’ll find those limited-government Friedman-quoting principles you discarded years ago like yesterday’s thong.”
LOL, this brought a mental picture to mind that was not very pleasant. :0)
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posted on
05/20/2009 8:38:41 AM PDT
by
RooRoobird20
(1/20/2013: "Change We Can Believe In")
To: 4Speed
Cut social,educational and health benefits to non-citzens non-residents. The state I used to love has gone broke giving away benefits at the expense of the taxpayer.
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posted on
05/20/2009 8:53:26 AM PDT
by
ArmyTeach
(There is no distinctly native American criminal class...save Congress. Mark Twain)
To: SmithL
Darell Steinberg and the other lib-nazis in the state legislature haven’t skipped a beat in formulating plans for expanding state government. The cynicism of this special election reveals the utter contempt that the elite political class has for ordinary citizens.
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posted on
05/20/2009 8:57:34 AM PDT
by
gorilla_warrior
(Log Cabin Metrosexual Hairless RINOs for Bipartisan-ness)
To: SmithL
Folks to me the states 2 biggest problems are 1)Illegals. They get too many services (primarily education) and do not come close to paying for them. 2) Public employee unions that have the democratic lawmakers in their hip pocket. Pay and benefits are too lavish. Until we control these 2 items things are only going to get worse.
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