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Gov. Jerry Brown told The Bee’s editorial board that time is short for budget proposals: “We’ve got to get the truth out and what the consequences are.”

1 posted on 03/09/2012 8:01:25 AM PST by SmithL
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2 posted on 03/09/2012 8:14:09 AM PST by gura (If Allah is so great, why does he need fat sexually confused fanboys to do his dirty work? -iowahawk)
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Producers leave the state because of high taxes and massive regulation. Raise the taxes on the ones that have not left and add more regulation.

More producers leave the state because of even higher high taxes and regulation. Raise the taxes on the ones that have not left and add more regulation.

Even more producers leave the state because of even higher high taxes and regulation. Raise the taxes on the ones that have not left and add more regulation.

Repeat until it all collapses and there is nothing left but parasites and poverty. Blame the right.


3 posted on 03/09/2012 8:14:34 AM PST by Proud2BeRight
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Bye-bye California.

Let’s see how much longer your law to always pay your obligations hold up, when you’re out of money.


4 posted on 03/09/2012 8:17:12 AM PST by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults.)
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If there’s any good political news out of California nowadays, it may be that Democrats, from Governor Brown on down, control the state politically.

Every single statewide constitutional officer of California is a Democrat. Democrats control both the State Assembly and State Senate by comfortable margins.

California has problems, but politically, there is no way to deflect or share the blame. Good Democrats are in charge from top to bottom. The success or failure of their plans is all on them. Republicans cannot be blamed for anything that happens in California.


5 posted on 03/09/2012 8:17:54 AM PST by Dilbert San Diego
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Why are they doing ballot initiatives to raise taxes?

Governor Arnold S. sponsored a special election a few years ago, with a package of tax increases to be voted on. Even liberal California voted these taxes down. There were 5 proposed tax increases on the ballot, if I recall correctly, and all five were voted down with well over 60% voting no.

And why does this go to the voters? Why doesn’t the legislature and governor earn their salaries, and deal with the structural finanancial problems, by doing their job and passing legislation?

Is it all political, so that the legislature and governor can say the people voted for taxes, not them???

Then, if the tax increases are voted down, then what does Jerry do?


6 posted on 03/09/2012 8:22:20 AM PST by Dilbert San Diego
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“If we get down the road and there are no taxes,......”

Wow I did not know that Gov. Moonbeam’s California had the likelihood of no taxes.

Really.

I am assuming that “no taxes” is some kind of democRAT speak for “massive, new, oppressive, economically-savaging taxes”


9 posted on 03/09/2012 8:40:35 AM PST by rod1
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California is selling yet more high interest bonds. Robbing MasterCard to pay Visa.


12 posted on 03/09/2012 9:02:11 AM PST by Huskrrrr
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Time for California bankruptcy to readjust the gravy train of enormous pensions.


13 posted on 03/09/2012 9:45:25 AM PST by doug from upland (Just in case, it has been reserved: www.TheBitchIsBack2012.com)
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For too long Calif. has been led by liberal fools trying to be all things to all interet groups.
It quite obviously has not been a good experiment.
Now our neighbors in Calif are following govenor moonbeam and he has a, “plan”?
Good luck with that.
But hey, you elected that damned idiot just as we elected this punk ass marxist black ass clown so I guess we all deserve the ass whoopin we’re getting/


15 posted on 03/09/2012 10:38:28 AM PST by Joe Boucher ((FUBO) Hey Mitt, F-you too pal)
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"If we get down the road and there are no taxes," he said, "there's going to be a lot of finger-pointing."

WHAT??!! There ARE taxes, lots and lots of them. California has one the highest tax burdens in the nation. High sales taxes, high income taxes, high business taxes, crushing regulations, you name it.

The problem is spending, but of course the governor doesn't want to touch that.
16 posted on 03/09/2012 10:45:54 AM PST by Deo volente (God willing, America will survive this Obamination.)
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