How Gov. Brown Ruined California in His First Term

Townhall.com ^ | May 25, 2012 | Mike Editorial

[uncommonsense]

"Calif is actually 35 billion in the hole when you factor in illegal alien give aways and hidden cost within the base line economic phony bookeeping."

The $35B number is much more likely. It's like the US debt is only $16T.

Back in 2008, the Dallas Fed president said the unfunded mandates for SS, Medicare, Medicaid was $99 TRILLION. It's WAY over that now. Add in today's debt which is closer to $20T (or more, since gov accounting lags by 18 months and is fudged beyond belief) and we're at $120 - $150 Trillion in debt.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Kaslin. The answer? A tax on deficit spending.

• FLASHBACK: 2011 Dems reject GOP plan to eliminate CA's $15.4 B deficit. Defict now $16 B
• This just in: Jerry Brown guessed wrong. Again. Tack another billion or so on that deficit.
• Hoarding Tax Dollars (contractor discovers the depth of government profligacy in California)
• Strip Club Tax of $10 a Head Being Considered by California Legislature
• California politicians bet big
• Hurry Up And Spend? No, Slow Down And Think
• We're Still Here, Still Golden (Liberal USC Professor Pans California Doomsayers)
• Jerry Brown aims new budget at tax vote
• Optimistic projections led to dramatic surge in California budget deficit
• Can California Be Fixed? (Short Answer = NO)
• Sink with California (The Golden State is in dire straights and it is not alone)
• California's revised budget by any other name still is horrid
• Jerry Brown's plea to voters: 'Please increase taxes temporarily'
• (Democrat) Jerry Brown's plea to voters: 'Please increase taxes temporarily'
• Gov. Jerry Brown says California facing higher-than-expected $16 billion budget shortfall
• Shortfall in California's Budget Swells to $16 Billion
• California Deficit Has Soared To $16 Billion, Gov. Jerry Brown Says [SOS:Clooney,Geffen...]
• Jerry Brown submits tax petitions, says 'difficult' budget cuts next
• Jerry Brown, more smoke and mirrors or real pay cuts?
• Double whammy tax bite set for November?
• Upcoming tax battle could be a nasty feud
• Taxes: the best and worst of times, and ...
• Bill Clinton hears Gov. Jerry Brown's budget pain
• Group submits signatures for California business tax change on November ballot
• Jerry Brown's California: State deficit:$9 Billion - $10 Billion - $11 Billion- $12 Billion..
• California tax revenue $3 billion less than target
• California falls even shorter of tax revenue goals. Who would have guessed?
• Democrats tax the rich --- and help some get richer
• Weak tax revenue to increase California budget deficit
• Why Comrade Brown's People's Socialist Republic of California is Broke as a Joke
• Steinberg wants to put initiative process changes on 2014 ballot
• California's Proposed Tax Hikes
• Jarvis group launches 'Don't Sign the Petition' anti-tax campaign
• Jerry Brown Commutes Grandmother's Murder Sentence(Aide Admits He Is Less Compassionate Than Reagan)
• Jerry Brown wants to tax billionaire Albanians - for the children

Jobs (lack thereof):

• Can liberals "wish" socialist utopia into existence?
• California immigration plan to legalize workers faces hurdles
• Judicial Watch Files Taxpayer Lawsuit against City of LA over Illegal Alien Sanctuary Policies
• California unemployment has improved to Eurozone levels
• California unemployment has improved to Eurozone levels! We're in the Great Distression.
• California unemployment rate dips to 10.9%; state loses 4,200 jobs
• CEOs rate California dead last for business, again
• California stinks, say CEOs. Hey, what do they know?

Unions, alleged schools, alleged teachers:

• State Employee Pensions to Cost California $3.7 Billion [And Gov. Moonbeam Wants More Taxes!]
• Poll: LAUSD calling on Calif. voters to approve new taxes on the November ballot.
• Firefighters, SEIU Local 1000 give $500,000 to fight ballot measure
• To Gov. Jerry Brown's dismay, pension board phases in state hike
• Calif. poll finds disconnect on school cuts, taxes
• No way to fix a 'fiscal disconnect'
• Union president says she told Jerry Brown: 'furloughs are off the table'
• The teachers union that's failing California
• California's 4th year of mass teacher pink slips spurs concerns about layoff process
• Jerry Brown tells unions to brace for California state worker pay cuts
• CALIFORNIA: Dems, unions pushing new local government bankruptcy bill
• Municipal bankruptcy infighting flares anew in California
• Ninth Circuit to Determine Whether "Spiritualist" Charter Schools Get Tax Dollars

Green is Red:

• High-speed spending: Bullet train may need $3.5 million a day
• High-speed spending: Bullet train may need $3.5 million a day (California Craziness)
• Feds say spend that money on high-speed rail - - - or else
• Obama administration tells California it's time to vote on high-speed rail
• The final deal-killer for California's high-speed rail
• Stop California bullet train, state's top analyst urges
• Gov. Brown looks to global warming fees to pay for high-speed rail ("Better, faster, cheaper")
• Good news! California's choo-choo to nowhere will only waste 68 billion instead of 98 billion
• High-speed rail plan slashes costs to calm critics