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Current Events => Politics => Topic started by: Chris on January 27, 2009, 02:07:42 PM
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Spending limits would put government on a conservative course (http://www.contracostatimes.com/politics/ci_11560026?nclick_check=1)
SACRAMENTO — Liberal activists are worried that Democratic legislators are considering a deal to institute permanent curbs on government spending in order to win Republican support for tax increases as the Legislature seeks solutions to a $42 billion deficit facing the state over the next 18 months.
They are imploring Democrats to rethink any deal that they say will effectively cripple government, leaving future generations unable to respond to the more complex needs of a growing state with Draconian cuts required at every level of government.
"I'm very concerned from the conversations I've had that Democrats may agree to something like this," said Lenny Goldberg, executive director at the California Tax Reform Association. "There's no hope for the future if we do this. This would mean that if there's a huge need that we can't even anticipate right now, we won't be able to meet it. If they do this, they better do it with the notion that we'll put together a campaign and fight like hell to defeat this on the ballot."
That could be a problem. Any change in the way the state spends money would have to go before the people in a vote on a constitutional amendment. But Republicans are insisting that a spending cap be vote-proof: if a spending cap is defeated at the polls, any agreed-upon tax increase would be rescinded, possibly with rebates for taxes collected.
(more...) (http://www.contracostatimes.com/politics/ci_11560026?nclick_check=1)
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paying the highest taxes in the country in a state w/ the highest cost of living in the WORLD isn't enough for lenny ??
don't worry lenny...ain't noway permanent tax caps will EVER be put in place in a state like Cali...
it already costs 1 million to buy a rotted out 1000 sq ft dump if its w/in view of the coast in that state & nobody complains...
especially when a great majority of people realize that more taxes paid, means more goodies for them ...(corporations & welfare rats alike)
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Quote:"They are imploring Democrats to rethink any deal that they say will effectively cripple government, leaving future generations unable to respond to the more complex needs of a growing state with Draconian cuts required at every level of government."
What fantasy land is that doofus living in? California is losing population and jobs faster than any other state. that is even counting the illegals that are still coming in.
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paying the highest taxes in the country in a state w/ the highest cost of living in the WORLD isn't enough for lenny ??
don't worry lenny...ain't noway permanent tax caps will EVER be put in place in a state like Cali...
it already costs 1 million to buy a rotted out 1000 sq ft dump if its w/in view of the coast in that state & nobody complains...
especially when a great majority of people realize that more taxes paid, means more goodies for them ...(corporations & welfare rats alike)
The biggest liberal on this board gets sad about unlimited spending?
Call me shocked.
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Trying to slow California state government spending is like giving an oar to a guy on the Titanic and telling him to row away from the iceberg while the engines are still going full speed ahead.
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Too much spending made Ca. unstable. So they spent more, and became more unstable. So they went deep into debt spending still more and are still less stable.
The Dem. solution, spend MUCH MUCH more!!!! How perfect is that!? :mental:
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Too much spending made Ca. unstable. So they spent more, and became more unstable. So they went deep into debt spending still more and are still less stable.
The Dem. solution, spend MUCH MUCH more!!!! How perfect is that!? :mental:
And that is exactly the Dem plan on a national scale right now.
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And now the Libtard "talking heads" say We the People WANT a 1% state tax hike.
NO WE DON"T, ASSHOLE!
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A GAO survey two years ago surveyed governmernt programs, and found that fully 1/3 checked produced NO RESULT. When the 1/3 of government that produces no effect is eliminated and THEN there's a need for a increased budgets, THEN see me about how to raise the $.
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:cheersmate: