I don't know why
You call some place paradise
Kiss it goodbye
So California voters decided that they no longer wanted to be enablers to a system that will ultimately collapse under it's own weight.
But then again, this mess is entirely the fault of the voters if you listen to this ding dong....
By rejecting five budget measures, Californians also brought into stark relief the fact that they, too, share blame for the political dysfunction that has brought California to the brink of insolvency.
Rightly or wrongly, voters in the special election refused either to extend new tax hikes or to cap state spending. They also declined to unlock funds that they had voted in better financial times to set aside for special purposes.
Nearly a century after the Progressive-era birth of the state's ballot-measure system, it is clear that voters' fickle commands, one proposition at a time, are a top contributor to paralysis in Sacramento. And that, in turn, has helped cripple the capacity of the governor and Legislature to provide effective leadership to a state of more than 38 million people.
Clogged freeways, the decline of public schools, an outdated water system and a battered economy are just a few of the challenges demanding action by state leaders. Instead, they are consumed by yet another budget crisis, one that voters worsened Tuesday.
Wait a damn minute here. You mean to tell me that because voters have enough sobriety to say when enough is enough it's their fault that legislators won't prioritize spending.
That's the arrogance of the average "progressive", the voter is too dumb to keep enabling a seriously failed system run by "professionals".
Article here
2 comments:
Another article I read quoted some think tank guy who said Califiornia people want all the government services like good schools and fixing potholes but don't want to pay for it. Typical left speak.
I think the people want those things but they are looking at the situation and wondering why, with the highest taxes in the union, why they are being asked to pony up even more to continute to get the same services.
They are also asking why basic services like schools and roads are going to suffer without a tax increase. Those things are only a fraction of the government. They are asking why schools and roads are on the chopping block. What about entitlements? It's because polititicans know they can tug on the heartstrings of the tax paying public by holding a budget cutting cleaver over the heads of chidren. They know that's how to open taxpayer wallets of people who don't want to feel like they are being selfish.
If schools are so damn important then Arnold should make schools off limits for cuts. He should cut the social services budget. By saying schools have to be cut, he's saying schools are on the bottom priority item.
The same thing happened here in happened here in Hamilton County.
We get to vote on 900 million for a new jail. Never mind, that protecting citizens is the first responsibility of government.
Now we have rapist trolling city parks.
And you've not seen one county program cut as a result.
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