Write Lightning is a blog from writer Deb Thompson.
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(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Wed, Sep 17 2008
California budget: Can it be saved?
Tom McClintock tells us he's leaving the legislature as our budget heads into a black hole. One proposal would result in 10 per cent less take-home pay for workers in the state. That's going to be tough for those already struggling to make ends meet in their personal finances.
I can see why our governor wants to veto the budget. On the other hand, we can't keep going the way we've been going. We help take care of more and more people through our social welfare programs. We attempt to educate children at rates that are rising in part, because of union costs and also because insurance has gotten so expensive. We house and feed prisoners who put nothing back into the monetary system. If prison isn't free, then why is being it paid for by law-abiding people while being free of charge to those convicted of breaking laws?
We're each going to have to take long, hard looks at what we've come to expect from our state's budget and admit that we haven't been spending money responsibly for many years. We need to bite the bullet. And we need to make certain legislators know that they can either bite the bullet along with us or to expect to be voted out of office in favor of people who will do what it takes to keep this state strong.
posted at: 07:14 | category: /Politics | link to this entry
Tom McClintock tells us he's leaving the legislature as our budget heads into a black hole. One proposal would result in 10 per cent less take-home pay for workers in the state. That's going to be tough for those already struggling to make ends meet in their personal finances.
I can see why our governor wants to veto the budget. On the other hand, we can't keep going the way we've been going. We help take care of more and more people through our social welfare programs. We attempt to educate children at rates that are rising in part, because of union costs and also because insurance has gotten so expensive. We house and feed prisoners who put nothing back into the monetary system. If prison isn't free, then why is being it paid for by law-abiding people while being free of charge to those convicted of breaking laws?
We're each going to have to take long, hard looks at what we've come to expect from our state's budget and admit that we haven't been spending money responsibly for many years. We need to bite the bullet. And we need to make certain legislators know that they can either bite the bullet along with us or to expect to be voted out of office in favor of people who will do what it takes to keep this state strong.
posted at: 07:14 | category: /Politics | link to this entry
