Truthmatters
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California, the favorite whipping boy for some Nutter's, is showing how to move from billions in deficit spending to a balanced budget with the prospect of surpluses in the near future. And that in just 2 years.
How did Gov. Brown and the Democrat-controlled legislature do it so fast? Spending cuts, higher taxes and an improved economy, a three-pronged attack on the deficit. Unlike the mantra of the right which advocates only cuts in spending, the Governor and the Legislature realized it takes much more than that to produce a healthy economy and budget.
Can California be a template for Washington? Not so long as the Nutter's in the House cling to their Grover Norquist pledge.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/11/u....html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20130111
Bless the Governor's heart!
I live in California.
The deficit is not gone.
Unemployment is at 9.8%
Police and Fire are cut to the bone with more layoffs in the future.
UNFUNDED liabilities, the white elephant in the room, are not funded.
Even the Kings are looking to be bought!
I think Dear Jerry is smoking again.
Sometimes you can read something and the sheer magnitude of the lie is jaw dropping. That's what the NY Times article is. I too live in California. Brown and the Times supposes that they can say something in New York and no one in California will ever see it. The deficit is not gone. It is larger than ever.
Unemployment is getting higher because more and more companies are leaving the state. Police and fire departments are cut to the bone for two reasons, one is that the state is so broke, it is taking money from cities (that pay police and firefighters) leaving them to struggle with their own lavish union benefits to public service workers. Two cities have already declared bankruptcy, Stockton and San Bernardino.
California has "saved" money by releasing prisoners into the streets. One got early release, and in two hours robbed a bank and was back in custody.
Brown has three tax increases passed simultaneously because those who receive public benefits far, far, outnumber the pitiful few still paying taxes.
In a grab for whatever it can get, the state passed over 800 new laws that took effect January 1 in order to get a few pennies by fines still left after taxes.
Of all the lies, probably the most in your face is that California's economy has improved. Not only is Brown still smoking, but someone should test him for Alzheimers. California is broke. The cities in California are broke.
Unemployment Rate - Last Ten Years | MacroTrends
fucking lair