Looks Like Starving The [California] Beast Works After All

Who knew?

On Thursday a small group of Senate and Assembly members will hold the first of what's expected to be a slew of daily public sessions to wrangle over the details of the budget.

Schwarzenegger has called for cuts that would hit every corner of the state. He announced plans to lay off 5,000 of the state's 235,000 workers and has proposed slashing education by up to $5 billion, selling state properties, borrowing $2 billion from local governments and potentially reducing eligibility for healthcare programs.

There is only one way to control spending: Cut taxes.

Sure, California has been able to borrow and whatnot until now. But their attempt to securitize future lotto proceeds failed. Thus far their pleas for a bailout from the Feds have failed too. I'm sure they'll give that at least one more go.

Even in one of the more liberal states in the country, higher taxes couldn't get a majority. Let this be a lesson to Congress: Eventually all your borrowing & spending is going to lead to higher taxes. When you do, you will get tossed. And whoever replaces you will cut your beloved nanny-state programs & the taxes that fund them.

At least, that's my "hope of the day."

(via Ace)

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Arnold Schwarzenegger On Obama's Jilting Of The Media

For my California readers, I'm probably massively understating things to say that Gov. Terminator has been a disappointment to his conservative supporters. Would it be better if I called him a massive disappointment?

I don't know what else to say--other than to point out that he's married to a member of the Kennedy clan and, well, what did you expect?

Sometimes even the disappointments can deliver good lines, as the Governator did at the recent, annual, Gridiron Club dinner, where President Obama was a no-show.

You [reporters] did such lovely work for [Obama]. You put your lives on hold to put him in the White House. Now you get all dressed up, the champagne's on ice, and you find out he's just not that into you.

Hell hath no fury like the media scorned. Congressional Democrats better hope that Obama kisses and makes up with their fellow travelers in the MSM before the 2010 elections.

(h/t Scott L.)


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