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Originally Posted by kane
One thing interesting that could come out of this is they make the cuts and get their budge back in line they could become an example for other states. There has been a lot of talk about cutting spending, well it looks like they are going to have to do just that. Let's see if they make good choices and stop wasting money where they can and try to really get the state back on track or if they just start slashing everything in an effort to make the voters suffer so that in the next elections they will vote for whatever taxes/programs the politicians want.
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logic and math will not win over unbridled empathy. the problem is a state full of right brain dominant people. you can't make those people see the world in a different way.
if they were to cut spending today... it would ONLY be because they bankrupt their own state as the housing market collapsed and they found themselves in the midst of a major recession. it wouldn't be because cutting spending was seen as a prudent and wise thing to do.. but is only being considered simply because its the last available option, assuming Black Jesus doesn't try to bail out California as an option.
Even facing the obvious fact that there is only one choice... to cut costs and programs, they aren't doing it. They certainly aren't going to do it any other time and over the long term as some sort of new found fiscal responsibility.
this state has always been in financial trouble and its always raised taxes as an answer and a financial collapse has always been inevitable.