Budget Props fail
Surprise, surprise. We Californians voted "no" on the 5 proposals that could have cut the debt. The 6th one that limits the pay of state workers during hard times passed. I followed the advice of a friend and voted yes, no, no, yes, no, yes. Hard to know what to do -- honestly.
As Julie and I were saying to each other, either way we are hosed. The LA Times has an interesting editorial today. Since I'm new to California, I am still impressionable & don't have lots of fixed ideas about things such as the election process. Their editorial (click here to read it) blames the budget mess on state voters who have consistently tied the hands of legislators by mandating various things over the years through these propositions. Stack up several decades worth of mandated spending or mandated cuts or mandated this or that (term limits, minimum spending on education, recall of a governor, etc.), and pretty soon the government has little room to maneuver. Interesting argument, though I have little history here to evaluate the argument.
"Don't store up for yourselves treasure on earth, where moth & rust destroy and where theives break in and steal. But instead store up for yourselves treasure in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroy and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."
As Julie and I were saying to each other, either way we are hosed. The LA Times has an interesting editorial today. Since I'm new to California, I am still impressionable & don't have lots of fixed ideas about things such as the election process. Their editorial (click here to read it) blames the budget mess on state voters who have consistently tied the hands of legislators by mandating various things over the years through these propositions. Stack up several decades worth of mandated spending or mandated cuts or mandated this or that (term limits, minimum spending on education, recall of a governor, etc.), and pretty soon the government has little room to maneuver. Interesting argument, though I have little history here to evaluate the argument.
"Don't store up for yourselves treasure on earth, where moth & rust destroy and where theives break in and steal. But instead store up for yourselves treasure in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroy and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."
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