Sometimes I think the people in California are honestly re-enacting the movie The Producers. The things that go on in this State are unintentionally hilarious. Or maybe to Governor Brown, they are intentionally hilarious.
Who the hell knows?
Governor Brown has a so-called new plan to solve California's $25 billion deficit crisis. His plan is to ask tax payers to "dig deeper" into their wallets to solve its escalating financial problems. First of all, I need to apologize to any reader of this commentary blog, because I said about a month ago that Governor Brown would propose something like this sometime in his first year as Governor. Well, I had no idea he would do it just days after he was sworn in.
His grim plan includes slashing the state's welfare program, health care to the poor, about a $1 billion cut from both the University of California and California State University institutions and eliminating home health services to elderly citizens.
You may recall during the election, that Governor Brown vowed to only raise taxes if tax payers approved it. So come this June, Governor Brown will be asking tax payers to most likely vote on a measure that would approve these cuts and raise taxes.
Now I had thought that Governor Brown said last month "We've been living in fantasy land..."
I guess he too is living in fantasy land because he seems to forget that just last year, Governor Schwarzenegger had a special election to raise taxes and cut pretty much the same programs. The measure was defeated overwhelmingly by most of California.
Does Governor Brown honestly believe that this will be any different?
Well it might, if you consider that the same ignorant voters in this State that chose to elect him as Governor, will probably continue to be ignorant and go with the flow. Why? Because he is a Democrat.
I'd really like to see the look on every voter's face if and when there is an election and the measure is passed, taxes raised and programs cut. Then you're going to hear all of this whining and complaining from people who can't figure out why they're taxes are so high or why they cannot apply for welfare programs.
Give me a break.
Republicans State lawmakers are vowing against this citing that people cannot afford any higher taxes. Seems quite obvious that Governor Brown is already failing to address the two critical issues that have destroyed this State for many years: The cost of illegal immigration and pension funds and salaries to state employees.
But probably the most hilarious comment that came after Governor Brown announced his plan was from Democratic Senate President Pro-Tem Darrell Steinberg, who is quoted as saying in the Los Angeles Times: "I hate the cuts, but I'm not going to reject the cuts."
This is the same Senator Steinberg that opposed Governor Schwarzenegger's similar budget reductions last year, yet all of a sudden, he is now for them?
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