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2009-02-17 Home Front Economy
California Legislators Reconsider Plan to Close $42 Billion Budget Gap
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Posted by Fred 2009-02-17 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ]  Top

#1 Somebody should start a California state ballot proposition to the effect that: Whenever the legislature fails to enact a balanced the budget before the start of the fiscal year the legislature shall be dissolved and new elections held. All legislators who held office at the time of the failure would be banned from running in the new election. But, since we need a budget before any new legislature could get around to it, it would be up to the governor to propose a balanced budget to be approved by the voters in a timely manner. If he failed he would then lose his job as well and it would be up to the lieutenant governor to take a crack at it. If he failed the Secretary of State would be next...and so on down the line.

The only way we ever get decent laws in this state is by ballot propositions where the people get to vote. Unfortunately, these propositions are often taken to the state supreme court where the judges arbitrarily declare them unconstitutional. We should be able to recall the judges when that happens. After all, we are the people, we are sovereign and they are a bunch of nincompoops. What? You really think they know any better than we do? I don't. And it's better if we do it this way than having to march on the capitol with machetes and pitchforks.

Being as how I am nothing but a poor, dumb computer programmer and not a lawyer I don't have the first clue how to start a ballot proposition. I don't have any time or money for such an endeavor either. Wish I did. But I'd be willing to stand in the shopping malls on Saturdays to collect signatures for the petition.
Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2009-02-17 12:17||   2009-02-17 12:17|| Front Page Top

#2 FOX NEWS AM > KANSAS, CALIFORNIA TO SEND "IOU's" TO STATE TAXPAYERS [those owed Refunds, etc].; + 34 US STATES WILL DECLARE NEGATIVE BUDGET SPENDING GAPS/DEFICITS THRU YEAR 2010.
Posted by JosephMendiola 2009-02-17 17:28||   2009-02-17 17:28|| Front Page Top

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