And I thought New York was bad. Hey America, if you ever want a model for what not to do when it comes to public policy look no farther than California.
State Controller John Chiang issued a stern warning Friday about California’s cash reserves, telling legislative leaders and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger they must act on nearly $9 billion in budget cuts the governor is seeking by March — or the state will run out of cash to pay its bills.
Without making those cuts — which Chiang says will pump $1.3 billion into the state’s checking account — California would be broke by April 1, no fooling.
Ha! No fooling. They’re broke. So what does the state senate do? Why, pass an expensive single payer health care bill, that’s what.
The move in California comes after Massachusetts voters changed the calculus in Congress by electing a Republican to the Senate who opposes the pending plan.
Democrats are the majority in both houses of the California Legislature. The 40-member state Senate passed the single-payer plan on a 22-14 vote, sending it to the Assembly. One Democrat voted against the measure.
Schwarzenegger promised to veto the proposal, as he has two similar plans that previously reached his desk. Spokeswoman Rachel Arrezola cited the state’s massive budget cuts and looming $20 billion deficit in arguing the state cannot afford to shift to a single-payer health care system.
“Any elected official who thinks it’s a good idea to strap the state with tens of billions of dollars from a government-run health care system is clearly not in touch with what voters need and deserve,” Arrezola said.
Clearly, progressives have never been in touch with what people need and deserve, other than thinking only they can solve the problems of the people. In fact, all they do is make everything worse. ACVJ asks Californians how the folks in California are enjoying progressivism. Sooner or later we’ll all be able to answer that question, since the dingbats in DC are determined to follow in the footsteps of states like California.
In line with your comments about progressivism, I’d like to thank Glenn Beck for his Friday program about the history of progressivism in the U.S. I hope he plans more of these informative, history-oriented programs.
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yes maybe he can do the same for the conservative movement.We could all stand too try and understand his vision of what a society should be like.
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They will never do anything that will surprise anybody.
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Why not?
It’s not their money and all the rich people haven’t been taxed enough yet.
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And I thought Albany was bad
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