California given lemons, let's make lemonade

[JackSwift]

On edit: this is a vanity thread. I think it's polite, but for those avoiding hackneyed personal opinions, you can stop here.

Arnold has promised to repeal the tripling of the car registration tax, balance the budget, curtail spending, and most of all lead.

Okay, ya got the job.

I'm not happy with the regular general election being overturned, but at least it was a heavy turnout, and the people were clear in their choice. Now let's see the Republicans deliver.

First of all, the legislature should repeal the tripling of the car registration tax. Let's get that on the governor's desk pronto. I don't care whether Davis or AS signs it.

Then let's be sticks in the mud about the budget the way that the Republicans have been for the past quarter century. Fund only our priorities, and kill any amendments in committee. Plain old fashioned bare knuckled politics. You need two thirds vote currently in California to pass a budget. Democrats have always pandered to Republican special spending (10 million wasted in Brulte's district this year as a "bribe" to get Republican support). Well now that AS is in charge, let's make them come to us for support of the budget, and no pork for pubbies (or for either side for that matter). If they don't like it, they don't get a budget. They have to come to us for support. Let's offer them a good budget, let's offer it to them on April 30, and then let's never budge an inch.

I say Democrats in the legislature should stop compromising in California.

If the Republicans want to put forward a budget, let them. If it meets with our approval, let's pass it, but they never do that. They always short change schools and borrow money from pension funds. When they do that, have a resolution in both houses rejecting the budget as not having the constitutionally required percentage for schools, denounce that it borrows from retirees, and then kill it in committee.

[Homer12]

1. The Repugs have Not delivered

Anyting since 2000 or 2002, on the state or national level.

[Terran]

2. (evil laughter)

Da Terminator will soon find out that messing with the CA Legislature is nothing like being in a movie!

[JackSwift]

3. I personally

know a Assemblymember and a Senator, and I've met a few others including Burton on multiple occasions. These guys are a lot smarter than AS, a lot harder working and tough customers. They kept their disputes with Davis mostly under wraps for appearances sake, and probably will for AS. But they aren't pink tutu Democrats like in D.C. They own Sacramento and they know it. They might actually be able to get more of their agenda through with AS than with Davis.

[Booster]

6. Raising the car tax and...

signing the illegal aliens driving license initiative was two of the worst things Davis could have done. Where in the Hell was his mind? Both of these things could have been put off, IMO, until after the election. A ground squirrel could have beat him after those two things. The race we have to really worry about is Barbara Boxer and Dennis Miller (rumor so far). If CA loses Boxer, we are really in trouble. Boxer is one of the few Dems that really fights and doesn't seem to be afraid to speak up. Cruz also ran a really bad campaign. We just had the worst candidates to choose from, so this is not surprising that Arnold won. He owes it to Maria though, because without her speaking up as a Kennedy saying he's a good man, he couldn't have done it. Oh, well, on to the next problem.

[cally]

4. I doubt any of the Dems will make this easy

Remember Arnie promised to eliminate the car fee increase, not raise taxes and not cut education which is about 40 percent of the budget. Cali has a about a 10 billion dollar deficit so what will he cut? This could be quite fun to watch him having to deal with reality and not a movie.

[rocktivity]

5. Arnold owes California NINE BILLION DOLLARS!

Let's see him explain how settling for two cents on the dollar is in the best interests of "the people"!

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