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2010-07-02 Home Front: Culture Wars

Schwarzenegger ordered some 200,000 state workers paid the minimum wage - no budget passed

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Posted by 3dc 2010-07-02 02:45|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

Posted by Weber 2010-07-02 04:04|| http://www.essayscentre.com 2010-07-02 04:04|| Front Page Top

#2 I have worked for the state for ten years and EVERY years we have been threatened with: Layoffs, minimum wage, and public lashings. None of them have come true. The Whore-a-slature didn't even pass a budget and they one they are secretly working can only pass if two things happen in November: The voters pass Prop 25 AND they elect Jerry Brown. If that happens we are truly screwed.

Posted by Cyber Sarge 2010-07-02 08:48|| 2010-07-02 08:48|| Front Page Top

#3 California is just one of many states that refuse to address its budget shortfalls. After all, the Feds bailed them out last year and they have now been conditioned to expect annual bailouts. They have also been conditoned to adopt the "We Are Too Big A State To Be Allowed to Fail" approach to blackmailing the body politic.

So, no state wants to be the first to pull back from the Federal trough.

Posted by Highlander 2010-07-02 11:06|| 2010-07-02 11:06|| Front Page Top

#4 The same spending that put California and other big states into trouble, is the same spending that is going on now in DC.

Posted by Thusotch Brown6839 2010-07-02 11:51|| 2010-07-02 11:51|| Front Page Top

#5 The People of the State of California do hereby resolve to amend the state constitution as follows: The state legislature shall adopt a balanced budget by July 1 of each year to be approved by the governor. Upon the legislature's failure to adopt a balanced budget or the governor's refusal to approve said budget by the July 1 deadline the governor shall dissolve the legislature and call a special election to elect a new legislature on the first Tuesday of the following November. All legislators who were members of the dissolved legislature shall be judged incompetent and prohibited from occupying any state office for the rest of their lives. After dissolving the legislature the governor shall propose a balanced budget for approval by the voters by the last Tuesday of July. If the voters refuse to approve the governor's proposed budget the governor shall be considered to have been recalled from office for incompetence and the lieutenant governor shall assume the governorship. Any recalled governor shall be prohibited from occupying any state office for the rest of his or her life. The new governor's first act shall be to call a special election for the purpose of electing a new governor on the first Tuesday of the following November. The new governor's second act shall be to propose a balanced budget to be approved by the voters on the last Tuesday of August. If the new governor's proposed budget is not approved by the voters the new governor shall be considered to have been recalled and the secretary of state shall assume the governorship...etc, etc.

You get the point. Just keep getting rid of these crooked morons until we get somebody who can do the job we elected them to do.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2010-07-02 12:25|| 2010-07-02 12:25|| Front Page Top

#6 Dear California,

Re: Bailout: Screw you. Fail. FOAD. You keep the illegals, we'll take your productive people and companies.

From:
The states that cut spending and kept their government in check.

Posted by OldSpook 2010-07-02 13:14|| 2010-07-02 13:14|| Front Page Top

#7 Nice move by the 'governator' but it won't stick. Plus all these people will sign up for welfare since they make minimum wage.

Posted by airandee 2010-07-02 13:22|| 2010-07-02 13:22|| Front Page Top

#8 From:
The states that cut spending and kept their government in check.
Isn't that a very short list?

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2010-07-02 13:23|| 2010-07-02 13:23|| Front Page Top

#9 New Mexico isn't one of those states. But, effective yesterday, our income, sales, and cigarette taxes all went up.

Posted by Highlander 2010-07-02 13:38|| 2010-07-02 13:38|| Front Page Top

#10 When this sort of thing happens, it is good to take a refresher course in 'scrip'. All it takes is an issuer that has money, who a lot of people trust. Doesn't have to be government that issues it.

Plus, it can work side by side with money, to give the best of both worlds.

Posted by Anonymoose 2010-07-02 14:17|| 2010-07-02 14:17|| Front Page Top

#11 the sad thing is that a great many of these employees now making minimum wage are still being paid well above their value.

Posted by abu do you love 2010-07-02 14:52|| 2010-07-02 14:52|| Front Page Top

#12 #11 the sad thing is that a great many of these employees now making minimum wage are still being paid well above their value.
Posted by abu do you love

...and sending the money to Messico.

Posted by Besoeker 2010-07-02 15:50|| 2010-07-02 15:50|| Front Page Top

#13 cigarette taxes go up in GA about 4 times a year.

Posted by chris 2010-07-02 19:14|| 2010-07-02 19:14|| Front Page Top

#14 Seems NY may have the right idea.

No budgee, no payee. When it passes, the legislature gets paid.

Posted by anonymous2u 2010-07-02 22:29|| 2010-07-02 22:29|| Front Page Top

#15 Plus, you have to pay these people their back wages once the legislature gets the budget resolved. More pain. Probably give them IOUs.

Posted by KBK 2010-07-02 22:42|| 2010-07-02 22:42|| Front Page Top

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