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  1. Nurb

    Nurb said, about 15 hours ago

    What do people expect them to do? They’re trying to solve a huge debt, but they aren’t allowed to cut services or raise taxes.

    That’s like saying “You can go for a swim, just don’t get wet”

  2. Anthony 2816

    Anthony 2816Genius_badge said, about 14 hours ago

    The Democrats are allowed to cut services, and the Republicans are allowed to raise taxes.

  3. dwyant

    dwyant said, about 13 hours ago

    Hey! Why doesn’t the rest of the country follow their model? Let’s start with their building codes in the cap & trade legislation!

  4. normljones

    normljonesGenius_badge said, about 9 hours ago

    Unfortunately the rest of the country does follow their god-d-mn fool laws. May as well we all go bankrupt.

  5. dtroutma

    dtroutma said, about 8 hours ago

    It stems from the Reagan “no tax is a good tax” philosophy as governor, and is reflected at the national level as well. No medicine, read viable tax policies to actually PAY for what they spent, has left the nation malnourished and needing multiple organ transplants, not just a shot of cold medicine.

  6. Gladius

    Gladius said, about 5 hours ago

    Part of the problem with CA is how badly the political districts are gerrymandered. It has gotten to the point where the only important election is the primary and there are both Republican and Dem guaranteed seats. As a result extremists, on both sides, tend to win the primaries. Result, Rep. don’t want to raise taxes whether or not the end of the world is coming and Dems never saw a service they didn’t like whether or not the state could afford it.

  7. Tigger

    TiggerGenius_badge said, about 5 hours ago

    This is not the First Time Cali has issued IOU’s, I believe the did this when Reagan was Governor of ths Golden Bear State.

  8. Gladius

    Gladius said, about 3 hours ago

    According to Timeline(I googled California ious history) it was1992. They barely avoided it in 1983 and apparently already had the ious printed. Sadly, it’s not new.

  9. Bluejayz

    Bluejayz said, about 2 hours ago

    Anthony 2816 has it right. When both the Dems and GOP pols start thinking and acting like citizens instead of ideologues, they’ll figure out that both spending and taxes have got to be on the table.

    Hmm. Could work in Washington, also.

  10. dtroutma

    dtroutma said, 30 minutes ago

    I remember a California Congressperson stating it shouldn’t be the task of public schools to teach kids how to balance a checkbook. Does THAT tell you anything? BOTH parties, and the voters DO need a little remedial math. If you want it, pay for it. If you DON’T want to pay for it, don’t buy it. That applies to missiles, bridges, air traffic controllers, cops, prisons, firefighters, schools, agricultural subsidies, corporate bailouts, and medical care.