That’s not quite where I was going with my comment, but be careful. If you insert the right tax funded item (abortion, death penalty, war in Iraq, etc), most people would definitely say I don’t want their tax money to go to that.

What I was complaining about was I feel very unrepresented by the State of California Legislature. They appear to work for the special interest groups that fund their campaign funds, not for me or you. They continually create programs and push agendas that the State cannot possible fund in the long term.
And when you have “Taxation without representation”, people in this country eventually tend to do something extreme about it.

Suddenly, Arnold, the clever businessman, isn’t doing so well running the state. Eh?

The legislature obviously did not care about my (or other voter’s) opinion about what services I was willing to pay for (and how much) so don’t expect me to pay for them.

Now that is a great opinion. If you don’t like something, withhold the taxes. I guess that leads to the question, then who will pay any taxes?

I don’t like the police, so no tax money for them. The military spend way too muuch, no tax money for them. I don’t attend school, so no tax money for them. I didn’t get picked top go to the Space Station, so no tax money for them. The Department of Agriculture didn’t stop the latest contaminated hamburg problem so no tax money for them. Homeland security allowed some illegal aliens to enter the country, so no tax money for them. I disagree with several Supreme Court opinions, so no tax money for them.

Result is a whole lot of money is given to a bunch of people who’s primary ability in life is to convincingly lie to an audience so well that they give away their vote.

Is it any wonder that we’re in the mess we’re in.

No. More like no new taxes to pay for all the stuff that other people told me I want. If other people want that stuff then let them pay for it. The legislature obviously did not care about my (or other voter’s) opinion about what services I was willing to pay for (and how much) so don’t expect me to pay for them.

#20
You mean like Grey Davis who got swindled by Enron? A liberal Democrat in office would only make it worse. A moderate Democrat (which means fiscally conservative) would be the equivalent of Arnold (a moderate Republican).

Again, I ask how is it that the State with one of the largest personal tax rates and one of the largest populations and the largest budget cannot live within that budget?

The problem is that the CA Democrats only want to quick fix this year’s problem. The CA Republicans are opposed to raising taxes without any solution to prevent them from getting into this problem next year. Without an actual fix, we’ll be here again next year and they’ll just want to again raise taxes ad infinitum.

#31
And the Democrats are continuing to establish themselves as a party that cannot understand the fundamentals of economics. Don’t spend money you don’t have.

But they must love Arnold’s fiscal mess.

The only thing wrong with California is Californians. There would seem to be enough wrong with them to destroy the state.

Real conservatives left the Republicans a while a go. They aren’t conservative, they are just Democrats at a slower speed. When your representative no longer represents any of your principles and opinions whatsoever, you leave them behind.

I have conservative/libertarian views, and by no means Republican or Democrat, they are the same in my view.

The conservatives’ plan is not to abandon ship, but do what #17 said.

And having Obama appoint a democrat governor is so insanely unconstitutional it just boggles my mind. That would be a dictatorship since the people have no voice to appoint their own governor.

Cuts across the board . It’s not only logical, it’s fair. No sacred cows .

I would also tax the church.

“You aren’t taxed enough, faceless government busybodies don’t control enough of your life, and there aren’t enough barely-literate education bureaucrats in your schools.”

This should be fun.