On Jun 29, 12:09*am, ScottW2 wrote:
On Jun 28, 6:35*pm, Clyde Slick wrote:
On Jun 28, 3:05*pm, "Shhhh! I'm Listening to Reason!"
wrote:
What has brought California to such a perilous state? How did its
government become so wildly dysfunctional? One obvious cause is the
deep recession that has caused tax revenues to plunge for all states.
But California's woes have a set of deeper reasons: direct democracy
run amok, timid governors, partisan gridlock and a flawed constitution
all contribute to budget chaos and people in pain. And at the root of
California's misery lies Proposition 13, the antitax measure that
ignited the Reagan Revolution and the conservative era. In Washington,
the Reagan-Bush era is over. But in California, the conservative
legacy lives on.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/2009062...08599190493800
"Direct democracy run amok".
2pid, is too much direct democracy a bad thing in a representative
republic?
And how does it feel to know your movement is "over"?
LoL.
Yes indeed, California is the last bastion of Conservatism!!!!
LoL. *If only it were true. *Meanwhile here's a few facts for the tax
and spend lunatics.
PS: Like Warren Buffett?
In the 2003 California recall election in which Arnold Schwarzenegger
was elected governor, his advisor Warren Buffett suggested that
Proposition 13 be repealed or changed as a method of balancing the
state's budget.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Califor...ition_13_(1978)
LoL.
Yeah, 2pid, I trust your views on large financial issues over those of
Warren Buffett. LoL.