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To: Little Joe who wrote (98247)	6/2/2009 8:15:25 PM
From: Skeeter Bug	1 Recommendation Respond to of 116555

>>The government's solution is always to cut one or more essential programs. Police, Fireman, Teachers, whatever. Never do they weed out the worthless and lazy, the frivolous or especially the crony jobs.<< the whole process is to maximize tax revenue. the first dollars go to fire, police, etc... the problem is that nobody will pony up more tax money to pay for illegal immigrant free education or advertising for free medical care that is better than the average employer medical benefit. or the garbage board - they make over $100k and meet once a month. arnold put his secretary on it. oh, and i bet the pension for being on that garbage board is fat, too. after all, picking up garbage is bleeding edge rocket science, no?

To: Little Joe who wrote (98247)	6/3/2009 7:16:30 AM
From: Dan3	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 116555

Re: I would bet you if a good manager were given power to hire and fire without interference, California could balance its budget and cut taxes It would be interesting to see some hard numbers on what the impact of capping publicly funded pensions at something like 3x social security payments would do for California's budget. Is the pension issue a real issue or is it just a red herring?

To: Little Joe who wrote (98247)	6/4/2009 8:50:07 PM
From: mishedlo	7 Recommendations Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 116555

Little Joe, you need some cheery news. But I don't have any. Instead I have this. Benefit Spending Hits $2 Trillion, Highest Percent Since 1929; One Dollar Out of Every Six From Vouchers. globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com As economic conditions deteriorate and unemployment continues to soar, one in nine Americans are now on food stamps. Moreover, a staggering one of every six dollars of Americans' income is now coming in the form of a federal or state check or voucher. ... Mish