Big doings in Sacramento. I have lived in California for twenty seven of the last thirty years and I don't recall a one where the state budget was completed by the deadline of June 30. And yet, every year there is a drama about it.
This year, Governor Schwarzenegger, who has an advantage over most of his predecessors when it comes to a good act, laid off 10,000 state workers and has ordered 200,000 others reduced to the federal minimum wage of $6.55 an hour until the budget is passed. The state controller, John Chiang, who happens to be an elected Democrat, has refused to enact this order, claiming that it leaves the state liable to lawsuits that will cost far more than the money that will be saved by the pay cuts.
I have an idea. Why not leave the state employees alone, and cut the salaries of the members of the state legislature to $6.55 an hour? Throw in Schwarzenegger and Chiang, too. Let's see how fast the budget gets balanced then.
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How about...let's throw out Schwarzenegger altogether?!
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