January 12th 2009
Cal. Dems Refuse To Do Their Part
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rnold Schwarzenegger, who as you can see has gotten pretty battered by Sacramento Dems, can go back to being a movie star, the sooner the better in my book – but I can’t fault him for mandating that all state employees take a couple unpaid days off a month in a too little, too late effort to do something about California’s monstrous budget woes.
But ask a Dem to share in a little cost-cutting hardship? No way!
All six of California’s statewide elected Democrats have opted out of participating in Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s executive order to furlough state workers for two unpaid days each month.
In messages sent to their staff members and letters sent to Schwarzenegger’s Department of Personnel, the Democratic officals argued that the furloughs are “unfair,” in the words of Secretary of State Debra Bowen and “would impose such a hardship on the backs of our employees,” according to state Treasurer Bill Lockyer. (SacBee)
(The gov can’t force this kind of stuff on the elected Dems, but he does have the authority to impose the rule over most other state employees.)
I don’t share the common belief that all state workers are underworked and lazy. Most that I’ve met work reasonably hard from check-in to check-out, and I’ve met a few are over the top workaholics. But I’d buy a bridge in Brooklyn before I’d buy a word out of the mouth of Debra Bowen or Bill Lockyer.
California’s Dems spent us into our $40 billion – yes, that’s right, $40 billion – deficit, but now the state’s six elected Dems are not willing to take even a symbolic step to cut costs. Worse, they’re united in grandstanding against it in order to send a signal that the Dems will not be forced into cost-cutting, no matter what.
Sacramento budget negotiations are going nowhere because Dems want to raise taxes and fight all cost-cutting measures, and the GOP wants to see real cost-cutting before considering any tax increases.
Both sides are intransegent, which leads to kudos for the GOP and unspeakable epithets for the Dems.
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