Friday, May 15, 2009
Project THIS!!!!
Here we go again...the state of California has (once again) shot itself in the foot, face, enter your choice of body part here. Yes, we are holding a "special election" on Tuesday with a list of (?) propositions which by ALL ACCOUNTS will have very little to do with solving California's mounting budget deficit...let me 'splain...
In case you hadn't heard of this insanity, what our wonderful representatives in Sacramento are proposing to do...is the same thing they always do...stick their (political) finger in the air and vote for a program cut, tax increase, enter your choice of euphemistic revenue producer here...and then start it ("temporarily")...and then hold an election just to make sure they can't be blamed down the road. Of course, realizing that it WILL MAKE ABSOLUTELY NO DIFFERENCE HOW THE FOLKS VOTE! The only difference is that THIS TIME, they aren't even waiting until AFTER the election to let you know your vote matters not...
Projected revenue....THAT is what the government needs...PROJECTED revenue...budgets are NEVER balanced off actual revenue, but projected revenue...want more money? Project higher revenues....why do I bring this up at this late stage? Because not only do the politicians not care what you think, they are ADMITTING your vote will make NO DIFFERENCE either way. Vote No...we still have a deficit...Vote Yes...we still have a deficit...duh, what should we do?
Well, if you've been following the rantings of MediaCopp, you know the answer. Briefly, legalize (and tax the hell out of) marijuana, ALL marriage (yes, gay marriage as well) and civil unions, gambling (i.e. sports books, race books, etc.), prostitution (hey, they're called massage parlors), then institute a California (resident) ID card with specific surcharges on some items, and of course, specified luxury taxes on more than just the usual suspects (beer, wine, cigarettes, enter your choice of junk food here)...yes, there are other ways to generate "projected" revenue...I am just listing a few here...
So, the May 19th special election here in the less-than-great state of California (HEY, what's the EXTRA election costing us anyway?)...vote NO on EVERYTHING...well, except the one which "says" it will block politician's pay raises...we ALL know THAT will NEVER happen, but if it makes you feel good to at least say you don't want them (the bureaucrats in Sacramento) to get pay raises when they fail to do their job, go ahead and vote yes on Prop 1F and no on the rest (Prop 1(A-E)...then again, you could do like most sane people and just NOT vote...it REALLY doesn't matter this time...
In case you hadn't heard of this insanity, what our wonderful representatives in Sacramento are proposing to do...is the same thing they always do...stick their (political) finger in the air and vote for a program cut, tax increase, enter your choice of euphemistic revenue producer here...and then start it ("temporarily")...and then hold an election just to make sure they can't be blamed down the road. Of course, realizing that it WILL MAKE ABSOLUTELY NO DIFFERENCE HOW THE FOLKS VOTE! The only difference is that THIS TIME, they aren't even waiting until AFTER the election to let you know your vote matters not...
Projected revenue....THAT is what the government needs...PROJECTED revenue...budgets are NEVER balanced off actual revenue, but projected revenue...want more money? Project higher revenues....why do I bring this up at this late stage? Because not only do the politicians not care what you think, they are ADMITTING your vote will make NO DIFFERENCE either way. Vote No...we still have a deficit...Vote Yes...we still have a deficit...duh, what should we do?
Well, if you've been following the rantings of MediaCopp, you know the answer. Briefly, legalize (and tax the hell out of) marijuana, ALL marriage (yes, gay marriage as well) and civil unions, gambling (i.e. sports books, race books, etc.), prostitution (hey, they're called massage parlors), then institute a California (resident) ID card with specific surcharges on some items, and of course, specified luxury taxes on more than just the usual suspects (beer, wine, cigarettes, enter your choice of junk food here)...yes, there are other ways to generate "projected" revenue...I am just listing a few here...
So, the May 19th special election here in the less-than-great state of California (HEY, what's the EXTRA election costing us anyway?)...vote NO on EVERYTHING...well, except the one which "says" it will block politician's pay raises...we ALL know THAT will NEVER happen, but if it makes you feel good to at least say you don't want them (the bureaucrats in Sacramento) to get pay raises when they fail to do their job, go ahead and vote yes on Prop 1F and no on the rest (Prop 1(A-E)...then again, you could do like most sane people and just NOT vote...it REALLY doesn't matter this time...
# posted by mediacopp : 6:37 AM
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