Some other things that California is doing to run a balanced budget. Forcing state employees to take days off. Closing state run offices such as the DMV and offices that issue permits on Friday's. Charging small business who rent office space a use tax, on top of the other taxes that they pay the state. And I believe that California has the highest unemployment rate in the nation (ill have to check on that further but I believe this is still true).
So yeah, California may be required by law to run a balanced budget, but at what cost? Forcing employees to take days off thus reducing their paycheck is not a good idea to me. And remember, I am still a Californian and I do vote in all of the local and state elections as well as vote as a registered California voter in national elections. Although I may not live there due to the fact that I am stationed in Colorado, as long as I am a resident of California and as long as I am a registered voter in California, I will continue to cast my absentee ballots to elect officials and pass or reject bills that I feel are beneficial to the state. > > On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 5:12 AM, Maureen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > California is not bankrupt. The state is required by law to have a > > balanced budget and cannot deficit spend. The debate is over how to > > make budget requests match revenue. Are you a weird kind of blind > > where political spin = facts? > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:320366 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
