Plan Protects Education and Public Safety, Includes Reform to Prevent Future Deficits – Senate Republicans Saturday proposed a balanced budget plan that contains no new taxes and does not borrow from local government. They said their plan was the fiscally-responsible way to solve California’s budget problems, and includes long-term budget reform to fix a broken system. Key features of the Senate Republican budget plan include:
- Funds education next year at the same level proposed by both Governor Schwarzenegger and Senator Perata – $57.9 billion.
- Contains no borrowing from local government, and takes no funds from either Proposition 1a or Proposition 42.
- Restores funding for doctors who provide health care services to the needy under the Medi-Cal program.
- Eliminates a dangerous early release proposal that would have resulted in thousands of felons being set free without being supervised by a parole officer.
- Includes a strict spending limit and strong rainy day reserve to help prevent future deficits from hurting Californians.
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I would suppose that this short press release, which is short on details, is direct from the Republican Party Committee for Spin in Government.
One has to wonder where they are cutting…welfare for orphans, no pensions for those who make less than 100,000 dollars, minimum wage for those who make less than 100K on government payroll?
The pain is always in the details and when people start by saying what will not be affected usually means that their definition of things is probably far from what is generally meant and the pain is severe in what is considered as unthinkable.
~ Editor Replies — Exactly right, Edi; all parties, Republican Senate, Assembly and Perata are madly pumping sunshine in somebody’s ear. Who to trust, the guy under FBI investigation that just got $650M from prison guards to fight Prop 11?