Reagan famously said that Republicans believe everyday is the 4th of July and the Democrats believe everyday is April 15th. An oversimplification to be sure, but that sentiment was not far from the minds of the Massachusetts voters. Already laboring under a bad state imposed health care system, in spectacular fashion, they rejected ObamaCare and elected Scott Brown to a “people’s seat.”
In California, that lesson apparently went unnoticed for California Democrats. Less than 48 hours after the dust settled from the Brown triumph, California Democrats voted for a State imposed “universal” health care plan. In other words, a state run health care system that would bar private insurance.
Keep in mind that California is already amidst a chronic and prolonged budget crisis brought on by runaway spending and exorbitant taxing. Perennially listed among the worst states in our Union to do business, California features 10%+ income taxes and the highest regulatory burden around. So imposing are the costs to business in California, despite its ports and natural resources, Nevada and its desert is #1 in the Country in new business development.
As Congressman Tom McClintock famously says, only government policy could convince people and business to relocate from lush California to the barren deserts of Nevada. The practical result of those anti-job polices is that California now has a revenue problem. Just 3 years ago revenues were in the $125 billion dollar range. Now they are in the $85+ billion dollar range. In other words, government has created a revenue problem by killing off jobs and, without those jobs, there are less taxpayers, less income tax and less sales tax.
Rather than make California job friendly again – and thereby increase government revenues through sales taxes and new income taxes from new jobs – California Democrats offer nothing but tax hikes and even more regulation. And now this.
The estimated cost of the Democrats California Health Care bill is over $210 billion dollars a year! Nearly 250% more than the existing state revenues. But wait – there is more – or less depending on how you think about it. The Democrats don’t even have a funding mechanism in place to pay for their bill. Instead, they want to create a committee (itself costing $1 to $2 million) to come up with a funding mechanism. Of course, that means a government committee to devise a tax scheme to pay for government bureaucracy.
When this bill was considered before, the Democrats claimed that they would raise billions upon billions of dollars thorough new taxes and fees. However, the “non-partisan” Legislative Analyst’s Office, predicted that the new fees and taxes would result in added deficits of over $40 billion per year, i.e. over 40% of the current budget.
In truth, the deficits would be far worse because there is not $200 billion or $100 billion or even $25 billion more to collect from California tax payers. They are already over taxed and over regulated -which is why so many have left the state, or are unemployed, and the government has a revenue problem today.
But don’t tell the Democrats in Sacramento that. They are going to govern us whether we like it or not – at least until November that is and California may have its own 4th of July.
They already have.
Take back California? Heck, give it to Mexico.
Actually, it is just another step in the brilliant plan to de-populate the state. First, drive out businesses and the middle class with insane tax burdens. Then stop government hand-outs because of the dire short-fall in state revenues, causing those dependant on free money to flee to other states willing to pay them for nothing. Imagine California with one quarter the population but made up only of the liberal elite and just enough 'undocumented laborers' to serve as waiters, maids and gardeners. Ah! Paradise!
good, let california light the fuse, we need to test this bomb somewhere and what better place than lib land. we should set up a fund for sen. leno, 200 people chip in a penny each and we buy him a calculator. how much does this waste of time cost californians anyway? this will only be shot down again.
George Soros funded the Secretary of State who selected Franken as their senator, after he produced numerous post-election boxes of absentee ballots that miraculously were all votes for him.
To the Good People of California:
Don't be alarmed.
Move along, there is nothing to see here.
California is TOO BIG TO FAIL.
I think she's using Botox to turn raisins back into grapes
Keep running the stae into the toilet.
In a few years I'll be able to afford a house in San Diego with the money in my wallet.
Er, i thought in america states can act as states independent of each other. I don't like the California plan because there's no way to pay for it, but each state is totally entitled to ignore what is happening in other states around the country.
The state healthcare plan is a stupid plan though…
Based on your posts, I'd say you are infinitely more qualified, heck, I think you should run for office and we can say we 'knew you when'!
A judge ruled that it was "unconstitutional" to defund ACORN!!! I can't wait until the appeals process comes up on that verdict!!
Unreal. How can you even consider a program that costs over 250% of the existing insolvent state budget?
California is the blueprint for socialism. It has been stated ad nauseum that socialism always fails… eventually. The Dems seem hellbent on destroying the state. Undoubtedly, they believe the Feds will bail them out. The rest of the country will revolt should this happen.
The only state that has passed health care reform that has been successful is Texas but ignore those stupid, racist, gun toting, homophobes, they have no clue what they're doing. Our plan, on the other hand, has failed in not only every state that has done it but every county that has done it, as well, so that is what we are going to do.
According to the Bizzarro Dictionary & Encyclopedia, this is Liberal Progress.
Gangs, drugs, illegals, Democrats and the EPA. California Kool-aid.
It's time to close the lid on the Crapper and flush. I am guessing that CA Dems would be paying for this out of their own pocket?
CA Dems have done nothing but destroyed the business enviroment in CA and today we have the highest umenployment rate in the nation, I being one of those numbers, and these sumbitches want to throw more taxes at who? Clearly these politicians are way out of touch with reality for example, look at Pelozi and Boxer….need I say amy more.
Remember to vote in November and 2012.