Originally posted by: eskimospy
Originally posted by: Pneumothorax
Originally posted by: Craig234
The problem hereis the ridiculous 2/3 requirement to pass the budget giving the radical Republicans a veto, which they abuse.
Someone posted 'thank you' to the Republican who switchedhis vote to pass it - ya, thank him for his several demands all the way to changing our election system to his own benefit to let voters more easily change another party's nominee with the open primary, among other things. If we had a 51% vote to pass the budget none of this would have happened.
Since my state is basically owned by Dems, if the budget vote was a simple 51%, our state income tax would be 25%, gas tax $3.00 per gallon, Vehicle fees would be 10%. We NEED the balance as so far all the Dems in the legislature haven't really shown any independent thought away from the ultra liberal Steinberg and Bass. In the 15 years I've been voting in this state, I have never seen a Democrat bill showing any cuts to the budget.
It's funny too, this state is so far liberal that the "right-wing" republicans in my state would be considered Specter's and Snowe's anywhere else. I'd leave in a heartbeat if it didn't mean I'd have to go into foreclosure, taking away the $30K in taxes I pay each year to this "tax and spend" state. Soon this state will be only filled with ultra-rich who don't care about taxes, un"layoff"able gov workers, illegals, and octomoms.
BTW, an open primary might actually do some good. Rule of thumb, if both Dems and republicans are against it, it usually means it's a good thing.
Completely false. California is well known as home to some extremely conservative politicians. The coastal areas around LA and San Francisco are so heavily Democratic that they ensure California always goes blue, and that CA's senate representation will be blue, but the inland areas are extremely conservative, and hatch out some pretty ultra right house reps.
As for your idea that Democratic dominated state legislatures lead to crazy high taxes, it simply isn't supported by reality.
CNN's broad measure of taxes by state shows that Democratic dominated states probably have a bias towards higher taxes, but it is VERY slight. Hell, ultra liberal California is hanging out right between Kentucky and Arizona. Furthermore, the reddest of the red states, Utah, is #9 while Commie loving Massachusetts is down at #32.
Simply put, California is an interesting mix of very liberal and very conservative. Almost like two different states. The parts of California that everyone actually thinks of are liberal, but that's because the inland empire where all the conservatives live is a complete shithole.
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