SHORT COMMUNICATION 261
California´s Trio of Dunces
By
Roger Behra
The continuous saga of dunce behavior goes on and on in California: Sacramento mostly with some outside help. It has left Californians in a real state of shock. Their state is bankrupt inspite of them paying the highest tax rates in the U. S. The trio of dunces behind this sad fact is made up of the California super liberal media, the greedy money grabbing unions, and the new ex-governor who was the governor of California in the early eighties when the state began a financial downhill slide because of the unions the governor liked very much. As the present newly elected governor, Jerry Brown is trying very hard to remain a buddy to the same group of unions the second time around. None of the trio has learned any lessons from the past. Neither have the voters. They elected again the same guy who crafted the spending plan into effect that began California´s financial mess of modern times: $27 billion dollars in debt. Very little hope is there to rescue the state from the financial dilemma.
During 2010 campaign year, the very liberal California mass media spent a great deal of time and effort vilifying and destroying the chances of a very creditable woman opponent. That insured another term as governor for Jerry Brown. In essence that is also insured the greedy and money grabbing activities of all the unions who are at the root of California´s great financial mess. So far during the year 2011, the unions are dead set against giving up any of their bargaining power. It seems very likely the voters will have to make some crucial decisions at the voting booths before a budget decision comes to pass. Hopefully, the voters will not fumble the ball like they did in the governor´s election.
The residents of California pay the highest taxes in America. And then they did not learn any lessons from the past and voted in Jerry Brown again. Gov. Brown has not heard of a tax he dislikes. He loves them all, and he is quite willing to invent new ones. He is trying to do that so far. Keeping old taxes in effect/or adding new ones is absolutely not the way to go. Businesses have already left the state in drowse, and Californians are extremely tax weary to say the least.
Had the California mass media not trashed Megan Whitman´s campaign in 2010, and had the voters used better common sense and learned lessons from the past, the hopeless trip out of the $27 billion dollar pit would look brighter. As it all stands now, California will remain in the present dilemma situation; deep financial trouble; loss of beneficial programs; the same old and new taxes; continued union control in Sacramento; and to perfectly honest, a has been governor who is very liberal and does not know which end is up. Be glad you are not a resident of the Golden State. The golden part is very well tarnished, indeed. And all the thanks go to the voters and the trio of dunces.
R. B.
5-14-11