Tax Refunds Suspended in California

[BadJuju]

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la...,4472460.story

There will be blood in the streets over this. The legislators better start working or they are going to be ripped to shreds by their constituents.

[Sapiens]

Re: Tax Refunds Suspended in California

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la...,4472460.story

There will be blood in the streets over this. The legislators better start working or they are going to be ripped to shreds by their constituents.

California controller to suspend tax refunds, welfare checks

Can you imagine?!

[D-Mack]

Re: Tax Refunds Suspended in California

We once had an Austrian running our governemnt here in Germany, it didn't work to well.

Interesting times

"Addressing this emergency is the first and most important and greatest thing that we must do for the people of California," Schwarzenegger said. "The $42-billion deficit is a rock upon our chest, that we cannot breathe until we get it off. It doesn't make any sense for me to . . . stand in front of you and talk about education or infrastructure, or water, or healthcare reform and all those things when we have this huge budget deficit."


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"Conan's sword could not have cleaved our political system in two as cleanly as our own political parties have done," he said, in a customary allusion to one of his movies.

His only specific proposal was for lawmakers and the governor to give up their salaries and daily expense payments if they fail to approve a budget for the next fiscal year by the June 15 deadline.

"I mean, if you call a taxi and the taxi doesn't show up, you don't have to pay the driver," he said.

He then tried to lighten the mood: "I thought that this line would get a great applause in this hall, but I understand why not."


http://www.latimes.com/news/local/po...055,full.story

[tsetsefly]

Re: Tax Refunds Suspended in California

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la...,4472460.story

There will be blood in the streets over this. The legislators better start working or they are going to be ripped to shreds by their constituents.

tough situation, but californians love their spend all government so they should pay for it now...