Recently, we have seen the Governor, Democrats and liberal columnists running around like the sky is falling because Senate and Assembly Republicans have refused to cave in and go along with their schemes for higher taxes and higher spending.

But lost in their hysteria is the fact that this budget stalemate could actually be the best thing that has happened to California taxpayers and business owners in a long time.

If lawmakers and the Governor are unable to reach agreement on a budget before September 30, the Governor would be forced to follow through with his pledge and veto every bill on his desk.

This means some very bad bills will be vetoed by the Governor.

Imagine for a moment some of the terrible bills that will be sent to the Governor that could be killed if the budget is not resolved . . .

• Drivers licenses for illegal immigrants (Senate Bill 60 – Cedillo)
• Financial aid for illegal immigrants attending California’s public colleges and universities (Senate Bill 1301 – Cedillo)
• A new scheme that will pave the way for taxpayer financing of California elections (Assembly Bill 583 – Hancock)
• Giving food stamps to convicted drug felons, including dealers and producers (Assembly Bill 1996 – Swanson)
• Raise utility bills by millions of dollars on Californians to fund a new $490 million research to study “climate change” (Senate Bill 1762-Perata)
• Starting the slippery slope toward doctor-assisted suicide in California (Assembly Bill 2747 – Berg)
• Forcing businesses to keep marijuana users on their payroll (Assembly Bill 2279 – Leno)
• A new big-government, socialized health care scheme (Senate Bill 840 – Kuehl)
• Allowing Communists to teach in public schools (Senate Bill 1322 – Lowenthal)
• Making more Californians eligible for taxpayer-funded welfare benefits (Senate Bill 1341 – Padilla)
• Undermining workers’ comp reform and increasing costs for businesses (Senate Bill 1717 – Perata)

The Governor living up to his promise and vetoing these ridiculous and costly bills could actually be the best thing we could do right now to stop the Sacramento spending spree.  I call upon him to live up to his pledge and veto every bill on his desk.

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This entry was posted on Thursday, September 4th, 2008 at 12:00 am and is filed under Blog Posts.