George Skelton’s column in the LAT tomorrow is the latest in pricelessly pathetic analysis of the GOP’s position in the current budget talks. Is it just senility on his part? Selective memory? I mean, what could it possibly be? Let me remind everyone: the voters in California have spoken. They have rejected and repudiated Republican ideas as thoroughly as they can be rejected. November, 2010 was a slaughter. Georgie – Californians don’t want our freaking input, okay? Do I need to send you the numbers again?
The only reason the MSM wants Republicans at the table at all is to share the blame for the inevitable non solution that will come out of these latest budget talks, and it appears at least five of our knuckleheads are at least considering being useful idiots for the California welfare State, again. The GOP is only wanted to provide votes for high taxes. That is it.
Hey people! How did we get here in the first place? One word. Compromise. You gettin that now? We are $30 billion in debt because of compromise. The GOP has enabled all of this to happen. Been a huge part of it. How many failed "deals" and failed "reforms" of the State budget do we have to see reneged on to simply say, as the minority party – no more!
We’ve gotton our "courage awards" for raising taxes. We’ve played stupid games. Hasn’t worked. You know, I hate to simplify it. But we just don’t have any money, or any economic activity on the horizon, to pay for our programs anymore. We haven’t solved one problem in California in my memory. Not one. You cannot have 12% of the nation’s population and 30% of its public assistance and survive. It’s called …….math.
So Skelton, and the rest of your ilk. Cry me a river. You’ve been cheerleading for this runup in government spending for the last 15 years. You’re as much to blame as anyone. You’ve wanted all the bonds and all the debt and all the spending. So you fix it. Those of us that have consistently opposed this have absolutely zero, and I mean zero obligation to bail you out. Comprende?