This November California voters will be faced with a wide array of ballot measures, mostly looking for ways to raise taxes or borrow money. What does this tell you? It tells you that the appetite for state government SPENDING is voracious. These measures all come at voters during a time when an unprecedented amount of taxpayer funds are already being sent to Sacramento. The current state budget is well over a HUNDRED BILLION dollars, and this represents sharp increases of funds in the state budget over recent years.
It is important for every FlashReport reader to join together in sending an important message to liberal politicians in Sacramento, and to all of the special interest groups that would try to get you to vote to raise your own taxes or vote to put your children in debt — NO. The cold, hard reality is that California already has the financial resources to more that adequate invest in our state’s infrastructure. All of the Governor’s visions for a California that builds new facilities, roads, and infrastructure can already take place. The reality is that the liberal Democrats in Sacramento don’t want to face the idea that in order to pay-as-you-go for infrastructure, they would actually have to significantly reduce the amount of money they are devoting to their social engineering programs – the modern welfare state.
In addition, in a shout-out to our friend Mike Der Manouel, Jr., what are politicians doing asking the voters to authorize all of this borrowing when they don’t even have the fortitude to balance the state budget? Borrowing more money when you can’t control the spending on the funds you already have is just a no-brainer.
There are a couple of articles on the main page today — one of which highlights that the bonds measures are in trouble (thank God). Californians rejected the Library Bonds that were on the June ballot — and perhaps that is a harbinger of things to come this November. Hopefully the Governor and the State Legislature will have to grapple with a new challenge come January — making due with what they already have (which is vast). The other article highlights how hard it will be, with all of the other measures sharing space on the ballot, for the pro-bond forces to spend what they need to in order to be heard above the competing rhetoric. Of course the bond measures will have plenty of funding. You’ll never guess who funds bond measures? All of the people that stand to make money off of the process. All of the builders, all of the bond underwriters, and the cornucopia of special interests. We raise our glasses to toast the various taxpayer protection groups that are standing up to this voraciously hungry group of self-serving folks — and hope you will spread the word — vote NO on the bonds.
Have a great Saturday!
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