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California: Stimulus or Stupid Mess

Cash-strapped California is to start notifying 20,000 state workers that they may lose their jobs.

A spokesman for Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger made the announcement after California lawmakers failed to approve a $40bn (£28.2bn) budget. California, the world's eighth biggest economy, has been hit by the housing crisis, unemployment and falling consumer spending. The jobs on the government payroll would be cut in June. It would be done in preparation for the next fiscal year, which starts in July.

"In the absence of a budget, the governor has a responsibility to realise state savings any way he can," said Aaron McLear, a spokesman for Republican governor Schwarzenegger. "This is unfortunately a necessary decision."

The budget would include spending cuts and tax increases to close the state's budget deficit. California has already laid off state workers for two days a month, put 2,000 public projects on hold and delayed tax refunds. The state controller predicts California will run out of cash by the end of February if lawmakers do not solve the budget crisis.

Posted by Raymond Powers on February 17, 2009 01:40 AM | | | California: Stimulus or Stupid Mess

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Heads up. I'm deleting all of the comments on this post and going back to tabula rasa. I didn't intend for this topic to be a forum for a character assasination on Dennis nor will I support that.

Comment #1 Posted by: Raymond | February 22, 2009 12:49 AM

namaste, Ray,

re: California State budget nonsense ... jerking people around in order to blackmail them into supporting 'gangland Californica'.

these are not 'public' works projects that are being cut, these are government projects. they have no connection to the people's welfare, nor to that of our Mother Earth.

ditto the jobs which may be cut. they are not in public service, nor in service to Mother Earth. they simply support the Corporate State and it's war against culture and planet.

a modest paycheck is not deserved by those who work for the Military Bankster State Monster ... it is deserved by ALL people or none, in proportion to our service in returning the health of our Mother Earth, and thus of all our relations.

no FAT paychecks, or privileges or perks, are deserved at all. [they are deserving of a jail term, politicos included.]

aho!

Comment #2 Posted by: Millennium Twain | February 22, 2009 10:13 PM

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