California Greeding

The piggishness of the GOPer rich that's holding the world economy hostage in Washington, and quietly turning the states into corporate empires as well as the nation (thanks to the Supreme Corporate Court) has just had another victory in California.

A Democratic governor and Democratic majority legislature apparently could not overcome GOPer resistance to even holding a referendum in which the state's voters could decide on new taxes to balance the state budget.  No--they couldn't face the danger that they couldn't buy results to their liking, and the wealthy might have to pay a fairer share for the government that provides them infrastructure and support.

Instead, the Democrats passed a budget that places all the burden on the poor and the middle class, through cuts in programs for the poor, severe cuts to the state's once proud university systems, cuts in law enforcement that will make the inner cities more dangerous, the closing of 70 more state parks, and on and on.  The only new revenue will come from regressive fee increases (car registration) and applying state taxes to online purchases.

In other words, it's people like me who will pay.  It will not be the wealthy of this state who have seen their wealth nearly double in the past decade while the incomes of everyone else have gone down.  But now the wealthy are safe from paying anything more, while all of the cuts and all of the revenue increases will affect everybody else.