CA Bond Referendums

[ckBejug]

55 ($12,300,000,000 bond- money for education to relieve overcrowding and repair older schools)- Yes

56 (instead of 2/3rds, percentage of votes required to pass a state budget or raise taxes lowered to 55%)- No no no

57 ($15,000,000,000 bond to retire the deficit)- Yes

58 (enactment of a balanced budget and establishing a budget reserve)- Yes

[sSsflamesSs]

Thanks, ck and surfer.

Oh, and surfer, when I write 55-58, I mean 55, 56, 57, and 58. It's called shorthand.

[loseyourname]

I'm really flirting with a no on 57, and judging from letters to the times, it is very unpopular. Perhaps it's just cynicism, but I'm morbidly curious to see what these "Armageddon cuts" would bring about. Part of me suspects it might not be all that bad. Less government is almost always good government.

[loseyourname]

Originally posted by Anonymouse Who cares?

Consciencious citizens of the state. We already know that doesn't include the big rebel pimp who invalidates government by going to a state school and paying state taxes.

So why not keep it to yourself?

Because it is a public ballot, voted on by the public. In order for this process to work properly, there must be public discussion. It's actually a fairly simple concept.

[Anonymouse]

Oh I forgot, it's only for those dupes who believe that voting is cool because of the illusion that "they are the government", something made all the more laughable since it is precisely why the income tax and IRS and Federal Reserve are all illegal entities.

Thanks to boneheads like you that have continuously voted for big government, we now have an empire, the complete polar opposite of what the framers of this Constitution designed. "Democracy" is a sham, so is "the public" ( a holistic entity ).

I suggest reading George Washington's farewell address loser.

[loseyourname]

Originally posted by Anonymouse the income tax and IRS and Federal Reserve are all illegal entities.

I can see how you might make an argument for the Federal Reserve, but how can you call those other entities illegal? The income tax is written into the US Constitution and it's hard to imagine it being effective without an IRS.

Thanks to boneheads like you that have continuously voted for big government

Now you know what I've voted for. Your clairvoyance never ceases to amaze me. It's because of pseudointellectual stoners like you that sit around whining about big government but vote on nothing that might change, nor do anything else to change it, that we have what we have.

we now have an empire, the complete polar opposite of what the framers of this Constitution designed.

Do you think I am not aware of this? Your answer is to sit on your ass and get high while reading? If you don't like the country, and you aren't willing to do anything to help in move back to its roots, then leave. Nobody is forcing you to stay here.

"Democracy" is a sham, so is "the public" ( a holistic entity ).

So is your hollow rhetoric.

I suggest reading George Washington's farewell address loser.

I have. I suggest finding a passage in it that says crying and whining and refusing to vote is the way to better governance.