Comments on: Jerry Brown twists out ‘pretzel palace’ budget

By: Joseph Somsel

Joseph Somsel — Wed, 16 May 2012 23:36:59 +0000

Here’s a way to save the state $400 million a year – abolish the California Energy Commission. They do about $3 million a year in real work, stuff that could be transferred to another agency (specifically facility permitting and data collection.)

A problem is that that $400 million comes largely from our energy bills and is not in the general budget. So in the legislation to kill the CEC, keep the excise tax on energy but redirect it to the General Fund for 5 years.

God’s in the details. We citizens can surely find other pointless agencies to “sunset” and save money.

By: NTHEOC

NTHEOC — Wed, 16 May 2012 21:36:55 +0000

I would say prop13 needs to be looked at and revamped,not so much in the housing area but look at how the corporations are finding loopholes and using them to their advantage!!

By: Beelzebub

Beelzebub — Wed, 16 May 2012 18:22:35 +0000

“I agree with Paul Krugman that Proposition 13 was bad”

So you agree with booting old retired people from their life-long homes that they raised their families in because in their golden years they can’t pay the property taxes???

Tyrant.

By: Ian Random

Ian Random — Wed, 16 May 2012 17:12:29 +0000

I agree with Paul Krugman that Proposition 13 was bad. Instead of limiting taxes, they should have limited spending with something like TABOR in Colorado.

By: CalWatchdog

CalWatchdog — Wed, 16 May 2012 06:45:01 +0000

In reply to RealityCheck.

RealityCheck:

Here’s the Reality: Please indulge us. Some commentators are approved automatically because they have posted many times. New commentators must first be approved manually. We only have a shoestring staff, so we do things as fast as we can.

— John Seiler

By: Ted Steele

Ted Steele — Wed, 16 May 2012 04:42:33 +0000

poooooor poodle boi !!! LOL

Who read Dave’s post to him??

By: Ted Steele

Ted Steele — Wed, 16 May 2012 04:41:11 +0000

Dave F– right on!!

By: Rex The Wonder Dog!

Rex The Wonder Dog! — Wed, 16 May 2012 04:40:59 +0000

Listen Dave, their plan is to flood the nation with cheap labor and ignorant, poor, uneducated and obedient people who are easily controlled.

OMG, an entire NATION of Teddy Steals, what will we do 😉

By: RealityCheck

RealityCheck — Wed, 16 May 2012 04:33:15 +0000

Hey now, moderator get to work. I posted hours ago Beeze a mere 30 minutes ago…

By: Beelzebub

Beelzebub — Wed, 16 May 2012 04:00:13 +0000

Dave Francis, quite a diatribe there. You make me look like a deaf/mute.

Listen Dave, their plan is to flood the nation with cheap labor and ignorant, poor, uneducated and obedient people who are easily controlled. If Obama is reelected he will through his executive powers grant them all amnesty. Effectively they are destroying the nation that we grew up in. The plan is the design of the oligarchs who want a distribution of income like they have in Mexico where 99% of the wealth is owned by 1% of the population. We are getting closer. Currently if you add in all the corporate wealth – 90% of America’s wealth is owned by 10% of the population. It all has to do with money, power and control, Dave. Can we stop it??? Sure. But it would be a very very messy ordeal. I don’t think the American people are up to it. I guess they prefer to remain in the pot of water on the stove that has been turned up a couple notches in the last few years. But I understand what you are saying. And you are correct. You’re not nuts. Don’t look for the media to help you. The media is totally owned by the oligarchs. That’s been made crystal clear across the board.