Unfortunately, as you recall, your “President” immediately unzipped his drawers and loafed on it.

Legislators are now trying to sweep away the dried fecal matter from its pages and trying to figure out how much of it The One might countenance…..

Why not provide the original link to the tripe you cut ‘n posted?

Moreover, you are making the mistake I see many Democrat pundits making as of late. The argument goes like this: “Well, polling shows that a majority of people think it’s a good idea to “tax the rich” and they support the President.” Therefore, the thinking goes, President Pander should proceed.

News for you, Stev-o….just because something polls well doesn’t mean it’s good policy.

And what if those dour Republicans actually ARE right? What then? Clutch those unicorns and moonbeams ever tighter?

“From Franklin Roosevelt’s advice that the only thing Americans once had to fear “was fear itself,” to Ronald Reagan’s “morning in America” theme, to Bill Clinton’s “the man from Hope,” to Barack Obama’s “hope and change,” the overarching theme of American political campaigns has long been the triumph of hope over fear.

“With that in mind, last week’s Public Policy Institute of California’s statewide survey of Californians offered some interesting insight as to why Republicans may have fared so poorly in this state in last month’s elections. The party these days has what might be called a hope deficit…..no one wins elections by being dour.

“Perhaps the most revealing question asked in the PPIC poll was one that gauged Californians’ long-term views about the future of their state. Asked whether they felt California would be a better place to live in 2025 or a worse place to live, 42 percent of adults gave the optimistic answer, compared with 28 percent who said it would be a worse place. An additional 23 percent said there would be no change, and 8 percent offered no opinion.

“By gender, by race and ethnicity, by region, by age group, by income category — in every subgroup either a plurality of respondents felt better times are ahead for California or opinion was at least evenly divided. Women (44 percent), Latinos (47 percent), San Francisco Bay Area residents (45 percent), 18-34-year-olds (48 percent) and those with incomes between $40,000 and $80,000 a year (46 percent) were the most optimistic. Opinion among whites (37-37), those 55 and older (36-35) and with incomes above $80,000 (35-34) was divided.

“But there was one breakdown by subgroup that showed a marked divide on the hope factor. By a 57-17 margin, Democrats felt California will be a better place a dozen years from now. Republicans, by a margin of 54-23, believe the state is headed downhill.”

Keep it up, Katy!

Since pensions are considered deferred compensation, would that mean the salary/pension earned in retirement is subject to CA income taxes, as it is compensation paid from here- CA, here for work here-CA, that was only deferred????

My projections: state will have $5.5 billion deficit for next year. After that, my projections are back to $10 billion plus yearly.

Ill second Sean’s prediction and add that in 4 years the “temporary” tax hikes will not be able to sunset b/c there is not enough revenue.

If you think that California’s climbing out of the recession and making economic progress…

Climbing out of depression?? Our state revenues from taxes has been almost the same for the last 5 years- going on 6 years- when this depression started….Stevie, you say this every year, you and seesaw, that the state is improving, it is not, it has been stagnant at BEST.