[quote=esmith][quote=TheBreeze] I think the state should just go ahead and declare bankruptcy so that some judge can break the union contracts and start firing CA state employees left and right as it’s obvious the legislature doesn’t have the stones to do what needs to be done.[/quote]

Please tell us which contracts you would break and which state employees you would fire to close the projected $41 billion hole in the budget.[/quote]

I am gonna pop my 2 cents in here and just say that there are no “good” cuts. Everyone talks about “cutting the fat” and “reducing waist”, but in all reality that is pure BS.
There is nothing in the budget that doesnt support a good cause or benifit someone. The path to getting funding is so painful and long that no public moneys are ever really spent on frivilous crap unless it ends up being bad/illegal decisions by public servents. In a purely budgeting sense, we never “waist” money if you only look at the positives that were generated. This is why Sacramento, or Washington DC for that matter, can never cut spending in any real fundamental way. There are too many interest groups, with too much political clout, and too many good causes.
If we want to cut the budget, itll be “good” programs that go.