Cut the $4 Billion stem cell reaserch program in La Jolla. Let Obama fund that.
Reverse to $20 billion high-speed rail from LA to SF.
Open up drilling on CA’s coast – that would yield $10 billion today! And don’t give me the oil spill environment BS. If you’ve ever been the beach in Santa Barbara the stuff washes up on shore.
Layoff 10% of the state employees not directly providing services to taxpayers.
Give the remaining state workers who make over the CA median income a 10% paycut.
Ditch their pensions and make them pay state taxes.
Cut personal spending budgets, staff, perks, benefits like company cars and private jets.
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Trying to cut all or any of those things takes time and a lot of haggling. I was under the impression, if they didn’t balance the budget, they wouldn’t get any of the stimulus money. I could be dreaming that up though. Thought I heard it somewhere.
So they did what they had to do, what they had the power to do before the clock ran out.
And come on man… we can’t drill our way out of this. Isn’t it about time we stopped beating that drum and looked toward new energy sources?
