California...a budget, at last

It's a sucky budget, but at least it's signed and done with.

I'm for dumping the 2/3 requirement to get a budget passed, a difficult number to reach which we share only with Rhode Island and Arkansas, states that are not so politically divided.

The Republicans will of course oppose changing the 2/3, and naturally we need 2/3 to make the change! Oy vey.

I am still prepared to be inclusive to conservatives, even though so many of them weren't so inclusive to me when they had all the power, and I think they are fortunate to have President Obama who is so interested in collaboration and compromise...find me the Republican equivalent! However, the diehards who would see the economy circle the drain and die, or our state literally stop functioning, rather than raise a tax, have not won my admiration. They claim that their voters would punish them if they did vote for a budget with taxes...since those voters are a minority here, I think they should take a good look at how much better the housing prices are in the red states. Texas, Montana anyone? Normal people do not like taxes but also realize that 40+ billion dollar deficits are something of a problem.

I still think we need a crisp, clear, accurate presentation from someone as to how this deficit came about. Even Ronald Reagan had his charts on tv, folks. This is a massive deficit and something must be very screwed up somewhere.