California’s Latest $26 Billion Budget Problems; Described by Officials in both Parties as “Calamitous”

California’s Latest $26 Billion Budget Problems; Described by Officials in both Parties as “Calamitous” 

By Marc Chamot

They've made their beds, they’d better lay in it, and as I said before, let California liberal politicians DEAL with their OWN mess, and if, any Washington GOP/Republican votes to bail out California, they WILL be thrown out of office.

NEED I say more? Mamas Don't Let Your State Grow Up to Be California; Importing Third World Immigrants, is turning the State into Third Rate World Economy & Latino Kids are Public Schools new Majorities; but 40% of California’s Hispanic Adults can't Legally Vote:

For California, Another Day, Another Deficit "Five weeks after the Legislature passed a budget that promised to close a $19 billion budget shortfall, California has sunk back into yet another fiscal crisis, this time facing a $26 billion gap that is posing a major new challenge for the incoming governor, Jerry Brown, and seems almost certain to force deep cuts in a state already reeling from three years of financial turmoil.

Mr. Schwarzenegger’s aides said the governor, a Republican who has fought repeatedly with Democrats in pushing through deep spending cuts, will propose another round of reductions to get the state through the end of this fiscal year in June.

“There’s no more easy stuff to cut,” Susan Kennedy, Mr. Schwarzenegger’s chief of staff, said Monday. “We are cutting into bone now.”

These latest budget problems — described by officials in both parties as calamitous — confirm what many officials warned when the Legislature voted in October: the gap was closed, in no small part, through the use of budget gimmickry, including overly optimistic estimates of federal revenue. It has been worsened not only by the continued downturn of the economy, but also by initiatives passed by California voters in November that had the effect of increasing the revenue shortfall by $1 billion.

But even beyond the problems of the current fiscal year, state officials have predicted yet another shortfall, of $19 billion, in the budget for the next fiscal year, which Mr. Brown must propose in January.

California has a history of recovering from financial crises, riding the wave of a national economic growth to recovery, and that is one reason state leaders frequently turn to stop-gap solutions intended to push the problem up the road.

“They are always hoping that tomorrow is going to be a brighter day — and usually it is,” Robert Stern, director of the California-based nonpartisan Center for Governmental Studies, told a reporter. “We’re always bouncing back. We are always written off by you guys, but we always bounce back.”

Still, Mr. Stern said, “this is the worst I’ve seen it.”

Indeed, historic resilience in this economically powerful state is being tested as never before in this recession, prompting concern that fundamental changes in the state’s economy combined with a tightening welter of restrictive voter initiatives on legislative decisions about spending and taxing, are thrusting California into an era of long-lasting austerity."

It’s NO, NO, and NO, to False Immigration Propagandas! California U.S. Rep. Michael Honda and NFL’s Scott Fujita PUSHING “Reuniting Families Act” Again:

It’s NO, NO, and NO, to False Immigration Propagandas! California U.S. Rep. Michael Honda and NFL’s Scott Fujita PUSHING “Reuniting Families Act” Again: 

By Marc Chamot

Michael Honda just won’t give up and he KEEPS drinking the Kool-Aid! 

The San Francisco Chronicle came out with California U.S. Representative’s Michael Honda’s opinion piece, on the Reuniting Family Act and his information is laced with untruths. So I’m here once again, to correct his none-FACTS.

“The Reuniting Families Act, which I will reintroduce in the 112th Congress, allows all Americans to be reunited with their families. That includes gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender permanent partners (adults who are in committed lifelong relationships and are financially interdependent).

In the wake of Tuesday's election, political analysts are busily predicting what the outcome means for Congress and the country. With Republicans now in the majority in the House of Representatives, many policies will probably change radically. What must not change, however, is work on immigration reform.

Limiting immigration flows has proved to be economically unsound and harmful to American families. Lengthy waits waste precious government resources and can discourage potential applicants from using legal channels to join their families in the United States.

We understand that during tough economic times, the natural reaction is to close the borders and look inward. Yet, the irony of anti-immigration sentiment, which fears a loss of jobs for Americans if more immigrant workers enter the United States, is that it is fiscally more prudent to legalize, insure, employ, reunite and educate our immigrants than to keep families apart.” By Michael Honda, Scott Fujita

It’s NO, NO, and NO! To Michael Honda and NFL player Scott Fujita, I say BULL! Obviously those TWO, did not see this recent study; “A new study released by the Pew Hispanic Center confirms that immigrants are benefiting before native-born workers from the slow-paced economic recovery.

 Foreigners gained 656,000 jobs in the first year following the official end of the recession in June 2009. Native-born workers lost 1.2 million jobs, according to an analysis of government data by Pew, a nonpartisan research group."

Back in Honda's family immigrant days, we're talking about thousands of Japanese immigrants coming here, and what he's proposing, is millions more to come here. 

And here’s another thing to ponder, our entitlement benefits are overloaded, many immigrants come here broke, they NEVER paid into it, they become legal and they get taxpayer PAID benefits. MY FRAKING BENEFITS that I PAID for, that I may never receive, and that THEY NEVER PAID FOR, No “freakin’ way Jose!

It seems like Immigrants do benefit, BUT we’re getting the shorter end of the shtick! This is the kind of Representatives in government we’re ALL getting sick and tired of. 

And these knuckleheads still don't GET IT! 

More on this knuckleheaded idea from this “prized” California U.S. Representative;Immigration reform should stay on front burner By Michael Honda, Scott Fujita “We are both of Japanese American descent - I was raised (and Scott's father was raised) in World War II-era internment camps for Japanese Americans. Thus we are keenly aware of the need for our society to be more inclusive.

Yet our family-based immigration system has not been updated in 20 years. Nearly 6 million people are stuck in perpetual waiting, which is both unproductive and inexcusable. Five-year separations are quite common; so are 20-year estrangements from siblings and elderly parents.

Waits are so long that families receiving visas often find that their children have to reapply as adults and go to the back of the line. These administrative backlogs disproportionately affect Asians, Latinos and women.

The benefits of this policy cannot be overstated: American workers with their families by their side are happier, healthier and more able to succeed than those living apart from loved ones for years on end. By pooling resources, families can do together what they can't do alone - start family businesses, create American jobs and contribute more to this country's welfare.

The healthier the community, the more expendable income is available and the lower the burden on government social services. This correlation is well researched and well substantiated, but it is up to us to make it a reality.

This is a time when we must use every available resource to stimulate our economy and control government spending. That is why comprehensive immigration reform makes good sense.

It is time to reunite America. No family excluded.

Rep. Michael Honda, D-San Jose, is chairman of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus. Scott Fujita, a member of the executive board of the National Football League Players Association, is a linebacker for the Cleveland Browns.