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This loser probably only ran on the Republican ticket because he knew that planting himself as a Mexican mole in the conservative base would help his ILLEGAL roach family members get more out of California.

You are embarrassing you pathetic weak snake

I applaud Senator Maldonado’s vote.

So according to the Republican Party, it would have been the right thing to do for Maldonado to have let the state go towards insolvency?

I don’t like higher taxes, but guess what – even Ronald Reagan had to raise taxes FOUR times in the 1980′s to keep the U.S. afloat. And yes, he also slashed spending and of course, cut taxes when he could.

So Republicans, keep in mind that your no-tax dogma is a stubborn dream.

Ah, yes. The republican party twisting in the wind; the party of hate finding itself hung on it’s own pitard; the republicanazi finding themselves showing their true faces…..they should be happy that Sen. Maldinado did what he did; it showed that there are SOME in the aforementioned party of hatred and biggots who can go above the slime that they are in and come out looking human instead of the trolls that dwell in the muck….but NO, they want to continue to hold California and the US hostage to their votes; to their need to make the rich, the corporations and even those who don’t really care a whit about the regular joe and jane in this country subject to their whim via cutting funds for the poor, those in most need in favor of helping their OWN—-in other words, the party of NO would’ve voted YES if the only thing that was done was to cut “Government Spending” (read: Social programs, help for Public Schools, Hospitals and the needy) in favor of more money for Banks, the Millitary, the Failed war in Iraq, ad nauseum……I SINCERELY hope they choke on their own bile; for they HATE the US more than even the Taliban ever could!

Eduardo-you are also failing to note that CA is now the highest taxed state in the country-except for estate taxes

CA budget has increased 40% in the last 5 years and 100% in the past ten

we do not need higher taxes-we need less govt and control of spending

And we need to stop paying for illegal aliens

Read up a little bit before you comment-makes you look like an ass

Amalgamate,

The label ‘highest-taxed state’ means nothing on its own feet — it sounds appealing and provokes people who want to keep more of their money, but let’s look at its real world implications. California is still the world’s 8th largest economy, and although there is a looming chance it might go into an economic black hole, the state’s tax revenues have been severely limited since the property-tax-limiting passage of Prop 13 in 1978.

I think there is a fundamental difference between the parties that makes it difficult to reconcile the higher/lower tax ideal; if you believe that society is a community that should help its least fortunate, you’ll probably favor higher taxation in times of need. Conversely, if you take an individualistic approach (every man for themselves), you’ll probably favor lower taxes.

I agree that the state has to control spending, no person in their right mind would spend more than they pull in, which is exactly what the state has been doing for years.

To Mr. Butler, I can understand your resentment against those who don’t look or speak like you, but I hope you realize you are scapegoating an easy target — it is the elected leadership of the state, both Republican and Democrat, that have failed to satisfy basic math with our money. My parents came to this country, illegally, because of necessity and to pursue a better life for their children. In the time they were waiting to become permanent residents, and now as actual residents, they paid their income taxes, paid toll booths, paid medical premiums, helped me pay the way through my UC education, paid DMV fees, et al. In short, they have contributed to the betterment of this great society, and it is unfortunate that you choose to direct your anger towards some bad apples that, frankly, every society has (i.e. there are some people who look like YOU and are legal US citizens who “rob us blind” more than any non-US citizen ever will — think Madoff, Abramoff, Duke Cunningham, Kenneth Lay, Jeffrey Skilling, and George W. Bush, who drastically re-distributed money from the middle class to the ultra, wealthy elite and called it a tax cut).

I’ll give you that one.

My reply was a few paragraphs long and our former president was not the focus, however.

Yet if you want to touch that subject: I hope our new president passes actual bi-partisan legislation, which means not using the reconciliation maneuver, a legislative tactic Bush used to pass his tax cuts. A 51% threshold, a.k.a. reconciliation, basically means a straight party line vote. Kinda takes the shine off your “duly passed” notion huh Flap?

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