We have seen in the last week that the rethug party voted against the stimulus bill. Yet the news for our economy is getting worse day by day. Then we hear that Wall Street tycoons are using taxpayer money for bonuses. President Obama rightly called out these crooks on this stunt. However, the economic struggle is affecting even individual states of this union. Case in point below the fold.
As you may have heard in the news, California is facing a big budget crisis. Julia Rosen over at Crooks and Liars says the following:
California faces financial "Armageddon," as Arnold Schwarzenegger bluntly stated a few weeks ago. And yet Arnold and his fellow Republicans rejected compromises by Democrats to rescue our state from a catastrophic budget crisis, unparalleled in the history of California.
Because of the ridiculous 2/3rds budget rule -- the super-majority required to pass a budget in the California state legislature -- and Arnold's failure to deliver even one vote from a small cabal of obstructionist Republicans, Californians may be getting IOUs in the mail next month instead of financial aid checks or tax refunds.
You can read the rest of this post at Crooks and Liars by clicking the link below:
http://crooksandliars.com/...
However, I wanted to include a video that the Courage Campaign has put forth. The video will crack you up. I was laughing so hard, but then realized the dire economic straits this country faces. Yet despite all of the bad news, rethugs cling to their failed free market ideology even at the state level. Arnold should have stuck to making action movies. Now state employees and taxpayers will not get paid. The state of California is in worse shape than in 2003. Thank you very much Darrel Issa for fuckig up the state with your recall.
Update: Eugene just gave the link so that you can download your arnoldbucks. Here it is:
http://www.couragecampaign.org/...