California state lawmakers reached an agreement Monday that closes the $26.4 billion budget shortfall, but the deal does little to solve the structural defects that plunged the state into economic chaos in the first place. In addition to slashing state spending on multiple programs, cutting county and local government funding, accelerating tax collections, instituting non-paid worker furloughs, and playing musical money among government accounts and fiscal years, the agreement also expands offshore drilling, leading some to accuse Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger of leveraging the financial mess to finagle support for a plan state regulators previously nixed.
Still, these measures, combined with sales and income tax hikes implemented earlier this year, are a band-aid solution to an injury needing a trauma surgeon. According to The Wall Street Journal’s Stephen Moore, “The state has a permanent $20 billion to $30 billion hole in its budget caused mostly by tax and regulatory policies that have chased rich people out of the state.” Furthermore, while chasing out the rich, California has welcomed illegal aliens — to the tune of up to $6 billion in state-funded benefits each year. Unless the Terminator-turned-Governor and the Sacramento legislature address the roots of the Golden State’s fiscal woes, this one thing is sure: They’ll be back.
Posted by brittanicus on July 24, 2009 at 3:09 pm
Now that our legislators are supposedly on the same track with E-Verify, it needs to be rigorously enforced? California–a Sanctuary State–will need exclusive attention along with other border states, because they have been occupied by millions of illegal immigrants, causing major damage to their economies. Once E-Verify is fully implemented on a permanent basis for all the working population, including all persons on a payroll? My suggestion is an army of federal inspectors of perhaps retired civil servants, senior citizens in their resident community, to make unexpected inspections on large and small businesses.
The inspectors will probably have to be armed with a general search warrant, but honorable business will hardly impose this restriction if they have nothing to hide? This will be a strict deterrent to parasite businesses, who will never be aware–WHEN THAT FEDERAL OFFICER–is going to turn up, to observe their workers? They will audit their books and check for irregularities in the workplace. This is happening in Italy and other countries, because of the importation of illegal foreign labor, has caused major concerns amongst the countries bona-fide workers. If Washington is really sincere about the10.5 jobless Americans, then we need to impose heavy penalties on those business that scorn the law. Another possibility is a reward system for informants, who have positive knowledge of companies that are scoffing at E-Verify, and committing the offense of hiring illegal aliens. Business are living off taxpayers taxes, because they don’t convey health care to their illegal hires.
Get on the phone and tell your Representative, you support–THE SAVE ACT– 202-224-3121 Believe it! Your voices are having the right effect.?Support for the bi-partisan SAVE Act, which will expand E-Verify and protect American jobs! We must focus on the key to this major problem-the jobs that attract illegal aliens. It would phase in a requirement for every employer to use the electronic verification system. We must also be aware that the Democrats are ready to open the gates to our nation, once a path to citizenship is announced. Search out the facts at NUMBERSUSA, AMERICANPATROL
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