Lake Arrowhead Communities
Republican Women Federated
Legislation and the Federation
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To the Senate and Assembly of the Legislature of California:.
In accordance with Article IV, Section 12 of the California Constitution, I submit to you the Governorâs Budget for 2009â2010.
Our state faces the most challenging budget in its history. The combined effect of our structural deficit and the dramatic decline in revenues due to the international economic crisis have produced a twoâyear deficit of $41.6 billion â nearly half of our projected 2009â10 revenues.
A problem of this magnitude requires immediate action. Last fall, as the economic situation deteriorated, I realized that we needed to act quickly to bring our currentâyear budget back into balance. That is why I called a special session on November 16, 2008. When the previous Legislature failed to act, on December 1, I called you into special session in a fiscal emergency pursuant to Proposition 58. When you closed that session without acceptable action to address the problem, I immediately called you back on December 19, again pursuant to Proposition 58.
Now, I am presenting you with my Budget for 2009â10, which not only addresses this yearâs shortfall, but provides a comprehensive and balanced set of solutions for next year as well. The shortfall is too large to be addressed only with spending cuts, or only with tax increases. We have to use every tool at our disposal. At the same time, we cannot ask the people of our state to accept cuts in government services and increases in taxes without doing all we can to bring this economy back. That is why I believe that we have to include a sensible, targeted package of fiscal stimulus measures in any budget solution. Similarly, as we ask for sacrifice from our citizens, we must be able to assure them that state government itself is doing everything it can to cut costs and improve efficiency. Thus, my budget has a variety of measures to do both.
There are honest and sincere differences among you regarding how we should resolve this crisis. But, these differences have prevented you so far from seeing that you share a larger duty to compromise on the best possible plan for resolving our budget crisis. The time of delay is past. The solutions I propose are difficult and unavoidably painful. Delay, however, will only make the ultimate solutions even more painful. Now it is time to act decisively to bring our state back from the brink of financial catastrophe.
Sincerely,
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Two new CBP analyses include >county and > district estimates of the impact of proposed cuts to the stateâs K-12 schools, which serve 5.9 million students.
The Governor's Proposed Budget Could Reduce Compensation for IHSS Workers by More Than $1.1 Billion
A new CBP analysis includes county-by-county estimates of the impact of proposed cuts affecting earnings of workers in the In-Home Supportive Services Program.
A new CBP analysis includes county-by-county figures showing the impact of proposed cuts to the In-Home Supportive Services Program.The Governorâs Proposed Budget Would Drop More Than 230,000 Children From the CalWORKs Program
A new CBP analysis includes county-by-county figures showing the impact of proposed cuts to the CalWORKs Program.
A new CBP analysis includes county-by-county figures showing the impact of proposed cuts to programs that help low-income seniors and people with disabilities meet basic living expenses.
Why? Because of an election.
You know that the job of the Federal Government, Congress, is two things.
This cancer is making a case against a president who felt protecting the citizens of this country against another attack such as 911 was reason enough to go to war and seek out those who were responsible. He thought it best to fight them in their countries instead of ours.Since when do we turn to Europe for permission to defend our country? Remember this, Europe has always looked to the United States for help when their countries were attacked.Well so much for Germany, France, Belgium, and Spain and I could go on and on, for them to turn and become Anti American is one thing but for our very own elected officials is another.
We must send them a strong message. America is the greatest country because we stood united in the past. This cancer is dividing us.As citizens, voters, tax payers we have the power to rid our congress of this horrible disease. Please I beg you today to stand up for America, land of the free and fight for our freedoms.
Today, promise to call, Email, or write our elected officials in Washington and locally, and tell them to stop this insanity and stand behind our President.
Let Europe and the rest of the world know that we stand united in the fight against terrorism.
We Republicans must strive to make our leaders do the right thing. It is unconscionable that our candidates are allowing other countries to shape our destiny, because they believe it will get them elected. Shame on them for selling out America and shame on us if we let them. Shame on Senator Kerry !!! United we stand Divided we fall!!!
Here's an idea, but you could make a yard sign..Shame on Senator Kerry..United we stand, Divided we fall.
Germaine Jacobson
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"It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and the Bible. Do not ever let anyone claim to be a true American patriot if they ever attempt to separate Religion and politics." -George Washington
Source: "America kneels to pray", page 125, Elm Hill Books.