Vacation Themed Rally for California Budget at the State Capitol

Pwople representing Californians in Sacramento should take a good look at who is getting hurt by the budget not being signed. Seniors who are counting on their renters rebate have their much needed checks on hold. If they are going to play hard ball politics then the Govenor needs to let thr franchise tax board release all checks from the state of California.

Release the much needed renter's rebate checks. I see know reason to hold these checks???????????

im actually waiting for the budget to pass so i can recieve my renters rebate check but also many other California residents are having more problems like getting good health care etc. familys are suffering because of this budget delay...the repulicans need to do their job and pass this budget now before more threats arise....they should be locked up with no vacation time untill they pass it...oh and throw away the key =)

The passing of an annual budget is arguably the single most important job of the legislature since everything flows from that action. There is a simple but impossible remedy to this budgetary impasse problem.

The simple part - if all legislators and their staffs were to feel the burden they impose on everyone else by also having their paychecks suspended until there is an approved budget in place, do you believe we would ever see this problem occur again?

Why impossible? For this to be enacted these same people would have to agree to experience the pain of the delay they are imposing on so many others.

Simply impossible.

Policy 1: NO VACATION-- RECESS -- WHATEVER Until the number one job is done: Pass the budget. Optional: lock up .. er "sequester" legislators until budget is passed. They do that to us "citizens" all the time when we have jury duty. What's good for the citizenry is good for the lawmakers.

Policy 2: No paychecks either for legislators. Optional: No pay for the days that the budget is late either. We "citizens" will have to pay for the consequences in terms of loans and lost services. Why let the legislators off the hook?

Policy 3: Voters remove legislators who do not implement policy 1 and 2. Starting with the leaders (oh Donnie...).

Any questions?

Reply to Dbellanova

1)Have been used before, but if you got gang that refue to talk, then no amount of sequesteringwill work

2)They and and the staff not getting paid till budget is passed

3)You can remove legislators if you want, its called recall, we had one with the governor

Reply to Dmitriy:

1) Legislators obviously like to live in comfort. It's called PRIVILEDGED. They like their vacations and recesses. They do not see the budget as a big problem, because it is not THEIR big problem. Leadership is needed to make it THEIR big problem. Sequestering will not be needed.

2) You're half right. Their staff are not getting paid. Legislators have other ways of getting money. Can you say honoraria, donations, special interest money? Legislators are not going broke. If they were, it would, again be, THEIR PROBLEM. NOT OURS. Basic marketing and social psych. stuff here. The problem is in the eye of the beholder.

3)Takes a lot of money to fund recalls. The governor recall was a result of lots of money and paid staffers organizing it. Enron's energy "gaming" didn't hurt either since it was a major component in the little recession that followed. Obviously you know about one of the traders who stated that if the gaming didn't cause a recession nothing would. Besides, last I looked, recalls are extremely rare, and their success even rarer. You did take probability and stats didn't you? The best chance of change is at the ballot box.

"As long as Republican Senators hold out on the one final vote needed to pass the budget, Republicans and Democrats alike will be unable to address key issues in California policy. Pending legislation could be pushed back to as far as next January, said Alicia Trost, a spokeswoman for Perata."

What a complete idiotic thing to say. The journalist [expletive deleted] thinks that if Republicans agree with democrats on the budget the democrats will agree with them on, WHAT?

The answer is absolutely nothing!! Go to hell!!!

[Editor's note: The profanity has been deleted from this comment.]

Like many senior and disabled people on a fixed income the annual homeowners and renters assistance checks are funds we use to help pay for the high cost of energy related summer expenses. Utility and gasoline skyrocket durring this period. Although I will make it, there are many who depend on essential services that are threatend by the delay.
Pass the budget. "Take the high road, the low road is too crowded!!!"

I WORK FOR AN AGENCY THAT SUPPLIES NURSING CARE FOR DISABLED AND TERMINAL CHILDREN IN HTEIR HOMES. WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED PAY FROM MEDICAL; SICNE JULY 23. AT THIS TIME WE NO LONGER HAVE ANY RESERVE TO CONTINUE TOP PAY THE NURSES WHEN WE HAVE NO INCOME. MOST AGENCIES ALREADY DO NOT WANT TO TAKE THESE PATIENTS BECAUSE THE REIMBURSEMENT IS LOW AND SO WE DO NOT MAKE MUCH PROFIT, THE BUDGET CRISES WILL FORCE MORE AGENCIES TO EITHER CLOSE ITS DOORS OR QUIT SERVICES TO MEDI-CAL PATIENTS. THIS WILL FORCE MANY OF THESE PATIENTS INTO NURSING HOMES WHERE THEY WILL NOT RECEIVE ADEQUQTE CARE AND POSSIBLY NOT SEE THEIR FAMILY VERY OFTEN. IN MANY CASES THERE IS NOWHERE FOR THEM TO GO CAUSING CHAOS IN THE FAMILY AND MANY FAMILIES FALL APART. I THINK IT IS TIME FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN POWER INCLUDING ARNOLD TO REALLY FEEL WHAT THEY ARE PUTTING THESE FAMILIES THROUGH. THEY SHOUL HAVE TO FACE THESE KIDS AND FAMILIES AND TELL THEM WHY THEY ARE NOT IMPORTANT ENOUGH TO MAKE THEIR CARE A PRIORITY.

Reply to Nurses for disabled Children,

I am not arnold or work for anyone in politics nor am i associated with anyone.

They are poor and by being poor they are irrelevent. At the end of the day, it comes down to money and money alone.

I would honestly just like to get my paycheck. My kids need school clothes and school supplies. I need to buy food for my family, pay my rent, pay my car note, put gas in my car so that my kids don't have to walk. This is ridiculous. Almost 2 months of no pay, this is not right and it doesn't work. Do I get extra compensation for all the late fees and overdraft fees that I am incurring because the government can't figure out how to cut me a check? NO!...this is ridiculous!

I look forward every year to get my renters rebate it help's me catch up on thing's that I have fallin back on please pass the budget soon

I look forward every year to get my renters rebate it help's me catch up on thing's that I have fallin back on please pass the budget soon

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