Optimism in short supply
January 10, 2010 Filed in:
Budget & Finance
| Unions
Steven Greenhut, The Orange County Register
(Updated March 22, 2010) As
the legislative session heats up in the coming days, there will be
two choices: We can cut down government, unleash the private sector
and allow free and industrious people to rebuild this once-glorious
but now increasingly tawdry state. Or we can avoid the tough
choices, ignore reality and find clever ways to temporarily balance
the budget or not-so-clever means to make it easier to raise taxes.
Those are the only two real choices. It will take a great deal of
involvement and toughness by the people for the first course of
action to come to pass. If Californians follow the second path,
then, quite frankly, the future ain't so bright. The budget
situation will get worse...