Shooting From the Broken Hip

In advance of the certain defeat of the 6 budget propositions, the Governator has submitted a budget that doubles down on everything the voters hate about the current budget "compromise" - more debt, higher taxes, and cuts in the services people actually want the state to provide (education, prisons, health): Governor's Budget Cuts Schools, Borrows Billions

Five days before voters decide the fate of his budget-related ballot measures, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger Thursday unveiled plans to close a huge budget deficit with deeper cuts in education and health programs and by borrowing billions more dollars.

The governor also proposed releasing 19,000 state prison inmates who are
undocumented immigrants to federal authorities and releasing some low-risk criminals to county jails.

In addition, Schwarzenegger said, he will seek a waiver from Washington to allow California to cut spending without jeopardizing federal economic stimulus funds coming to the state.

"Global economic crisis is strangling budgets in all states and countries, including California," Schwarzenegger said at a news conference at the state Capitol.

CA needs to do more than just lay off some teachers and release some prisoners. It has completely lost control over the growth its pensions and work force, both of which grow at the beck and call of the public service unions. The state is also duplicating way too much of the work done at the federal and municipal levels. Start cutting this stuff, and maybe the voters will be impressed.