California Budget Deficit Has Swelled to $16 Billion - We Know How To Cut That Amount In One Year!

According to California Governor Jerry (Moonbeam) Brown, the budget deficit for the State is going to hit $16 Billion. 

We offer a few simple ways to cut that amount to $0 (or be in the positive) in just ONE year.

Being budget conscious is not rocket science.

Wake Up America

Illegal alien friendly - CA Governor, Jerry (Moonbeam) Brown

California's budget deficit has swelled to a projected $16 billion -- much larger than had been predicted just months ago -- and will force severe cuts to schools and public safety if voters fail to approve tax increases in November, Gov. Jerry Brown said Saturday.

The Democratic governor said the shortfall grew from $9.2 billion in January in part because tax collections have not come in as high as expected and the economy isn't growing as fast as hoped for. The deficit has also risen because lawsuits and federal requirements have blocked billions of dollars in state cuts.  

"This means we will have to go much farther and make cuts far greater than I asked for at the beginning of the year," Brown said in an online video. "But we can't fill this hole with cuts alone without doing severe damage to our schools. That's why I'm bypassing the gridlock and asking you, the people of California, to approve a plan that avoids cuts to schools and public safety."

Brown did not release details of the newly calculated deficit Saturday, but he is expected to lay out a revised spending plan Monday. The new plan for the fiscal year that starts July 1 hinges in large part on voters approving higher taxes.

The governor has said those tax increases are needed to help pull the state out of a crippling decade shaped by the collapse of the housing market and recession. Without them, he warned, public schools and colleges, and public safety, will suffer deeper cuts.

"What I'm proposing is not a panacea, but it goes a long way toward cleaning up the state's budget mess," Brown said.Read full article here

Here are our suggestions to fixing this problem in ONE year:

• Stop Supporting Illegal Aliens. 
• According to Robert Longley, US Government reporter for About.com "In hosting America's largest population of illegal immigrants, California bears a huge cost to provide basic human services for this fast growing, low-income segment of its population. A new study from the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) examines the costs of education, health care and incarceration of illegal aliens, and concludes that the costs to Californians is $10.5 billion per year."

• Tax Marijuana 
• It is estimated that if marijuana sales were properly taxed on a state level, a minimum of $1.5 Billion would be added to the State's coffers.

• Release all California inmates who are serving time for "marijuana possession only" sentences -even 3rd strike offenders.
• Approximately 60,000 inmates are serving time for marijuana offenses at a cost of $1.2 Billion per year

•  Stop arresting and prosecuting marijuana cases which net less than 1 pound in possession.
• Taxpayers annually spend between $7.5 billion and $10 billion arresting and prosecuting individuals for marijuana violations. Almost 90 percent of these arrests are for marijuana possession only. Let's assume we use a figure of just 50% of the lower amount to reduce. That comes to $3.75 Billion.

According to our figures that totals $17 Billion and change of taxpayer money the misguided State of California is wasting annually. Apply that to their deficit and Caleeforneeans are bucks up by year's end and rolling in it  from then on out.

That was easy wasn't it? 

Give us a few more minutes and we'll find another $50 Billion or so the corrupt pols in CA are wasting.

CA Governor Brown Signs 3 Anti-Gun Bills into Law. Blow To 2nd Amendment Rights For Californians

CA Governor "Moonbeam" Jerry Brown takes it upon himself to disregard the rights of law abiding citizens under the 2nd Amendment by signing 3 Anti-Gun Bills into Law. 

CA voters, You DO have the option of sending him back to his Pinko Liberal Planet next election if you would just get your heads out of your posteriors. 

 

On Sunday, California gun owners and sportsmen were dealt another blow when Governor Jerry Brown signed into law three anti-gun bills (AB 809, SB 819 and AB 144) and vetoed a fourth (SB 427) only because there is a pending lawsuit, according to his veto message on the bill. The Governor did sign one pro-gun bill (SB 610) into law.

Below is a description of each of the bills Governor Brown signed into law. AB 144 and SB 819 will take effect on January 1, 2012. AB 809 will take effect on January 1, 2014.

Assembly Bill 809 will require the registration of any newly purchased long guns. Not only does AB 809 violate Second Amendment rights by expanding California's gun registry to include rifles and shotguns, it is also a huge waste of taxpayer money at a time when California is drowning in debt. Gun control advocates estimate the cost of this registration at $400,000, a number that is almost certainly far less than it will actually cost to implement and enforce this registry if enacted. The only value of registration is to help governments confiscate firearms in the future. 

Senate Bill 819 allows the Department of Justice to use the Dealer Record of Sales (DROS) funds to help pay for enforcement of California firearm possession laws in the Armed & Prohibited Persons Systems program. The DROS fund monies were originally collected from every firearm purchaser to pay for the administrative process for background checks. This new law will divert hundreds of thousands of dollars of DROS fee monies that YOU have paid for background checks. As a result, the DROS fund will run out of money and when it does, they will want another increase in the fees YOU PAY for FIREARM background checks in California.

Assembly Bill 144 bans the open carrying of an unloaded handgun. In reality, the open carrying of firearms by law-abiding citizens is caused by California's unfair concealed carry laws, which allow citizens from one county to apply for and receive a permit while neighbors in the next county are denied that basic right in an arbitrary manner.
                       
Senate Bill 427 was vetoed by the Governor. Unfortunately, the only reason he vetoed this bill was because of the pending lawsuit against its predecessor, AB 962. Not once did the Governor mention how this bill will negatively affect California gun owners, sportsmen or retailers.

This bill would have granted authority to law enforcement to collect sales records from ammunition retailers, required ammunition vendors to notify local law enforcement of their intention to engage in the business of selling ammunition AND includes a list of calibers which would have to be registered to purchasers at the point-of-purchase. This list contains ammunition popular among hunters and collectors. This point-of-sale registration of all ammunition purchases in the state would be available for inspection by the California Department of Justice at any time.