I want to call attention to that which my co-blogger at California Dreaming, Alex Walker, has written concerning the manner in which both George Will and Paul Krugman have misconstrued the California Budget Crisis. Both managed to get it wrong.
With all due respect. Will and Krugman are both wrong. It says something about just how pernicious is this notion is that every political question that exists, has existed, or ever will exist anywhere in the universe boils down to a struggle between so-called conservative Republicans vs. so-called liberal Democrats.
Most Calitics readers are from the Progressive side of the Democrtic Party and thus have a position that is about the same as we do in the Green Party. Alex wrote:
Barack Obama, the popular elected new Democratic president says:
...those of us who manage the public's dollars will be held to account, to spend wisely, reform bad habits, and do our business in the light of day, because only then can we restore the vital trust between a people and their government...
Alas, the California Democratic Party does not know the meaning of these words.
I would soften this a bit and limit this criticism to the leadership of the California Democratic Party, i.e. Bass and Sternberg.
Barack Obama, the popular elected new Democratic president says:
...those of us who manage the public's dollars will be held to account, to spend wisely, reform bad habits, and do our business in the light of day, because only then can we restore the vital trust between a people and their government...
Alas, the California Democratic Party does not know the meaning of these words.
I would soften this a bit and limit this criticism to the leadership of the California Democratic Party, i.e. Bass and Sternberg.
I don't seen what is going to change this in the State Legislature. Pressure gets applied and all fall in line.
