Only in California would Democrats in the Legislature get the “brilliant” idea of borrowing money from the deposits consumers make on plastic and glass soda bottles to balance the budget. The Democrats also want to increase oil taxes.
Of course, the idea of drastically cutting compensation and pension benefits to the public employee unions is far from Democrats’ minds. Of course, the public employee unions are the biggest supporters of Democrats, so perhaps I’m just adding two and two correctly….
In any case, there’s no doubt that this portion of the budget is DOA. Republicans won’t be voting for tax increases (especially in an election year). Meanwhile, the unstoppable force and the immovable object will soon collide….