See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil is how one cliche goes. Well, in Sacramento it can be changed to don’t cut programs, increase taxes, and who cares what the voters, the Governor, or the Republicans say.
Democrats in the state legislature have refused to implement the Governor’s plans to cut state workers salaries, and are proposing tax increases. Republicans in the legislature will not support tax increases. And Governor Schwarzenegger said, “I will, without any doubt, veto it. I’m very, very much against any tax increase whatsoever.”
And the Democrats’ budget is more of the usual accounting gimicks according to this article in the San Jose Mercury.
In any case, this budget—which Democrats in the legislature vow to bring to a vote next week—won’t become law. Sometime in late June we’ll find out if Democrats have discovered the fiscal and political reality or if California’s fiscal troubles will turn into the usual political stalemate.