California is in a situation similar to that faced by Old Europe: our government is spending far more than it takes in to prop up an unsustainable welfare class of unskilled illegal immigrants. That burden, coupled with the public's weak stomach for actual reform -- as evidenced by last November's special election -- puts us in a pretty precarious position. Governor Arnold had some great ideas to get us started on the right path, but unfortunately the public balked and now even the governor admits that California is in for more of the same.
A year after picking a bitter fight with legislators that he ended up losing at the polls, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger unveiled a massive 10-year spending plan on Thursday aimed at winning back Californian support ahead of his November re-election effort.Addressing legislators in his annual "state of the state" address, the Republican governor proposed $222.6 billion in spending on schools and infrastructure over the next decade that would include a record $68 billion of new debt. ...
Voters could be asked to back an initial $25.2 billion in debt as early as June.
There's no doubt that we need more road and school capacity, but we should ask ourselves why: mainly because our state is supporting somewhere between 4 and 8 million illegal immigrants. The California government needs to step up and pressure the federal government and the rest of America to either stem the tide or pick up the tab.
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