Dedicated To The Calamity That Is California And It’s Politics

We find ourselves in a POLITICAL CALAMITY not just in our Nation's capital but here in California as well. Everyday we watch our Country slip farther and farther away from the original vision of our Founding Fathers. We watch as California crumbles underneath the weight of a crushing deficit without the needed leadership to put our state back on track. "We The People" can no longer sit idly by and wait. Take the first step. It is your responsibility to arm yourself with information. You must seek out facts and make up your own mind. No one can tell you how to think, YOU MUST THINK FOR YOURSELF! Part of the reason we are so deeply entrenched in mediocrity is we’ve been all too willing to accept people and their word at face value. We are far too trusting of our Teachers, Main Stream Media and our Politicians. We send our kids to school and expect they will be taught an accurate depiction of History, when in fact History is often rewritten to reflect the views of the “politically correct”. We read newspapers and watch the nightly news and expect we will be told the truth, but instead we’re given agenda based reporting. We elect politicians and trust they will stand by their word and make decisions based on our best interest, only to find we’ve been sold out to special interests. Look around: The herd mentality hasn’t worked out so well, especially here in California. YOU MUST GET INFORMED, BE INFORMED AND STAY INFORMED!

May

MAY 8, 2009: A $6.8 BILLION Dollar String

By CalamityDevon

California, in its current financial meltdown, is about to run out of money as soon as July. As you have read on this blog before, going bankrupt isn’t as bleak as some would have you believe. Receivership offers California a clean slate and an opportunity to get out from underneath the thumb of labor unions and their crushing contracts.

Remember all that stimulus cash Governor Schwarzenegger was licking his chops over? The current Administration in Washington has attached a new string to some of those billions. According to federal health officials, the wage reduction for unionized home health care workers approved as part of the budget passed in February is in violation of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. If the wage cuts are not cancelled before they go into effect on July 1st, California stands to loose $6.8 BILLION dollars is stimulus funds.

The wage cuts would potentially save California $74 MILLION dollars. With the wage cuts, the state would contribute a maximum of $10.10 to the home health care workers’ pay instead of the current maximum $12.10 contribution. Workers effected by these cuts are part of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU)and the United Domestic Workers Union.

This is an example of why taking money from the federal government isn’t always a good idea. There are always strings attached and it usually ends up giving the federal government a say in how we run our states.

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