From the Just When You Weren't Looking, Dept:
On a vote of 22 to 14, the California State Senate today approved Senate Bill 810, which creates a government-run health care system, also known as single-payer health care.
Last week, the Senate Appropriations Committee voted to create a single-payer health system in the state. In a party-line vote (6-3), Democratic senators pushed through the controversial proposal, even after the non-partisan Legislative Analyst’s Office said the bill would cost California taxpayers at least $200 billion more a year.
SACRAMENTO — State Controller John Chiang issued a stern warning Friday about California's cash reserves, telling legislative leaders and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger they must act on nearly $9 billion in budget cuts the governor is seeking by March — or the state will run out of cash to pay its bills.
Without making those cuts — which Chiang says will pump $1.3 billion into the state's checking account — California would be broke by April 1, no fooling.
Funny how normal citizens GET ARRESTED when they start writing bad checks. Shame on the California Senate.
ReplyDeleteTHAT, sir, is an EXCELLENT point.
ReplyDeleteThank you, BG, for visiting my blog and, thank you, for taking the time to comment.
BZ
Adrift in a sea of red ink CA gets an idea of where dry land might be and then turns away from it to steam out into the open ocean of red...
ReplyDeleteToo bad that was the last of the fuel on board they used to do that.
And the bilge pumps are out.
Will the last person to leave CA please pay off the debt?
It boggles the mind.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if that statement makes me a "hardcore conservative". LOL
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ReplyDeleteWhy not full steam ahead? The demo-rats will just ask for a federal bailout.
ReplyDeleteNote to normal people in CA, Tar, feathers...
Politicians will never stop spending, it's in their nature ... unless of course the people start kicking them out of office.
ReplyDeleteIt's the only way to get their attention.
PD: hey, you check your phone recently? Removed the cover to look inside? And that small dark spot on the lamp, what IS that anyway??
ReplyDeleteAJ: last person out couldn't afford a minute of Fornicalia's debt.
Toaster: because the Fornicalia Controller at least has a spark of common sense.
Paul: that's what I think you're starting to see with all incumbents.
BZ
Sounds sorta like Illinois, although our single payer proposals have never gained enough traction to made it quite that far; who would that leave for they lawyers to sue?
ReplyDeleteI Long ago opted out of the state medical insurance programs because they never seemed to get around to paying the providers for services rendered. It's not like they reimbursed late on their insultingly low fee schedule, they flat out didn't pay. I suppose I could have continued to push but the hours required to work out the appeals would have left me with in the negative numbers.
Hold your nose and hope that Arnie does his thing.
I have a suspicion the Democrats in CA will be looking for "big brother" to bail them out soon! The Terminator needs to axe this one, and show his old self once more. Is CA still too big to fail, seems they are getting smaller and smaller with each passing day!
ReplyDeleteMy wife has all of her pension funds in Cal Pers. I am scared that she will lose it all. Should we draw it all out now,, or what?
ReplyDeleteBad part is I have two daughters 'marooned' in Cal... sigh...
ReplyDeleteWhat's that saying about doing, and failing to succeed, but doing over and over in hopes of a different outcome?
ReplyDeleteSome places will never learn..
It seems that all politicians have a deathwish.
ReplyDeleteGuess they expected the rest of the country would bail them out.
ReplyDeleteDo you know if this single-payer plan is mandated? Guess it would have to be????
BZ,
ReplyDeleteI have a lot of relatives in Sacramento, Cal. I hope that the terminator grows a pair and vetoes it. If he doesn't we'll all pay for it. Literally.