THE BLUE PILL OR THE RED PILL: THE GOVERNOR'S NEW PRESCRIPTION FOR ECONOMIC HEALTH

The Governor released two scenarios for his May revise of the budget that I shall call the blue pill and the red pill. As is, the blue pill guarantees  "a $3 billion reduction in education spending. This could mean a school year shortened by five days."  If the props fails then the red pill adds to the effects of the blue pill with "education funding cut by an additional $2.3 billion. A $5.4 billion cut would force schools to shorten the school year by 7.5 days, increase class sizes and layoff even more teachers to absorb the reduced funding levels." And then let's sell the state prisons since we are letting the prisoners all go anyway, sell the Los Angeles Coliseum and whatever else can be unloaded...ummm, sell to whom? Isn't real estate dead right now? FOR SALE, STATE PRISON $1 only. As is. Borrow - I mean steal - $2 billion from local governments. "The Governor has fought to protect the coffers of local governments throughout his administration, but a $21 billion budget deficit leaves the Governor no choice."  Bend over and feel the power of the state! "Release thousands of undocumented immigrant inmates. With an additional $5.8 billion problem, the Governor would be forced to release thousands of undocumented immigrant inmates directly into federal custody." How about sending them away permanently? Why are we housing them? Not on the press release was my suggestion to turn the state capital into a brothel, with the soon to be legalized drug sales taking place on the ground floor and in the tourist gift shop. Alternatively the porno industry still has a positive cash flow, and they could rent out the facility for a bunch of "special movies." If you watch the video (CLICK HERE) you will notice the same cheesy blue chart showing the increases in revenue he was seeking two years ago when he was in the county pushing reforms. Reality is very strange. MisterWriter