The LA Times reports that Governor Schwarzenegger has signed the budget plan after making several more cuts to state spending. These cuts were made in attempt to make up the $1.1 billion that were left unaccounted for in the proposed budget deal. Officials remain dubious that this will truly bring California out of debt.

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This article on RealClearPolitics.com asks a series of key questions: What caused California's $24 billion deficit? What has given California the highest sales and gas taxes in the country, the highest vehicle license fees and second-highest top-bracket income tax? The blame should be placed on the politicians: the people who are in charge of California's spending practices and the people who need to start working for Californians and not the other way around.  Read more >>

This article illustrates how state employee benefits, such as pension plans, are blatantly exempt from Governor Schwarzenegger’s massive budget cuts. The author argues that it is both just and crucial to cut pension plans as part of the solution to the budget deficit.

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In this article, the author describes the ominous condition of California’s unemployment fund and the numerous, ineffective solutions proposed by Governor Schwarzenegger.

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Press Release from the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association
May 2, 2009
Welcome Back Arnold

Taxpayers who defeated Prop. 1A: “Governor has seen the light.”  Read more >>