"What, one wonders, would Democratic governors and mayors do if they did not have Republican governors for comparison? In fact, the wage cuts and increased employee pension contributions being proposed in California, Maryland and New York are actually greater, on a per capita basis, greater than those being pressed by Republicans Scott Walker, John Kasich, Rick Scott and Chris Christie. "
They might start looking for ways to close loopholes in their corporate tax structures, and the personal tax loopholes on those individuals in the top 1-2%; they might start looking at ways to choke off some of the obscene subsidies and giveaways to companies and sectors that don't need them, and start look for ways to balance their budgets by revenue enhancements AS WELL AS targeted tax-cuts...instead of trying to do something that basically can't be done.... Which is to try to balance their budgets by attacking their own citizens with tax-cuts alone.
Yes... One does wonder...because the Republican governors so far have outraged their constituents to the point where the recalls are already starting, and most of them will not be employed after their first term...
Yes, they might, but they seem to be looking for union give backs. Why is that?
LadyJazzer wrote: They might start looking for ways to close loopholes in their corporate tax structures, and the personal tax loopholes on those individuals in the top 1-2%; they might start looking at ways to choke off some of the obscene subsidies and giveaways to companies and sectors that don't need them, and start look for ways to balance their budgets by revenue enhancements AS WELL AS targeted tax-cuts...instead of trying to do something that basically can't be done.... Which is to try to balance their budgets by attacking their own citizens with tax-cuts alone.
Yes... One does wonder...because the Republican governors so far have outraged their constituents to the point where the recalls are already starting, and most of them will not be employed after their first term...
neptunechimney wrote: "What, one wonders, would Democratic governors and mayors do if they did not have Republican governors for comparison? In fact, the wage cuts and increased employee pension contributions being proposed in California, Maryland and New York are actually greater, on a per capita basis, greater than those being pressed by Republicans Scott Walker, John Kasich, Rick Scott and Chris Christie. "
Your link doesn't provide any data to back up what it says.
But if I take it at face value, you do make a great point about hypocrisy by the left if in fact Calif, Maryland, and New York have made greater cuts for state workers than Scott Walker did.
