Comments on: Schwarzenegger visits Pleasant Hill, advocates reform

By: Dan Carter

Dan Carter — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 04:11:49 +0000

Hey renegade i appreciate the thought Dan

By: Dan Carter

Dan Carter — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 04:11:00 +0000

Thanks for the words. I could have don better but i didn’t know it would be in a blog Dan

By: Arne Simonsen

Arne Simonsen — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 03:18:31 +0000

The public needs to hear more from Dan Carter!!

Assemblyman Mark DeSaulnier’s comments (“But to cap growth of the budget and say that it won’t impact the lives of Californians is disingenuous. We still have needs.”) were no surprise to anyone. Keep giving away more of our children’s future (someone is going to have to ultimately pick up the tab on the State debt) to those who can, but won’t go out and earn a living.

Oh yeah, Mark has the solution – more and higher taxes, fees and assessments; repealing Propositions 13 and 218 and going to a simple majority (or something like 55%) to pass next taxes.

“Necessity is the mother of invention”; but the Democrats in the State Legislature have taken away the necessity since the State will take care of you from the cradle to the grave (I believe that is what Socialism is all about).

Had the Governor’s Prop 76 passed a few years back, we wouldn’t be in this problem today. But, the majority of the voters are getting the government they deserve.

By: Renegade GOP

Renegade GOP — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 04:56:27 +0000

Run Dan Carter for governor in 2010.

By: Lisa Vorderbrueggen

Lisa Vorderbrueggen — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:30:03 +0000

Here’s an email that came in from a reader on the subject of the state budget:

Here is the story, some years ago the public employees figured if they elected their cohorts to gov they could get everything they wanted IE the HWY Patrol getting 95 percent of their pay in retirement Etc.

These people and their stooges have managed to bankrupt the state, and they are asking for more and more. I know we have to pay this to get the best and the brightest. If we were stupid enough to give them more they would raise their pay even higher and be negotiating from a bigger pie.

Here is the only answer. Mandate no person who gets a check from the state can get more than 50 percent of their pay in retirement and work until 62 to get it. Pay 1/3 of their medical premium. Return class size to 30 to one that would allow through attrition to cut 25 percent of the teachers and administrators. Cut property tax by 50 percent and sales tax. This would allow the people to spend their money on what they want. If they wanted to give the schools 3 or 4 thousand they could. This would also create a lot of jobs in the private sector Contractors Etc. These ideas would correct the out of control spending but cannot be passed because our system of gov doesn’t work.

That is the story.
Dan Carter