Throw the bums out

With a $15 billion deficit and an $8 billion proposed tax hike on the legislative table, there are those who condemn us ignorant voters and the Republican tyranny of the minority for obstructing the will of Democrat majority to pass the California State Budget. I use the term "budget" loosely. It would be more accurate to say there are those who want to, "Turn the tax dogs loose."

Indeed, if it were not for us ignorant voters -- who require a two-thirds majority vote to inflict punishing tax and spend legislation upon California's beleaguered middle class, small businesses and corporations who create jobs -- the Golden State would have become a government-induced, over-regulated economic wasteland long before now.

The truth is, the tyranny of the socialist Democrat majority is responsible for duping the voters with unreasonable, self-destructive environmentalism that has caused California's energy crisis, the highest gas and utility prices in the nation, the water crisis, and a hostile business climate. And they are bound and determined to make it worse.

Alas, adding insult to injury, California's failed education system is simply an unconscionable disgrace -- replacing core academics with social/political indoctrination -- and an insatiable funding appetite backed by a constitutionally guaranteed 40% of the state budget, regardless of performance. That is a costly voter mistake that surely needs to be rectified with privatized education.

As for term limits, voters ought to throw all the bums out and start over with nonpartisan government, elected professional government managers, and truthfully informed voter approval of all taxation and public policy matters.

Daniel B. Jeffs
Apple Valley, CA