Sunday, February 15, 2009

Should California's neediest shoulder an equal-equal deficit burden?


Should California's neediest shoulder an equal-equal deficit burden?

Cutting $1.3 billion from the personal budgets of California's 1.3 million neediest ($1000 apiece!) to cover a $41 billion hole in the state budget burdens the poorest citizens with an even-Steven share of deficit repair (perfectly even share: $1130 X 36 million Californians).

Does anybody think that SSI/SSP, etc., ever covered more than their bare minimum needs to begin with?

If the governor sees fit to plunk an almost average red ink load onto the shoulders of the very poorest, he can also see how the rest of his citizens could more easily shoulder a teeny bit more than an even up share to close the state's budget gap -- with a clean conscience to boot.

[http://www.centralvalleybusinesstimes.com/stories/001/?ID=11085:"Together the cuts would eliminate $1.324 billion in grant payments to more than 1.3 million Californians between May2009 and June 2010."]

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