Steel: GOP Needs to Push Sacto Towards Pay-as-You-Go

From The OC Register by Shawn Steel:

Although White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel has been criticized for saying “you never want a good crisis too go to waste,” he’s right.

The Democrats are exploiting the economic crisis to expand the size and scope of the federal government. In California, Republicans should exploit the budget crisis to shrink the size and scope of state government.

The two-thirds requirement to pass a state budget gives a united GOP caucus leverage to demand real reforms. Voters Tuesday overwhelmingly rejected the same old tax-borrow-and-spend approach, and they are more likely than they have been in recent years to give Republican ideas a fair hearing.

We should start with the obvious – California’s government is too big, and its economy is too weak – and let our proposals flow from that reality. [Read More]

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