President Obama once again proved what I said shortly after he was elected- that the Obama White House would be the home of the Endless Campaign, and that the president's personal political considerations would trump everything else.This time, it was the entire State of California that wound up getting the dirty end of the stick.
The state, which accounts for roughly 1/6th of the US economy is in a severe financial crisis, a product of unbelievable spending by the Democrat majority in the Legislature, a tax policy that has driven business out of the state, out of control union contracts for public employees and the costs associated with the state's huge illegal alien problem.
Obama just managed to do his part to exacerbate the state's financial problems in two vital areas.
First, Obama threatened to rescind $6.8 billion in stimulus money promised the state unless Governor Schwartznegger and the state legislature restores wage cuts to state paid unionized workers that were approved in February as part of the budget deal and were expected to save the state $74 million.
The workers were part of the powerful Service Employees International Union(SEIU), who were key Obama supporters and gave $13.53 million to Obama's campaign.
Since the state was counting on that money to even have a slim chance at digging themselves out of the mess they created, they will have no choice but to knuckle under, and trimming the budget by attempting to lower wages to the state's public employees is off the table -which likely means layoffs in a state that already has one of the highest unemployment rates in the country.
Not content with that, Obama decided to let the other shoe drop. In his ridiculous new budget, Prez Zero has two major areas where he's made any cuts - national defense and killing the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAPP), a federal program that assists states with the cost of jailing illegal aliens.
Ending SCAPP is supposed to save $400 million for the Feds, which will then be tossed back in the lap of states like California if Obama's bloated budget passes.
Since a large part of the illegal alien problem results from lackadaisical enforcement of our laws and our borders, this has the effect of making states like California pay to clean up Washington's mess at a time when they can barely make ends meet - while scoring political points for Obama with the open borders and amnesty crowd.
Obama certainly knows where his bread is buttered, and if the rest of us have to pay for the meal it's obviously not something he's concerned with as long as his political allies are happy.
It's the Chicago way gone national.
in this case, CA deserves to be under the bus. We made our corrupt leftwing bed here, and now we have to sleep in it.
ReplyDeleteHis political allies only account for a small percentage of the electorate. If CA and other states have to resort to massive layoffs and this economy does not improve, Mr. Obama will be a one term President assuming he does not get impeached. If he continues these policies, the Republicans will win in a landslide in the 2012 elections. In fact, they may be able to retake both houses of Congress in the 2010 elections.
ReplyDeleteMaybe Mr. Obama expects to stay in power by having the military and the police turn against the people. Its worked in many countries at many times throughout history. Will it work here? I don't think so but I don't know.
Of course all of this is contingent on the country actually being able to survive until the next elections. Given the current policies of the Administration and Congress, this is far from certain. I pray the country does survive long enough to get more effective leadership in place.
"the Obama White House would be the home of the Endless Campaign"As you said a long time ago, the US Chosen One's role model is Tony Blair. Having wrecked the nation that was once the United Kingdom, he is now trying to manipulate himself into the role of President of Europe.
ReplyDeleteI wonder. When Barak Hussain Obama has done his apprenticeship by wrecking the nation that once was the USA, will he then try to manipulate himself into the role of President of the World?
There are some bits in Daniel that are seeming horribly real. With the emphasis on horrible.
i see something in this that ff may be using the "chicago way gone nat'l" umbrella to encompass.
ReplyDeleteas i read ff, the state was trying to manage it's so-called budget.
now, with hussein stepping in with this so-called stimulus money, he is doing what other governors have feared, putting himself between the state populace and the state government.
this only insures more reliance on federeal gov't money, and insures the members of this SEIU stay firmly in hussein's pocket, and not dependent on the ca. gov't for their jobs.
i bet before they have layoffs hussein steps in with money falling out of his pockets.
and the SEIU already has their 2012 ballots marked accordingly.