June 3rd, 2009 | 
Author: Robert Cruickshank
Of the numerous disturbing and troubling aspects of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s insane “let’s destroy the safety net!” proposal is how the need to cut has become conventional wisdom in Sacramento. So says Darrell Steinberg:
Democrats realize they will have to agree to “painful” cuts and have vowed to comb through programs to find waste and inefficiencies, said Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento.“But we must continue to find a way to invest in health care for children, invest in college opportunities and scholarships for young people, to continue to invest in helping people from assistance to work,” Steinberg said. “So, we need to be surgical in the way we go about in cutting, and cut we will.” [emphasis mine]
Actually, Senator Steinberg, what you will be doing is ensuring California suffers a prolonged and deep Depression.
Cutting the safety net is an act of economic suicide. Given the reasons for the current downturn, cutting away the safety net will merely reinforce the recession and ensure that California experiences no near-term economic recovery.
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