Dan Mitchell: California Voters Say No to Tax & Spend on CNBC

The voters have spoken, and they said no to California's budget balancing proposals, reports CNBC's Jane Wells. Mark Walsh, founder of Air America, and Dan Mitchell, of the Cato Institute, share their insights.

5-20-09

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News & Politics

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• Cato
• Institute
• Dan
• Mitchell
• California
• Budget
• Voters
• Arnold
• Schwarzenegger
• Gray
• Davis
• Obama
• President

[whoo689]

"no other way than raising taxes"

That, my friend, is the liberal lack of imagination. These people don't have the spine to make the tough choices to CUT SPENDING and get rid of unnecessary programs. Surely there are at least a few unnecessary agencies out there in California that could be cut, for god sake.

[AriDominique]

The first place to start saving money should be cutting the size of government. Everything they do is a disaster.

[zurbluk]

We don't want taxes, When I work my ass off 45 hours a week, I sure don't want to see half of my paycheck going out to some stupid social program to help the poor widow with 2 kids and no income, she can die in the street i don't care because the gas for my F-150 is expensive and I want a new Ipod for Christmas !

[robertquentincobb]

Dan Mitchell for President!

[stanleythughes]

Thanks, you are correct. I guess I am just being lazy.

[caltrop69]

I tend to think that most people are capable of learning, in SPITE of what school they go to.

You don't need to go to school to learn Calculus, for example. You just pick up a book at a used bookstore. It's how I did it.

No...The reason people go to fancy schools is for status only.

Learning is, and should be, personal. The school could be used as a tool for structure and an objective test of what's been learned.

[stanleythughes]

By heavens ur write i went to public skool in calif. Unlike Obama my parenst could not affor to send me to provate school.

Funny how things work, I mean here Obama thinks the government can do a great job at all kinds of things. But when it comes to educating his own kids he opts out.

[caltrop69]

I'm afraid your joke needs to be explained:

The former CEO of the, now-defunct, AOL believes that the rich should be taxed. It makes you wonder how they went out of business.

[caltrop69]

You must have gone to school in California. I think the word you were searching for was "insemination..."

Still...When you're right, you're right. There's something wrong when that sort of selfishness can be given wings to fly by the taxpayer.

[caltrop69]

Aren't they more Libertarian?

Political thought isn't one-dimensional.

The idea that political thought can be split into "left" and "right" is quaint, at best.

[caltrop69]

That Mark Walsh guy definitely belongs on radio. I could totally see him doing the top 40 hits.

I don't really agree with him, but he gets props for being civil.

[r3tex]

wow, this is so much more civilized than the O'riley show.