Time is running out in California. The budget impasse cannot be broken; Democrats want to raise taxes but the Republicans will have none of that. The state is bleeding money. On or around March 1, the state will begin "paying" its vendors with IOUs. Taxpayers getting refunds will get IOUs instead of money. Everyone seems to have drawn lines in the sand; everyone is daring everyone else to cross; nobody's moving.
Except...Gov. Arnold, who is on vacation in Idaho. At least he's having fun. How nice that he takes his executive responsibilities so seriously. Instead of meeting with legislative Republicans to try to keep the state from going belly up, he's off in Sun Valley. After all, he won't get screwed in March when ordinary Californians by the tens of thousands are. So why should he worry? Celebrity politicians don't want to get their hands dirty doing hard work; that's what menials and assistants are for.
Such is life in the dreamland of California at the close of 2008. What will life be like in 2009 when the dream becomes a nightmare?
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