Newfangle9
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What's really sad is California had an opportunity to stop this. Part of Schwarzenegger's gubernatorial campaign was stopping things like this. After elected, he tried to keep his promise by having a special election. One of the propositions in the special election would have required a union to get an opt-in letter before making withdrawals, rather than an annual opt-out to stop them.
The unions waged a massive campaign against Schwarzenegger, attacking the cost of the special election, not the merits of the propositions. Their misdirection persuaded California voters to admonish Schwarzenegger by rejecting the very laws they had elected him to enact. Obviously, they also didn't get to save a dime on the special election, since that money was already spent.
I remember that well. As much as I came to dislike him later I have to give him credit for trying, The problem was that he just completely caved in after that election never to try again as far as I remember. The public unions protests were massive. Public unions have owned this state for decades now. That's why nothing ever seems to get done regarding them, except ever higher pay etc. Just take a look at California's unfunded pension liability for public retirees for one example, I would post a couple of links, but I would probably be accused of posting fake news by the union side people. I did look quickly at to sources, the LA Times, and the Sacramento Bee. Not sure about the Bee but the times is not exactly a conservative newspaper.
http://www.latimes.com/projects/la-me-pension-unfunded/
www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/politics-columns.../article100871752.html
feel better? yes, I am conservative, and I think you may be just a bit lazy. That information is very easy to find. Like I said, it seems any link posted by conservatives is called fake news or too partisan, any link posted by liberals is totally accurate and not debatable. Just my opinion
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