I Did It
I’d like to announce that I’ve solved the state budget crisis, once and for all.
If you didn’t hear yesterday’s news, California’s budget deficit has ballooned. Again.
Governor Brown has proposed a budget with some partial spending cuts, and the State Legislature has already announced that they are refusing to enact the Governor’s cuts.
My first instinct was to laugh at their stubborn insistence on spending money that doesn’t exist. But then it hit me.
Why don’t we just print a new currency? We’ll call it the California Dollar.
The State Legislature can order the printing of however many California Dollars they feel are sufficient to properly fund the budget. They can fund all of our state programs with a mix of US Dollars and California dollars.
And then, all of our programs will be “fully funded.”
The only sticking point will be…some of the state’s vendors or suppliers may balk at accepting the California dollar as payment for their services. Some people just aren’t enlightened enough to understand the brilliance of this plan.
But much of our state’s budget is flowing to our public union employees. So if the union bosses all get together and decide to accept these new California dollars for worker salaries, this plan is good to go.
In exchange for their support, I’d propose we immediately double the size of the state workforce. We won’t have any US dollars to pay the new employees with, but I’m sure they’d accept 100% California dollars.
I mean, come on…if you’re already in the business of “creating money,” you might as well “create some jobs” too.
Mission accomplished. You’re welcome.




