2 Articles in today's Sacramento Bee illustrate my point exactly of how the Democrat leadership would rather raise taxes than cut waste that pads their lifestyles. Below are excerpts from and links to those 2 articles.

Enjoy.

Dems torpedo GOP's try to trash the waste board

By Steve Wiegand
swiegand@sacbee.com

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Faced with a choice of saving between $2 million and $3 million a year, or preserving a potential and lucrative post-legislative retirement haven, Democratic lawmakers in both houses rejected bills today that would have abolished the state's Integrated Waste Management Board.

Senate Bill 44, by Sen. Jeff Denham, R-Merced, was torpedoed by the Senate Environmental Quality Committee, while Assembly Bill 1150, by Assemblyman Ted Gaines, R-Roseville, was scuttled by the Assembly Natural Resources Committee. Neither bill received any votes from Democrats.

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http://sacbee.com/politics/story/1815114.html?storylink=lingospot

Editorial: Waste board vote just feeds cynicism

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No one would suggest that getting rid of three jobs, no matter how well paid, will make much of a dent in the state's multibillion-dollar budget problem. But the biggest obstacle to solving the budget problem isn't the lack of money.

It's the lack of political will and the lack of trust in state government and the politicians who run it.

And when members of the party that controls the Legislature can't even decide to dump an unnecessary board that offers a haven for out-of-work former lawmakers, the public's cynicism and disaffection inevitably grow.

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http://sacbee.com/opinion/story/1818094.html?storylink=lingospot_related_articles