So, it comes down to it.  The California GOP is throwing taxpayers under the bus, as expected.  Conservatives have no hope left in the Republican party.  It is time for conservatives to leave the party.  Taxpayers' only hope lies in tax revolt.  Expect no help from the useless Republican party.


It was expected that the GOP would throw taxpayers under the bus.  Republican candidates made "No New Taxes" pledges when they ran.  But, when push comes to shove in protecting taxpayers, the Republican delegation can be expected to cave - and cave, they did.  And where is the outrage from the rank and file who should be crying for the heads of their leaders who have betrayed us?  Nary a peep is to be heard - just another day at the office.

Conservatives have no hope left in the Republican party.  Sure, Republican lawmakers will make quixotic promises to outlaw abortion or denounce gay marriage.  But, Republican lawmakers are more interested in looking out for themselves, than in looking out for taxpayers.  Indeed, they appear more interested in pleasing their Democrat masters, than in caring about we who toil in the in the fields, to feed the hungry maw of government and the public sector unions.

It is time for conservatives to leave the party.  Loyalty is no personality fault.  But, loyalty to a feckless ally is disloyalty to oneself.  Conservatives must be true to their principles, and that requires abandoning loyalty to the Republican party.  This latest Republican betrayal at a time of economic crisis represents the ultimate breach of faith with conservatives (indeed, with taxpayers).  Every conservative should change their party registration to independent (Decline to State) - make the GOP earn your vote, each and every time.

Taxpayers' only hope lies in tax revolt.  The Republican betrayal is only more proof that we cannot depend on politicians to protect us any longer.  The political system has been overcome by the parasitic infection of the public sector unions and the special interests who feed at the trough of government.  Tax revolt is our only option: create and pass a Constitutional amendments that (a) protect income and sales taxes the same way that Proposition 13 protects property taxes, (b) limit spending to inflation and population growth, and (c) create a part-time legislature.

Expect no help from the useless Republican party  Taxpayers must reform California ourselves.  We must rely on nothing that comes from Sacramento politicians, and trust nothing that comes from Sacramento politicians.  We must not ask ourselves, "Where is Howard Jarvis now that we need him?"  For the answer to that question, we must each look in the mirror.