Tom Brokaw on Dylan Ratigan
Brokaw was on Dylan Ratigan and totally misrepresented the problem in California, He indicated that our problems were indicative of the rest of the nation and that special interests like teachers unions were keeping things from getting done and controlling government. Let’s see Tom, we are 47th in pupil spending and we have laid off a large percentage of teachers. Our budget shortfall is primarily due to reduced revenue from the recession. The real problem is that we can’t do anything to solve it because a small minority of Republicans control the legislature with the requirement for a super majority to approve any revenue bills. They even prevented an attempt to put a tax increase on the ballot so Governor Brown is taking it to the people. through the initiative process. Polls show that the voters would approve such a measure to support education. Why in the hell do people like Brokaw have a megaphone anymore? The problem, the real problem is that Republicans do not believe in majority rule and through the filibuster in the Senate and super majority requirements in California, they have stymied progress. Get Brokaw out of the way. He is starting to sound like Scott Walker. Blame the unions, they are the ones who had to be bailed out! Oh, wait, that was Wall Street.
And people think Tennessee is a political backwater! California politics make TN look positively progressive!