Meg Whitman's fuzzy math

[marmar]

from the Sacramento Bee:



GOP gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman gave a polished performance before The Bee's editorial board this morning, answering questions about her plans to cut $15 billion from the state budget, convert state workers to 401k retirement plans, reduce prison health care costs, bring jobs back to California and put a freeze on state regulations.

She didn't leave me convinced she had the wherewithal to carry out such reforms, and she dodged questions about whether or not she will support Prop. 23, the proposition to suspend California's global warming law. But overall, Whitman was thoughtful and concise in her answers. She didn't grandstand and she acknowledged the challenges she'd face trying to implement her agenda in a Legislature controlled by Democrats. She answered some questions I posed about her in a column Sunday.

Yet Whitman continues to cling to the fiction she can grab $1 billion out of the $2.9 billion the state spends on welfare each year, transfer it to higher education and not harm children receiving welfare. The Bee's Capitol Bureau looked at this claim this month and found it didn't add up. As The Bee noted, Whitman's plan would only affect 22 percent of the state's welfare recipients in lowering the lifetime welfare limit from five to two years. The remainder of welfare recipients are children.

"It's unlikely the state would save $1 billion in its welfare budget even if cut every adult recipient from the program," The Bee said in its Ad Watch, noting the state might also lose federal aid if it attempted such cuts. .........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://blogs.sacbee.com/the_swarm/2010/09/whitman-continues-to-claim-sav.html#ixzz10CX8Sg10

[Orrex]

1. Maybe she should shave?

Oh, wait. Fuzzy math.


My mistake.

[truedelphi]

2. When will Californians demand that the Church of the Latter Day Saints start paying some taxes.

They have the money to fund such political activities as Prop Hate.

So why can't they be forced to pay up on the taxes? If they don't wanna pay the taxes, then they should quit influencing political matters.

It wouldn't end our deficit, but it would be a step in the right direction.