You motherfucks.

Tonight's big news in California is that our state legislature can not agree to a state budget. With the budget one Republican vote shy of the votes needed to pass. All because they don't want ANY tax increases on a state that makes more money than dozens of countries. As they can not pull their heads out of their collective asses, TENS OF THOUSANDS of people are going to get notices that they will more than likely be laid off. I will pay an extra cent on the dollar for sales and 12 cents on the gallon of gas for TENS OF THOUSANDS of my fellow Californians to keep their jobs. 

I make $16 an hour. That ain't shit. Even with me stressing paying to fix my car so it doesn't overheat and upcoming dental bills, I will do that, because it will cost us so much more money we don't have NOT to do it. Republicans currently have a persecution complex because the Republican Party has never even come close to the coolness factor that the Democrats have. Obama gets a painting that says "Hope." from the dude who does OBEY GIANT, and Bush gets "Not My President" from Fat Wreck Chords. 

They lost and they lost hard, and now, taking a cue from the Democrats party icon, are being as stubborn as a mule. Whether it's the Congressional Republicans in Washington or the state yuppies representing Irvine, Republicans today are fighting what they may or may not believe to be the good fight. Crips vs. Bloods, Republicans vs. Democrats, it's all gang fights over turf and street cred. Instead of a stray bullet taking out a five year old, however, when we ge caught in the cross fire. lives are RUINED. Ten thousand layoffs equals ten thousand foreclosed homes, ten thousand repossessed homes and ten thousand more people on our already bucking unemployment system. 

With the economy reeling all across the country, this is not the kind of shit simply can't be allowed. NO TAXES is not an acceptable stance in the world of compromise and doing what's best for as many people as possible. While I understand that wanton spending will do us as much harm as spending nothing, this weird level of stinginess needs to knock it off.  Republicans: knock it off.