"What message does it send that you have spent too much and don't have a rainy day fund to cover yourself and then you go to the cities and counties where they do have a rainy day fund set aside for emergencies and now grab their money?"

-- Gov. Schwarzenegger, Sacramento Bee, July 16, 2008  

"Democrats have never entertained massive borrowing as a solution to this year's budget problem. In particular, Democrats have never advocated nor believed in taking money from Propositions 1A, 42 and 10."

-Senate President Don Perata, press release July 18, 2008

"The budget proposal...doesn't borrow from local government or transportation funds, and contains the kind of meaningful budget reform California needs and the Governor has demanded. Legislative Republicans have been adamant about the need to stimulate the economy. As fiscal conservatives, we do not promote borrowing as way to stave off necessary spending reductions."

-Senate Republican Leader Dave Cogdill, Flash Report, September 8, 2008

For over 15 years, our state politicians in Sacramento have been on an irresponsible and dangerous rampage, taking local taxpayer money to meet state obligations. Today, facing a multi-billion dollar budget deficit, they're looking to borrow even more - this time, it's from your city and local community, jeopardizing the financial health of cities and threatening your quality of life.

Borrowing millions (or billions) of more dollars is not a solution. It's a political delay tactic that just deepens the state's financial problems; the equivalent of taking out a new credit card to pay off an old one.

Now is the time to cut up the credit cards once and for all and force the politicians to do the right thing.