In California, minorities have hijacked the government and are hell-bent on driving the economy into the ground. Here’s The Economist:
California has been suffering serial budget crises, the latest of which was resolved last month in a rather desperate deal between the governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and the legislature. It contained huge cuts, including $2 billion lopped from higher education. The UC alone has lost a cumulative $813m of state funding in the last fiscal year and the current one, a cut of 20%. The second-tier California State University (Cal State), with 23 campuses the largest in the country, and the third-tier community colleges have also been clobbered.
The minority group responsible for this mess? The state’s Republicans concentrated in rural areas and a few affluent exurbs like Orange County. Their weapon: the state’s obsolete super-majority requirement for passing a budget.
What is particularly egregious is how this political minority deflects criticism for its kamikaze politics by…wait for it…pointing the finger at racial and ethnic minorities. Check out the comments that accompany The Economist piece. It’s par for the course.
(via Bowen Chung.)