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The Power of Many: Meg Whitman in Conversation

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Meg Whitman Calls for Reducing Number of CA State Workers

02 min 37 sec

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California gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman predicts that, unless significant change is enacted, unfunded pension liabilities will bankrupt California.

"We've got to decrease the number of state workers in California," she says.
Meg Whitman's Legislative Plan for California

03 min 25 sec

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Meg Whitman voices her support for a constitutional convention in California, but warns that the "devil is in the details."

Whitman argues that, if she were elected governor, she would veto any new legislation not focused on jobs, spending or education.
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phiscal

Posted: 03.03.10, 09:13 PM

Her ideas are strong. But overcoming the special interests is necessary to saving CA from itself.

Mark Sullivan

Posted: 02.18.10, 09:20 PM

I think solid business principles of focus, accountability for results, analysis of costs/benefits, rewards for success, negative consequences for failure and return on investment, albeit in another form than profits, would go a long way to reform California politics. The Public Employee Unions are destroying this state. Whenever I see a political ad with a fireman or policeman advocating for some new tax, or bond issue or other government expenditure, I know right away to vote "no." The legislature in this state is dysfunctional, corrupt and full of unprincipled, short sighted and quite frankly, ignorant people. For example, we all know that Califoria is broke and its future is grim unless a change of direction occurs. So what does Leno, a member of the legislature in San Francisco suggest? California's own single payer health care! These people are brain dead! The initiatiuve process must be reigned in. This direct democracy puts the state's revenues up for auction. For example, the voters, knowing that we are broke, vote for light rail, or stem cell research or silly "climate change" bills, to be paid for with borrowed money by other people in the future. In the business I am in, I watch small Mom and Pop stores take months, even years to open to meet the regulations and to pay the fees. This is insane. The Public Employee Unions and the members of the state legislators see government as a source of jobs and cronyism. The 3000 Governor appointed people and the specific 395 heads of commissions should be eliminated. It has been pointed out over and over that these commissions provide no value to the citizens and the heads make 6 figure salaries and large operating budgets to meet once or twice a year, and they churn out more and more regulations that make life in California suck. I like Mrs. Whitman. She is very bright, optimistic and realistic. I think the Democrat controlled legislature and the public employee unions will never allow the changes she wants and that the state needs. If past behavior is any indication of future outcomes, the California citizens are stupid enough to vote for Jerry Brown. Obama seems determined to make all of the United States follow California's lead into the abyss. What we could use is more liberty.

dbmcvey

Posted: 02.18.10, 04:20 PM

I just don't see any difference between her and all the other corporatist Republicans.

rocketdog

Posted: 02.12.10, 10:34 AM

Great, more populist jibber-jabber. Ooh, we have a loooong constitution! We passed 900 bills last year! Government bad! Vote for meeeee! How did that constitution get so long? Could it be due to California's voters and our insane ballot initiative process? And how many of those 900 bills were procedural? It's that 2/3 majority legislature vote that prevents passage of anything meaningful, Meg, not a lack of focus. "As I have travelled this state, 80% of people can get rallied around jobs and spending and education. We may have a disagreement about how to do that..." Yeah, see, the devil, it's in those details. Hey, CEO Governor! I'm gonna run the government like a business! Maybe the metaphor doesn't really work because the government isn't structured anything remotely like a business , but it sounds good, doesn't it? Man, remember when Bush was hailed as the first "CEO President"? Those were the days. Forget this populist crap. I might have voted for Campbell, but he's too smart to run for Governor. Dammit, Tom.