With your help fiscally dysfunctional California can pass a ballot measure,  ”All legislative actions on revenue and budget must be determined by a majority vote.”submitted by Dr. George Lakoff  to the Attorney General.  The target start date for starting to collect one million petition signatures is November 17th.  See http://www.huffingtonpost.com/george-lakoff/ending-minority-rule-in-c_b_298493.html.  Help California Majority Rule www.CAMajorityRule.com make this happen.

Please consider these equations:

Majority rule = democracy = 50%+1

In grade school we elect the class president by majority rule; it is the basis of democracy. Majority rule is more democratic than minority rule.

Minority rule = tyranny = protection of loopholes & freeloaders = 33.3%+1 veto

The current 2/3 requirement allows a 1/3 plus 1 minority of extreme legislators to sabotage the state budget and hold the state hostage in order to extort concessions from the majority, resulting in budget cuts passed down to local governments throughout the state.  Extortions include off shore oil drilling concessions. 

Government that fails to empower and protect citizens = dysfunctional state

The California State Legislature and government at all levels have responsibilities, to empower and protect its citizens.  Empowerment means education, infrastructure, buildings, and highways.  Protection means health, safety, police, fire and consumer protection.  The legislature determines how and whether these responsibilities are met through providing revenues and a budget.  Revenue is needed for government to do its job.  Revenue is economic air and California is being slowly suffocated and is prevented from protecting and empowering Californians by a minority of legislators protecting loopholes for freeloaders.

Fair revenue in a wealthy state – revenue lost to loopholes & freeloaders = extreme budget cuts & lost pay for state workers

California is the only dysfunctional state that faces fiscal crisis on a regular basis.  California is also wealthy, so why don’t we have the money to run the state?  The answer is loopholes used by freeloaders to circumvent paying a fair

Minority rule loophole = all the loopholes minority rule prevents from closing

The biggest loophole is the minority veto that 1/3 plus one of the legislature uses to protect those taking advantage of the loopholes from being required to pay a fair share.  Loopholes include not paying to extract California oil as in all the other oil producing states.

Minority ruled California = only fiscally dysfunctional state in the US

Two other states have a minority rule situations but they don’t experience California’s dysfunctions.  Freeloaders find that supporting legislation and electing legislators to protect freeloader loopholes is much less costly than what would happen if the loopholes closed. 

Budget control alone = disaster

Marketing guru Tom Peters says "under promise and over deliver" it keeps customers satisfied.  If a “majority for budget only proposition” passes the voters (customers) will expect an end to the fiscal gridlock from the Democrats since this is what the Democrats asked for.  However without “majority rule for revenue” the Democrats can't deliver California from gridlock.  "Over promise and under deliver" is the formula for disaster for Democrats.

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