Whitman Makes Bid for Governor
by Michael
eBay's former CEO, Meg Whitman has officially entered the race to replace Ahnold as California's next governor. Whitman immediately tried to distinguish herself from the gubinator by pointing out her differences with the termed-out incumbent.
But she doesn't really say anything that is different from the standard GOP line: cuts, cuts and more cuts. That's the only solution to fixing the budget. She brags that she ran a large company, balanced budgets, managed priorities, compromised and created jobs (guess you have to ignore those recent eBay layoffs during her watch). But she doesn't give any details.
The problem with her positions is that she thinks she can run the state like a business. But California is not a business. There are no profit margins to pad, or investors to please. States serve the people. So just making cuts to the services that the people rely on isn't a good solution.
Perhaps this time the voters in this state will finally realize that the GOP is NEVER going to fix the budget issues just by proposing cuts and playing politics. Lets hope that voters are smart enough figure things out.
Posted under Political Observations on Thursday, February 12th, 2009 at 15:31
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