Child Labor Law

Here in the United States of America, in all my 58 years of existence, I never believed that we would ever be taking on a subject which in the past had some serious, dire consequences.

I read the some alarming articles and watched and listened to the news of some Republican Senators wanting to get rid of regulations, rules, and protections that are currently in place in their States Child Labor Laws and the Federal Child Labor Law.

Republican Senator Jane Cunningham from Missouri is pushing for her state to get rid of the protections and restrictions for children under the age of 14.

Republican Tea party Senator Mike Lee from Utah has declared the Child Labor Law as being Unconstitutional. So Utah's Republican Senator Mike Lee wants to get rid of the Child Labor Law altogether.

Have we forgotten the lessons of the past? Are we gonna be forced to repeat the past?

Unfortunately Child Labor in the United States of America before the Child Labor Laws were passed proved to be extremely dangerous for children. In a lot of cases even fatal! The known statistics of their suffered abuses on the job and working conditions were very harsh and deadly.

Is that the future Republicans want for our children?

Be careful for what you wish for. You just might get it.

Hidden Waste?

There's a lot of news on Republicans of Washington in Congress coming up with cuts.

There was some little news on speeches Democratic President Obama gave during the last 2 years with the lists of the same cuts and sacrifices, telling everyone 'We will have to bite the bullet". Remember?

But what about the hidden stuff. Did you know about the hidden stuff. There is no HIDDEN STUFF in the Republicans Plan. There is only a lot of SERVICES money cuts.

In California, Democratic Governor Jerry Brown found the hidden stuff from the previous Republican State Administration. The stuff no one thinks about, because no one knew. Like the cell phones Governor Brown placed on the chopping block saving billions of Tax Payer's money.

What about the Federal Government? Did anyone at the Federal level even bother to look? Cell phones that were being used for personal use, not needed for Government business. Chances are if SLASHING the California government cell phones saved a lot of tax revenue for the state in the millions, then chances are the SLASHING of cell phones for the Federal government would save even more, could be in the billions, possibly in the hundreds of billions or trillions! Don't laugh, thinking in terms of across the country it could just be that much.

In California, Democratic Governor Jerry Brown found that the Past Republican Ex-Governor Schwarzenegger Administration was selling Government property then Leasing it back at very high rates with Tax Payer's money. By CUTTING and STOPPING that practice, Democratic Jerry Brown saved California $Billions.

What are the chances that the Federal government during the Bush and Cheney years were wasting tax payers money at the Federal level across the country selling Federal land then leasing it back at high rates? Think of how much money would be saved if that practice was STOPPED. If the State of California saved $Billions, then the Federal government could save way more. Think of the possibilities.

In California, Democratic governor Jerry Brown also CUT OUT more Government waste when he found out that the Ex Governor, Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger was spending billions Yearly on fleets of new cars that were being used for private use and NOT Government business. The waste was on NON-emergency vehicles. Plus paying the home storage permits. These were New Cars Every Single Year. While California was broke. In the $Billions of Wasted state tax revenue.

Could the Federal government had been doing the same thing for years, for Decades? Did anyone check? Could there be hidden waste at the Federal level of the same across the country? Just how much could be saved if the Congress and Senate would STOP THAT SPENDING?

If the State of California Governor Democratic Jerry Brown manage to save over $$$$billions of government waste on those three examples alone, think of how much more the Federal Government could save at the Federal Level. Would it be in the Hundreds of Billions? Could it be in the Trillions? Possibly in the Hundreds of Trillions?

We will never know if the both Houses at the Federal level do not tackle the hidden wastes!

Correcting All The Wrongs

In listening to conservative media, we might think that Democrats spend while Republicans don't.

But that statement is far from the truth. In California Republicans have always had control of State government with greater more Republicans in California State Legislature. And when the Governor's office was Republican, well it was always a field day of spending.

Fact is that Ex-Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger splurged California Tax Payer's money on unnecessary spending, and it is those unnecessary spending that Democratic Governor Jerry Brown is NOW cutting while saving Billions of Dollars on Each of those that he is now cutting:

1) Cell phones for California State Government employees from Sacramento to local districts, government employees received cell phones bought and paid for with monthly payments on service all done with California Tax Payer's money.

2) Selling of California State Government Property, which was bought and paid for over a century and a half ago, only to lease the property back to the State Government at the expense of the California Tax Payers.

3) Then there is the California Tax Payer funded New Car Purchases for the State Funded Vehicle Fleet that were NEVER essential to the State Government business.

Republican Arnold's mistake was balancing the California State budget by stripping the Public School Funding and using that money to balance the books. Schwarzenegger stripped the money intended for fire fighting using that money to balance the State books while cutting back on fire fighters, fire fighting equipment and their services. Also Ex-Governor Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger stripped the money intended for police departments, using that money to balance the California State books while cutting back on the number of police and services. Yet Ex-Governor Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger just continued to get the State deeper and deeper into the RED DEBT. Do those Republican Schwarzenegger solution's sound familiar? They sure do. Chris Christie is doing the same Republican stuff that did not work for California in his New Jersey State, but will the people of New Jersey see the the parallel universe of the two states?

Well the New California State Governor, Jerry Brown, is having to 'Correct All Those Wrongs' in California. He is getting rid of those unnecessary expenses along with many more while restoring that which makes Californians feel safe, secure, and protects our future generations education. A task that only Jerry Brown knows very well. The same way Jerry Brown in the 1970's had to turn around a poorly financially handled California State which was mismanaged by then Republican Ex-Governor Ronald Regan, Jerry Brown is once again ridding the California State of another Republican's disastrous financial blunder caused by Ex-Governor Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger.

The difference between Republican Chris Christie, New Jersey Governor and Democratic Jerry Brown Governor is, while the Republican Chris Christie wrongly blames the Public Schools Teachers who are teaching our country's future and hopes for destroying New Jersey's economy, and as Republican Governor Chris Christie of New Jersy continues to attack the Fire Fighters who lay their lives on the line every day while he cuts away at their pensions and support, New Jersey will still not be able to fix their Financial mess because the real unnecessary wastes in New Jersey's State is not being dealt with.

Yet Democratic Governor Jerry Brown is taking a real look at the real Government wastes which will save California State in the Billions EACH. And that is just from the first three of real cuts Democratic Jerry Brown is making of which I have listed. Democratic Governor Jerry Brown took the State of California in the 1970's out of the Red after Ex-Governor Ronald Reagan bankrupt the state. And now, Democratic Governor Jerry Brown is at work again in 2011, using real Financial Budgeting Techniques that will put California back into the Black.

Californians forgot how great Jerry Brown was at Correcting The Wrongs when in 1980 they blamed him for the Flooding disastor caused by unusual higher rain fall and poor California soil. Yep, they blamed him for the California soil that cannot literally hold water, causing homes to wash away. But they were also angry that Jerry Brown was running for President , even though Jerry Brown immediately left the campaign and dropped from the Democratic Primary to deal with and clean up that mess. Yet Jerry Brown lost his bid for second term even though he fixed California's financial mess, a task of which NO governor has ever matched. Jerry Brown lost his bid for the second term because Californians blamed him for California's poor soil.

Well, Californians have their priorities straight now. We do understand that a State that has a great budget to work with is the State that never tries to balance the books on the backs of the most vulnerable who live and work in the State, nor does it balance the books by destroying the services that are the most needed for a safe and secure environment.