The Sky is Falling…

The Chamber of Commerce (err…I mean, the CA Recovery Team) has launched a new television ad that is loosely tied together by rubber bands, scotch tape and poll-driven catch phrases.

The ad features an announcer, playing the role of Chicken Little, highlighting a litany of warmed over Republican scare tactics about tax increases, including that old favorite – the dismantling of Proposition 13.

Coming to our rescue is the great “Reformer” Governor Schwarzenegger with a budget plan built on broken promises.

Let’s turn the tables for a moment and see what an ad highlighting the Republican’s grand budget plan might look like.

The script of the ad would go something like this:

• Announcer: Republican Legislators under pressure from big business contributors and conservative think tanks have a new state budget plan. Their plan includes:
• Gutting the state constitutional guarantee of minimum school funding…
• Holding out for tax breaks for millionaire yacht owners and corporate tax loopholes…
• and above all refusing to compromise, instead creating even more gridlock in Sacramento.
• A better plan…stop the partisan bickering and call on Governor Schwarzenegger to end his out-of-state fundraising jaunts and work on a plan that includes real solutions – not poll-driven distractions.
• Parent: What happened to the people’s Governor who was going to bring everyone together to rebuild California?
  

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