SEIU: GOP Budget Proposal Is “Reckless” and “Will Hurt Our Economy”

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SEIU: GOP Budget Proposal Is “Reckless” and “Will Hurt Our Economy”

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Statement of Courtni Pugh, Executive Director, SEIU California State Council on today’s GOP budget plan release:

"Now, more than ever, Californians need a budget that will preserve the building blocks of a good, middle-class life in California: education, health care, home care and the most basic services for those who fall on hard times.

"Unfortunately, today the minority party released a package of non solutions with no credibility, a reckless plan that will hurt our economy and jeopardize our future.

"The minority party has made it crystal clear what they stand for: taking rights away from workers, denying our kids the education they need to succeed, forcing seniors and people with disabilities out of their homes, and eliminating human services that protect all of us during these challenging times. Californians do not support this extreme agenda.

"In a time of crisis, we need leaders with a constructive vision, not the same old failed strategies and cuts. After $10 billion in cuts already enacted for FY 08-09, working families won't stand by and watch the things we care about - our schools, our health care, and our communities - be destroyed by politics as usual."