http://nafonline.net/blog/topics/richie-ross The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://nafonline.net/blog/blockbuster-democracy/2009/baseball-arbitration-budgets-12172 <p>Richie Ross, the Sacramento power broker, lays out his plan for fixing California's budget system -- the baseball arbitration system is his model -- in George Skelton's column in today's Los Angeles Times.</p> <p>The gist: just as players and teams submit salary proposals to an arbitrator when they can't agree on a contract, Democrats and Republicans would submit their own budgets to voters. Whichever drew more votes would become the budget.</p> <p>Problems with this idea? Several. But given the fondness California voters have shown for spending far more than they're taxed, it's a good bet that voters would choose -- over and over -- the more fiscally irresponsible of the two budgets they were presented. </p> http://nafonline.net/blog/blockbuster-democracy/2009/baseball-arbitration-budgets-12172#comments Blockbuster Democracy George Skelton Los Angeles Times Richie Ross State Budget Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:08:00 -0400 Joe Mathews 12172 at http://nafonline.net/blog