View source for November 2010 Election, California, Proposition 25

'''Vote Recommendation: No'''

I was leaning "no" on this one for a while, largely based on the idea that I didn't want our tax-and-spend majority legislature to be able to ram their spending through any more easily. These vote margins, however, are double-edged swords, and it is hard to say what the real fiscal effect would be. There is also the [[Principles|"when in doubt, vote no" principle]] which applied here.

I finally decided to recommend a no vote based on the observation that the Democratic Party recommended a yes vote, and the Republican Party recommended a "no". While I don't always vote along party lines, I found the difference enough to bolster my tentative analysis

''See: [[November 2010 Election, California]]''

==Details==
'''Changes Legislative Vote Requirement to Pass a Budget from Two-Thirds to a Simple Majority. Retains Two-Thirds Vote Requirement for Taxes.'''

== External Resources ==
* [http://www.voterguide.sos.ca.gov/pdf/english/25-title-summ-analysis.pdf Official Summary and Analysis]
* [http://www.voterguide.sos.ca.gov/pdf/english/25-arg-rebuttals.pdf Official Arguments and Rebuttals]