Next week, we'll be voting on a series of initiatives here in California.
I'll take some time and go through them in some detail over the next week.
They are:
Proposition 73: Requires parental or judicial notification before a minor can get an abortion.
Proposition 74: Lengthens the period before unionized public school teachers are granted tenure from two to five years.
Proposition 75: Requires that public employee unions get individual annual approval from their members before spending dues on political campaigning.
Proposition 76: Limits state spending, mandates legislative or gubernatorial budget cuts midyear if the budgets are not being met.
Proposition 77: Removes redistricting from the power ofthe legislature and instead mandates that it be done by a panel of retired judges.
Proposition 78: Prescription Drug Discounts: Big Pharma's version.
Proposition 79: Prescription Drug Discounts: the non-Big Pharma version.
Proposition 80: Reregulation of state electricity market.
All links are to www.smartvoter.org
Correction, make that the Plaintiff’s Bar version.
And the beneficiaries are ... drum roll please.
Family Size @ 400% Income
1 - $38,280
2 - $51,320
3 - $64,360
4 - $77,400
5 - $90,440
6 - $103,480
And to think we only have 6 in Ohio.
Greg F,
One of the other differences between the two bills is that while both exclude from coverage those on Medi-Cal or Healthy Families (except for Medicare recipients), under Prop 79 they would be including those who already have drug coverage through third-party payers.
In other words, they’re trying to put the taxpayer on the hook for people who can already afford prescription drugs in an effort to get as many people hooked on a government program as possible.
Good points Thorley. I think Prop. 79 has good intentions but goes too far...especially by inviting any number of lawsuits for no real reason! Prop. 78 will get help to the people who need it, lawsuit free.
Armed Liberal, looking forward to your thoughts on all of the propositions.