Reason On TV: Tim Cavanaugh Talks Govt. Xmas Gift-Getting on Varney

Reason senior editor Tim Cavanaugh will appear on Fox Business' Varney & Co. to discuss new efforts to grab more largesse for government employees in the bankrupt state of California.

At issue: From San Francisco -- where unions are trying to stop the insolvent Municipal Transportation Agency from holding onto year-end payouts from a trust fund for transit operators -- to Los Angeles -- where Assemblyman Gil Cedillo is suing to get back money he says he's owed from a 2009 pay freeze -- the Golden State's public sector still seems to have no idea we're in a recession. Meanwhile, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's attempt to sell off some unused state buildings is getting challenges from all sides.

Does anybody realize that we are out of money?

Time: 7:30am Pacific time, 10:30am eastern.

Place: Fox Business Channel.

Comments

[Freewheelin' Franklin]

Does anybody realize that we are out of money?

Dope will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no dope.

[Jeffersonian]

We're fortunate in our never-ending supply of dopes.

[P Brooks]

"It's not about the money."

[Colin]

Don't worry, Moonbeam is planning to put a huge tax increase on a referendum that the Times and others will tell us is "must pass."

Oh, wait -- didn't they try this before?

[Jeffersonian]

It's interesting to watch 30 million people commit seppuku at once.

[cynical]

If only you were being literal.

[R C Dean]

Of course these people know we're out of money. Why do you think they are mounting these last-minute raids on the treasury? Ever heard of "last bite at the apple"?

[P Brooks]

It's nice to see Riordan sticking up for kindly old Grandpa Buffett, who has NEVER acted out of naked self-interest. Ever.

[P Brooks]

What happened to Tim/

Now it's Teh War on Jeezismas!!!

[Tim]

http://www.popularmechanics.co.....=pm_latest

[Pro Libertate]

Bless you, Tim.

[Steve Premo]

Tim wrote: "Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's attempt to sell off some unused state buildings is getting challenges from all sides." Actually, the controversy is over his plan to sell important state buildings that are being used, like the San Francisco judicial building housing the California Supreme Court and the Administrative Office of the Courts, and to lease those buildings back from the buyers. Some people think that's selling capital to pay for operating expenses, generally considered to be a bad idea.