If you’re a Fornicalia resident, you can calculate your tax hit here. Here is the budget proposal as of last Saturday.

The budget is at an impasse. Left Wing Liberal Governor Schwarzenegger wants the Forniculus budget (replete with the above taxes) passed — despite the fact that Schwarzo himself acquired the Guv’s chair on the back of exorbitant VLF (vehicle licensing fund) rates via vehicle registration fees proposed during the tenure of Gray Davis in 2003. Why yes, that’s correct, registration fees in this new budget would double current fees.

That was enough to kick Gray Davis out of the Sacramento comfy chair. But not Schwarzo?

A heaping helping of hypocrisy, anyone? Bueller?

On Wednesday, Fornicalia Republicans had had enough when their GOP leader did not oppose the new taxes in the proposed budget. They sacked his ass. From SacBee.com:

Senate Republicans ousted their leader early this morning as other lawmakers continued searching for one more GOP vote in the upper house to break the state’s budget deadlock.

In a contentious meeting that lasted through the midnight hour, Senate Republicans removed Sen. Dave Cogdill as leader and replaced him with Sen. Dennis Hollingsworth, who opposes the budget deal Cogdill negotiated for his caucus because it contains new taxes.

Apparently Fornicalia Republicans are beginning to coalesce.

Most everything was included in the budget with the exception, I understand, of the 12-cent per gallon tax on gasoline. Not much to be proud of, not much about which to be jubilant.

From SacBee.com:

Leaders also agreed to Maldonado’s demand to eliminate the 12-cent additional gas tax, which was estimated to bring in $2.1 billion through June 2010, and up to a 5 percent surcharge on income tax liability. The money will be replaced with a 0.25 percent increase in the state income tax rate, federal stimulus dollars and more than $600 million in line-item vetoes.

With the changes made today, the deal totals $15 billion in state spending reductions, $12.8 billion in temporary tax increases, $11.4 billion in borrowing and a $1 billion reserve.

Republican Abel Maldonado held out, then finally voted for the package as delineated above. Here are the “concessions” Maldonado allegedly acquired. Please note this, however:

But legislative leaders refused to grant him his proposal to eliminate legislative pay altogether when the budget is late.

Politicians actually penalized when a budget is late? We can’t have that! cried the legislators.

What a damnable abortion.