Jean Ross
Jean Ross
Jean Iris Rosswas a British singer and writer. She was the model for the Sally Bowles character in the Berlin stories and novels of Christopher Isherwood...
corrected list run together
We're going to put together a corrected list that will run in the newspaper.
against builds cap fund large running several situation
You could end up in a situation where the fund is up against the cap for several years running and there builds up a large reserve.
behind economic household income levels poverty prior recovery troubling
What's troubling about the economic recovery that we've been in is that all of the traditional indicators of employment, household income and poverty levels are lagging behind prior expansions.
current program scope size undermines
The size and scope of the current program undermines its intent.
above looking step
We're looking at something that is one step above a bare-bones budget,
afford balance both democrats matter process saying
You had both Republicans and Democrats saying we need to balance the budget. How can we afford to do this? It really did come down to a matter of priorities. I think the process worked.
areas benefit gotten local state tax
We can't really say what benefit the state and local areas have gotten from a billion-and-a-half-dollar tax break.
businesses created large program reaching workers
The program is just too large and isn't reaching the communities, businesses and workers it was created to target.
bay cost critical higher living offset premium sufficient wage whether
There is a wage premium in the Bay Area. The critical question, however, is whether that premium is sufficient to offset the higher cost of living here.
program ramp time
Over time you should ramp down the program in size.
people struggling
A lot of people are struggling to get by.
difficulty folks money
The bottom-line difficulty is that many low-income folks don't have money to save, even if they desperately want to.
affect bring ideas increase large number people tax
People have different ideas of what a loophole is. To bring in a lot of money, it has to affect a large number of people and that amounts to a significant tax increase on those people.
accumulate allowed deep difficult drop maximum reserves spending
If there is a deep drop in revenues, it is very difficult to accumulate substantial enough reserves to keep spending at the maximum allowed by the cap.