Arnold Schwarzenegger and his pals in the Yacht Party are coming close to achieving one of the most cherished parts of the Grover Norquist anti-education, anti-Social Security, anti-health care platform: a spending cap.

The spending cap — which would put an absolute limit on the number of dollars the State of California can spend — is designed for one purpose only: to end all government spending. No more public schools; no more mass transit; no more health care. Wage cuts for workers, fee hikes for students — you name it, that’s the ultimate goal of the spending cap. Rather than provide the best transportation, education, and health care in the world, here in the wealthiest of the 50 states — let’s instead dismantle everything.

Only a tiny minority of wealthy Californians support the crazy idea of a spending cap. This couldn’t be done unless Democrats in Sacramento cave in, especially since a spending cap was resoundingly defeated by the voters in 2005. Now’s the time to call your state assembly member and insist that they refuse any compromise on the budget that includes a spending cap.

Robert at Calitics has more on the disasters caused by spending caps put in place over in Colorado and in other states where radical right wing conservatives have pushed them through. This is a sad day for California.