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Posted on 09/21/2005 9:35:33 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
Sacramento -- Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Tuesday he wants President Bush to delay a planned October fundraising visit to California because the governor fears it will siphon off donations he needs to help his Nov. 8 special election measures.
"In the next two months, it would be better if we just do the fundraising," Schwarzenegger said in an interview with The Chronicle. "Then let us go (past) our special election -- and then they can pick it up again, the (Republican) national committee."
Schwarzenegger stressed that he and Bush have "a terrific relationship" and added, "the president is always welcome in our state. Any way I can help him, I will help him."
But in an interview with The Chronicle, Schwarzenegger acknowledged the huge pressure to raise millions of dollars for the three measures he has backed in the special election. The governor said that effort will be made more difficult if the Republican president goes forward with a fundraiser for the national party scheduled Oct. 22 at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley.
"But they do whatever they want to do, because after all, it's a free country," Schwarzenegger said. "As much as I go outside the state and raise money, and his brother (Florida Gov. Jeb Bush) helped me in Florida -- I mean, it's like, live and let live."
The event -- set right before the special election -- has dramatized the tug-of-war between state and national Republicans over the party's big donors in California. National party officials say Schwarzenegger appears to be keeping the president at arm's length while Bush is unpopular in California. But the governor's staff and state Republicans have made it clear to the White House that "the timing couldn't be worse," ...
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Who is going to become a Border Police Officer, when you want to deny them pension benefits?
Who is going to become a Border Police Officer, when you want to deny them pension benefits?
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Retired military and other public servants who are not in it for the pension anymore... and put the public good above personal gain.
Not buying it. The idea that people won't take jobs unless they're guaranteed fat government pensions is belied everyday by the people who are lining up for jobs of all kinds in the private sector. The better quesiton is, how long are private employees -- who don't have pensions for the most part -- going to agree to continue having money deducted from their paychecks (and from their opportunity to save for retirement) so government workers can draw big paychecks even after retiring?
I think there are a lot of government workers and government retirees on FR. It's going to be hard to scale back the pensions; too many people are on the gravy bus. But it's a bus that's going to bankrupt us, so somebody has to stop it. Hope Schwarzenegger has the courage to try.
Who is going to become a troll, when your butt gets thrown outta here ?
Voted for McClintock.
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