[FairOpinion]

"What Arnold needs to do is play hardball, and line-item veto everything in the budget that isn't a vital service until we are spending less than our income"

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Sure, let's bring CA to a screeching halt, and not accomplish anything, right? That would be the net effect.

Let's make everyone hate Arnold and recall him, so Bustamante could finally get in.

(/sarcasm)

[LexBaird]

Sure, let's bring CA to a screeching halt, and not accomplish anything, right? That would be the net effect.

Strawman argument. I propsed line-item vetos for all of the non-essential items. We should fund the emergency services, mandated education, and the like, but cut the pork-barrel stuff that is only there so Jackie Goldberg can get votes.

Then you force the Dems to try to override the veto on the extravagencies, using Arnold's starpower to shine publicity on them while they do it.

You are in debt so Jackie can pass out free condoms in bars in West Hollywood. You want to vote in a bond, so she can continue the program.