Schwarzenegger Appeals to Public

LA Times ^ | Nov. 21, 2003 | Joe Mathews, Evan Halper and Peter Nicholas

[FairOpinion]

With his budget proposals already facing opposition in the Legislature, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger appealed to the public Thursday, complaining on talk radio and at a rally here that the same old ideological ghosts still haunt the Capitol in Sacramento.

To balance the state budget, he said, legislative Democrats want to raise taxes and Republicans want spending cuts that are too drastic. "Have the legislators learned anything from this last election?" Schwarzenegger said on a Sacramento radio station. "If they didn't get it, there will be severe casualities come the election in March. Severe casualties come November."

"Many of them in Sacramento are saying they are against this bond, this recovery bond. You know why? Because they want to increase your taxes. ... "The politicians up there, all they know is increase the taxes when they get into trouble. What I say is: we should have this recovery bond so we don't have to increase the taxes."

"The Republicans have a choice: it is the recovery bonds, or it is raising taxes. That's a choice, it's up to them. I am only going to make cuts to a certain point. I'm not going to cut dog food for blind people."

[A CA Guy]

That and get active with the petitions for the ballot conservatives. Strike while the iron is hot.

[dawn53]

Sorry about that, I read your post and thought you said it was $45 per day. Now I see you said $450 per day. Inconceivable!

[Tamzee]

I think what might be happening out there is Arnold is going to try a different kind of politics, not the usual kind.

Thank you, Rush, that says it all :-)