Schwarzenegger's 'empire of hope'

OC Register ^ | 1/7/04 | Op/Ed

[NormsRevenge]

Tuesday evening Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger gave Californians the bold vision the state needs. In his first State-of-the-State address, he firmly came out against new taxes; made a compelling case for deep cuts in the state budget to end what he said was a projected $15 billion deficit for fiscal year 2004-05, which begins July 1; and spoke with the kind of optimism that resounds with the people of this state.

[NormsRevenge]

The hard part now will be to get the Legislature to recognize that its own extreme spending was the problem and must be cut back.

Yes!

[goldstategop]

Fat chance. The Democrats would sooner drink cyanide than cut spending and slash taxes.

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[Avoiding_Sulla]

Too bad he's reluctant to go on and rescind the constitutionally tainted $42 billion energy contracts as McClintock had promised.

Here he's been in office almost two months, the deficit is still huge, some of his appointees are even suggesting MORE spending --
and the $42 billion contracts remain untouched....

[truth_seeker]

I propose for Arnold to arrange for Dr. Laffer to put on a seminar.

All members of state legislature invited. Free lunches and parking.

Laffer Curve advocacy. True believers included John Kennedy, Ronald Reagan (and I suspect GWB).

[KellyAdmirer]

The OC Register was saying something about how Arnold was a big disappointment and was giving in to the Democrats just a couple of weeks ago. Nice to see it change its tune.