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Schwarzenegger gives closed-door speech to economic think tank (Hoover Inst.)
Bakersfield Californian ^ | 7/13/04 | AP - Stanford

Posted on 07/13/2004 6:27:10 PM PDT by NormsRevenge

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1 posted on 07/13/2004 6:27:11 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
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2 posted on 07/13/2004 6:27:36 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi Mac ... Godspeed x40 ... Support Our Troops!!! ......Become a FR Monthly Donor ...)
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"It's a 'by invitation only' event, and the conversation is off the record,"

I guess they didn't want to be embarrassed by the Terminator.

3 posted on 07/13/2004 6:38:35 PM PDT by Willie Green (Go Pat Go!!!)
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I guess they didn't want to be embarrassed by the Terminator.

Embarrassed? Schwarzenegger's degree is in economics, and he's more attuned to Mises than Marx.

4 posted on 07/13/2004 6:44:36 PM PDT by Gunslingr3
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Embarrassed? Schwarzenegger's degree is in economics, and he's more attuned to Mises than Marx.

His budget is more Marx than Mises.

5 posted on 07/13/2004 6:48:10 PM PDT by Carry_Okie (There are people in power who are truly evil.)
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His budget is more Marx than Mises.

First, it's California. Second, every State budget is more Marx than Mises.

6 posted on 07/13/2004 6:52:23 PM PDT by Gunslingr3
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Schwarzenegger's degree is in economics

No it's not.
He has a BA in International Marketing and Business Administration from the University of Wisconsin.

All Advertising hype, no economics.

7 posted on 07/13/2004 6:57:07 PM PDT by Willie Green (Go Pat Go!!!)
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No it's not. He has a BA in International Marketing and Business Administration from the University of Wisconsin. All Advertising hype, no economics.

You're right on the specific nature of Arnie's degree, but not his study.

"This appears on the Laissez Faire Books web site: I started flipping the television dial. I caught a glimpse of Nobel Prize winning economist Milton Friedman whom I recognized from my studies in economics. I didn't know I was watching Free to Choose. It knocked me out. Dr. Friedman validated everything I ever thought about the way the economy works. I became a big pain in the neck about Free to Choose. All my friends and acquaintances got tapes as well as books for Christmas after Christmas. If I had come up with Free to Choose, maybe I wouldn't have got into body building. -- Arnold Schwarzenegger

Arnold has been a frequent attendee and speaker at Reason Foundation Banquets in Los Angeles over the years. Even more it was recently uncovered that Arnold once attended a hardcore libertarian conference. Former UCSD student and current PrestoPundit.com Columnist Gregory Ransom discovered Arnold's name as an attendee at an obscure conference on Austrian Economics held at his college in the 1980s. He wrote, "I remember picking up a small, poorly bound book that was a collection of papers presented at a very academic, very technical symposium on Austrian economics... On the first page was a small list of attendees.. and there was Arnold Schwarzenegger's name."

Highly respected economic conservative and Washington Times Editorialist Donald Lambro had this to say about Arnold in a recent column; "he has deep-set political beliefs in the power of capitalism, deregulation and free markets to create economic prosperity. His reading includes books by Friedrich Hayek, the Nobel Prize-winning economist best known for his seminal free-market work, The Road to Serfdom." And according to a San Jose Mercury News report, Schwarzenegger is a fan of the University of Chicago Economics Department, which had provided President Reagan's economic advisers."

And this quote from Arnold once appeared in London's Financial Times; "I still believe in lower taxes -- and the power of the free market. I still believe in controlling government spending. If it's a bad program, let's get rid of it."

Lending even more credibility to his libertarianism Schwarzenegger appointed hardcore free market economist and drug legalization advocate George Schultz of the Hoover Institute to be a top Economic Advisor. In addition, during the campaign Arnold repeatedly asserted his enthusiastic support for Proposition 13 Property Tax Roll Back and Proposition 187 that eliminates illegal immigrants from the welfare rolls."

8 posted on 07/13/2004 7:38:46 PM PDT by Gunslingr3
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It will be interesting to see what the participants relate afterwards. If he has a long range plan, its a well kept secret. Nothing so far has inspired conservatives to believe he will make government smaller and more responsive to the present day needs of the people of California.


9 posted on 07/13/2004 7:40:36 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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No excuse. Arnold was hired to get the budget under control. So what does he do? He borrows the money, screws local government, pushes out eventual expenses, and raises spending, significantly. Schwarzenegger has visited a fraud upon the voters of massive proportion. He doesn't even pass as a "moderate."


10 posted on 07/13/2004 7:47:34 PM PDT by Carry_Okie (There are people in power who are truly evil.)
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To: goldstategop
If he has a long range plan, its a well kept secret.

If you call painting yourself into a fiscal corner a long range plan, I guess he'd best keep it a secret.

11 posted on 07/13/2004 7:49:37 PM PDT by Carry_Okie (There are people in power who are truly evil.)
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To: goldstategop

bttt


12 posted on 07/13/2004 7:49:52 PM PDT by novacation
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To: Carry_Okie
No excuse. Arnold was hired to get the budget under control. So what does he do? He borrows the money, screws local government, pushes out eventual expenses, and raises spending, significantly. Schwarzenegger has visited a fraud upon the voters of massive proportion. He doesn't even pass as a "moderate."

What would pass as "moderate" in California?

13 posted on 07/13/2004 8:07:12 PM PDT by Gunslingr3
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To: goldstategop
It will be interesting to see what the participants relate afterwards. If he has a long range plan, its a well kept secret. Nothing so far has inspired conservatives to believe he will make government smaller and more responsive to the present day needs of the people of California.

Sad thing is, I can't tell from that statement which politician you're talking about.

14 posted on 07/13/2004 8:09:32 PM PDT by Gunslingr3
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What would pass as "moderate" in California?

Ballot propositions:

Prop 227 English only education in public schools Passed
Prop 209 No more affirmative action in State hiring or education Passed
Prop 22 Heterosexual marriage only Passed
Prop 187 No benefits for illegal aliens Passed

Here is the last poll before the recall by USA Today/CNN/GALLUP.

"If the choice were between Cruz Bustamante, the Democrat and Tom McClintock, the Republican, who would you be more likely to vote for: Cruz Bustamante or Tom McClintock?"

September 25-27
Registered Voters

McClintock 49%
Bustamante 42%

Probable Voters

McClintock 56%
Bustamante 37%

Simon lost to Davis by only 325,000 votes after the most incompetent campaign in history and while being stabbed in the back by his own Party.

Don't give me that crap about California until you know what the hell you are talking about. The problem in this State is a gerrymandered legislature, not the voters.

15 posted on 07/13/2004 8:38:31 PM PDT by Carry_Okie (There are people in power who are truly evil.)
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The problem in this State is a gerrymandered legislature, not the voters.

Thank you. Votes don't always count in this state, and the liberal judges legislating from the bench don't help either.

16 posted on 07/13/2004 9:32:31 PM PDT by janetgreen (CALIFORNIA - ILLEGAL ALIEN HEAVEN)
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Votes don't always count in this state, and the liberal judges legislating from the bench don't help either.

Primarily Federal judges at that.

17 posted on 07/13/2004 9:35:53 PM PDT by Carry_Okie (There are people in power who are truly evil.)
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Uh huh. We need to turn redistricting over to an non-partisan elections agency or adopt PR. If PR were adopted, Republican chances would be even better thanks to getting a proportionate share of the vote in terms of seats. Reforms of course, which the Democrats who benefit from lopsided representation in a gerrymandering legislature, are dead-set against.


18 posted on 07/13/2004 9:36:49 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: Carry_Okie

Yep. Prop. 187 was invalidated by a single federal judge. Gray Davis did not even bother to file an appeal. Its possible most of the measure could have been saved and California would not find itself in its current straits today.


19 posted on 07/13/2004 9:38:22 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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Running a candidate like Lungren didn't help when the time came for reapportionment (nice guy, no charisma), but then the CAGOP gave that campaign a half-hearted effort too. Now they're screwing their own establishment pick, Bill Jones, by focusing all resources upon a Pyrrhic attempt to help Bush carry California.
20 posted on 07/13/2004 9:41:29 PM PDT by Carry_Okie (There are people in power who are truly evil.)
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