"To me, TAXPAYER FUNDING of stem-cell research, that Arnold endorsed, is a FISCAL issue."
Y'know, I'm not too happy about that one either, for the same reason ( goes against some of my libertarian tendancies )
... the only way to rationalize it is that medical research is a clean, brain-power intensive industry, the kind of thing that we need more of in CA.
If we don't grab onto it when it is in it's infancy, we won't get a second chance. It could very well spark the next Silicon Valley, and we don't want it to be in Calcutta.
He's a good businessman, and knows you sometimes have to prime the pump.
Well there is more oxymoron logic.
Do you also agree with Arnold that raising taxes is the only way to "create the money?"