The governor says he can "chip away" at the deficit by holding down spending. But given the commitments he has made and the constraints under which he is working, there is now very little he can do to slow the projected growth in government.Indeed, after signing the new budget last month, Schwarzenegger told a Sacramento television reporter that he had no idea how he was going to balance the budget.
"There really is no plan to end the deficit because you never know what the revenues are next year and you never know what the unusual expenses are of any year," the governor said.