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To be fair, he has held the line on tax increases.

This statement offers an excellent example of the problems, exhibited by moderate Republican partisans on FR.

1) The moderate doesn't comprehend that refusing to raise taxes is a sign of a moderation, not cvonseravtism. Cutting taxes is the sign of a fiscal conservative. The moderate believes that not raising taxes will appeal to conservatives.

2) Republican partisans tend offer facts into eviddence that they know, or should have known, are false. They do it frequently on this forum. In this case it's a whopper.

The Austrian is raising taxes at a rate of increase that's greater than Gray Davis and, in total, more than Pete Wilson, who still holds the single year, California record. SChwarzenegger's numbers don't include the $15B in deferred taxation that Schwarzenegger promoted to pay for the car tax deception. If that $15B/$30B was included in his 2004/2005 numbers, he'd be the king of single year tax increases for the whole US, not just California.

No goldstategop, The Austrian is big on taxation. They're necessary to support his big spending.

I'll offer the same advice that I've given to the CAGOP account on FR. Come to the forum. Join the discussion and contribute. If those contributions are disinformation, misdirections or outright falsehoods, then don't bother. You aren't contributing.

I believe the right thing to do is to both cut taxes and spending. Its not enough simply to hold the line on government growth. That's like adding a little weight to one's belly, sucking it in and calling it "lean." It might be more accurate to say Arnold is the big champion of the DISGUISED tax increase AKA "borrowing." He's resorted to it a lot that its paid for all the spending he's presided over. And I noted, even his formal pledge NOT to increase taxes is good for this election season only. Given his track record, there's a good chance he'll let his Inner Liberal out before long. It also bears reminding Milton Friedman would never support this Republican's Big Government agenda.

(No more Olmert! No more Kadima! No more Oslo! )