Posted on 05/15/2008 9:40:50 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has now abandoned his goal of fixing the problem that led to his historic election in 2003. With the revised budget proposal he released Wednesday, the governor has effectively conceded that California's era of perpetual budget deficits will not end on his watch.
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His trouble started early, when he proposed spending cuts that were politically unpalatable while failing to follow through on a fundamental, top-to-bottom rethinking of the way the state does business. When the economy briefly surged and brought in billions of dollars in unexpected tax revenue, Schwarzenegger lost his zeal for fiscal discipline and committed the new money to ongoing programs that could not be sustained once the economy slowed.
Even after all that, however, Schwarzenegger still had a chance to finish the job he was elected to do before his second term ends in January 2011. ... He can't, or won't, do what's necessary to right the ship.
The governor's failure is more than just a numbers game. It reflects his – and the state's – refusal to face reality. ...
The result: budget deficits year after year. Those deficits and the borrowing to which they have led mean that we're still paying now for services the state provided five years ago, leaving less money available for the things we need today. And years from now we and future Californians will still be paying – with interest – for the services we're getting today.
... As a society, California is actually doing pretty well compared with five or 10 years ago, despite its dysfunctional government. But the mess in Sacramento casts a pall over the rest of the state, and the uncertainty it creates might even be tempering the desire of private investors to expand and do business here.
(Excerpt) Read more at sacbee.com ...
The Abandonator.
I like it.
McCain’Kennedy’Feingold’Kerry in a Gub suit.
So he spent his career killing terrorists, bad guys, aliens, terminators...but can’t find a way to cut spending.
His priorities are global warming and global warming..
Time to put this Trojan Horse out to pasture.
So he spent his career killing terrorists, bad guys, aliens, terminators...but can’t find a way to cut spending.”
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He could stand up to the aliens and bad guys, but caved in to the loser welfare riders and gimmee’ crowd.
LMBO
Consider this a divorce.
well if he can’t cut the mustard;
he needs to resign...
Dear Arnold,
How does it feel to be a failure?
Just curious.
What a girly man.
So much for all the talk about “girly men” etc. and all his other windbag pronouncements when he was first elected. It took him a very short time to abandon the party that elected him and turn big time Rino. The sooner we lose this guy the better.
POTUS is his priority. He’ll take whatever political positions he thinks will lead to do the impossible.
Perhaps by that time the title will be “POTNAU”.
I’ve often wondered how quickly some states would collapse into a third world nation if they were cut off from the USA. I figure California would last about a month. Other States would probably do just fine, if not better.
Recall the Abandonator.
The “Terminator’s” steroid shrunken gonads are insufficient to the task of the common manger of even the smallest business.
When SPENDING exceeds INCOME -— FIRST CUT SPENDING
STOP providing welfare and services to ILLEGAL ALIENS.
OUTSOURCE state prisoners to a lower cost provider: Mexico?
Give our “Civil Servants” the choice of salary reduction or a 10%-20% reduction in staff.
Reduce ALL non-essential/emergency service department budgets by 20%.
However, in Kalifornicate -— our “politicians” are to dependent on the dependent to take the necessary action..
Taxpayers are enslaved by the “unCivil Servants”, welfare leaches and illegal aliens...
Combined they have succeeded in killing the Golden Goose that was California.
> “It took him a very short time to abandon the party that elected him and turn big time Rino.”
I am confused by your statement. The people on this website never supported him. He was elected without conservatives. They never supported him when he was fighting the legislature (and consequently got whipped in special elections). Why does he owe conservatives anything?
You want to see what a McCain Presidency will look like?
Well here it is in all it’s glory.
When you run from your principles in order to garner votes, this is what you get!
I recently came to the realization that Arnold is still an actor, and he wants to keep his fan base for the future when his desire to play Governor is gone. He is trying not to make anyone mad at him, so he can get movie deals in Hollywood after he leaves our Governor's mansion.
We should have seen this coming, and those of us who voted for McClintock knew Arnold was not the man for the job, because he is looking for publicity, not really interested in our well-being. Many people figured that since Reagan was an actor, that Arnold would be a good Governor.
yeaaaaaaaaa right!
CA is the 8th largest economy in the world.
We have more registered Republicans and conservatives than any other state in the Union.
And CA contributes more to the federal tax system than we receive.
We've survived Moonbat, Gray Davis, O.J., riots, earthquakes and forest fires... and we'll survive & prosper after RINOld & GWB are history.
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