Posted on 03/03/2009 5:18:44 AM PST by SeekAndFind
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has some advice for people complaining about the state of the global economy: stop whining.
"It doesn't make any sense for people to sit back and whine and to complain about the economy slowing down because we have to look forward rather than back," he said during a speech at the Cebit trade fair in Hanover, Germany, on Tuesday.
"We have to be part of the solution, not part of the problem. And the only way we are going to do this is by being optimistic and finding new ways to stimulate the economy," he said.
Schwarzenegger is at Europe's largest technology fair to promote investment in his state's technology industry. California is the partner state of Cebit this year. It's the first time a state rather than a country has been named official partner.
Fifty-one small and medium-size business from the state are here to promote their products in several industries including environmental technology, which is an area he is particularly promoting.
"There's great potential," he said of the environmental technologies on show. "There are all kinds of great stuff that we have seen here. Technology that will help us."
Schwarzenegger has good reason to talk up green technology. In the last year the state has seen US$3.3 billion in venture investment in green-tech start-ups, which is half of all venture investment in the sector in the U.S., according to the state.
The governor also spoke out against trade protectionism. Trade barriers thrown up to protect important national industries during times of recession stand to cost California-based companies business.
"It's something we have done in America in the thirties and it has backfired in a huge way," he said.
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“Quit acting like Girly Men”
Cut your state taxes......
How are those state tax refunds coming there Arnie?
Ahnold is the last person to give any economic advice
The Democrat-O-nator simply was too close to a Kennedy relative for too long. Such proximity to the patented Kennedy “complete moral and mental vacuum producing system” will have these effects.
So did wage controls and tax increases. Arnie you have no clue about economics. I am so tired about people who say expert economist say........... The same who said the housing boom would last.
Ahnold, voters don’t like to hear the “whine” word directed at them. Other pols have learned that the hard way. Good luck.
Maybe you should tell them to inflate their tires, drive less, change their thermostat settings, turn out unused lights, and shop more carefully. I’m sure they would appreciate the advice.
Even if your personal fortune fails, you've got you old
lady's money to fall back on.
I'm against class warfare, but I'd really like to see Ahnold
and the Kennedy's go financially belly up.
Stop whining and start recalling!
LOL!
Exactly what I was going to post.
Now there's an epitaph for you.
It is easy to be optimistic when you are worth hundreds of millions of dollars. Let them eat cake.
“We have to be part of the solution, not part of the problem. And the only way we are going to do this is by being optimistic and finding new ways to stimulate the economy,” he said.
Arnold, you just don’t get it. It’s not your job to “stimulate” the economy. Just get the heck out the way! You’ve already done enough damage in the far left state of California.
Right, just shut up, give me your money. Quit acting like you have a right to an opinion. Didn’t you get the memo? We are socialists now.
I think Arnold probably had more money than Maria when they married. I don’t think he married for money.
Old Sicilian saying - the type of man you become depends on the type of woman you marry, so chose your wife carefully.
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