Posted on 06/24/2009 12:43:15 PM PDT by SmithL
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Californians seem to want it all, says first lady Maria Shriver. They oppose billions of dollars in cuts to address the state's massive budget deficit but are not willing to pay more for the services they enjoy.
The first lady, visiting Sacramento on Tuesday for the opening of an Abraham Lincoln exhibit at the California Museum, said people talk to her all the time about California's $24.3 billion budget shortfall and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's proposed solutions.
Schwarzenegger's proposed cuts include eliminating health care for nearly 1 million poor children, increasing class sizes in public schools, slashing in-home services for the frail and closing more than 200 state parks.
"Don't close the parks, don't cut from education, don't cut from health care, don't cut from anything," said Shriver, amplifying what people tell her. "I say, 'We have a $25 billion deficit: What would you do?'"
She said nearly everyone replies that they don't want to pay higher taxes and don't have any of their own ideas about what parts of government to cut. Shriver said making deep cuts to education and other core programs is not what her husband envisioned when he ran for office in 2003, but he is embracing the challenge.
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Hell, I don’t want to stop spending money on myself, either.
But, I don’t when I can’t afford it.
California: You have no money!!!!
Typical Statist/Politician.
They all believe that as long as they are spending tax money, they can justify their position.
I HOPE big CHANGE is coming for these pricks, soon.
Mrs. Shriver sums it up perfectly. Like all liberals, people in California want everything for free.
“Shriver: Most Californians don’t want budget cuts”
This Californian certainly does. If it’s a Democrat, it breathes, and its lips move cut its budget.
No budget cuts, Maria? OK. Then you pay for it.
I would like to be able to flap my arms and fly to the moon but that ain’t gonna happen either.
I’ve got to get the hell out of this state.
66% of Californians say you’re wrong.
SZ
president Hopey Ochangealot will soon step in and fix everything.... won’t he?
she really is a Kennedy!
she really is a Kennedy!
‘We have a $25 billion deficit: What would you do?’”
Simple,
Get rid of benefits for illegals.
Send all the liberals packing
Cut state taxes by 50% and throw out all the regulations that you impose on business that has them moving elsewhere.
In short, stop whining and being a pain in the side of the private sector that pays your bills and perhaps they’ll bail you out. Otherwise, turn out the lights on your way out.
Quite correct. The unspoken implication is they want the govt to steal from someone else so they might have Free Things. We saw many examples during the election...0bama is gonna give me a (car, gasoline, house, healthcare, environmentally happy policies etc etc}. In the end they may get Free Things but it won’t satisfy.
Reduce (or better yet, eliminate) perks and salaries for the legislators and quit supporting criminals from other lands who squat in CA. How's that for starters, Clueless?
I’m actually in California this week and let me say alot of these people really dont get it!! There is no money morons, in order to come up with some might I suggest sending the millions of illegals back to where they came from.
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