Posted on 08/25/2010 12:50:14 PM PDT by SmithL
The closer Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger gets to leaving office and the longer the budget stalemate drags out, the more frank he seems to become.
Speaking today at the Goleta Valley Chamber of Commerce, the Republican governor had no qualms about attacking public employee unions, whom he blamed for high costs everywhere in government.
In a perfect Schwarzenegger world, courtroom cameras would replace court reporters, courthouses would use private security guards and schools would hire local gardeners rather than union employees to mow the lawn.
. . .On pension costs: "All of a sudden you have to take money away from prisons, all of a sudden you have to take money away from higher education, from child care, from In-Home Supportive Services. From all of those programs that are very important, they are being robbed blind by the pensions of public employees."
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On Democratic legislators: "We are not talking about stupid people. They are very smart in Sacramento. Very talented. But of course it makes it very difficult because they're beholden, a lot of them, to labor. As much as Republicans are beholden to businesses. So you have all those constituents that you have to answer to. It certainly makes it very difficult, the whole negotiations."
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Pathetic.
Arnold: Blah Blah Blah, were was this “straight talk” the past few years.
So where was he the last seven years?
Hiding for 5 of them at least.
He got beaten up early, and gave up.
He always has known whats wrong, its just that he lacked the guts to fight.
He got beaten up early, and gave up.Bingo!
He always has known whats wrong, its just that he lacked the guts to fight.
Did his Kennedy wife give him PERMISSION to say all of this??
“When the people find they can vote themselves money,
that will herald the end of the republic.”…..Benjamin Franklin
Yeah, it's called governing.
You proved yourself wholly incapable.
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