[goldstategop]

I picture this phone conversation where Gray Davis calls President Bush and begs him to help California out of its hole. To which the President tartly replies: "Governor, I'd like to help but we have no money to spare and besides its a mess of your making. Your on your own to clean it up and I wish you the best of luck." Click.

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

From the article:

The governor, joined by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-San Francisco, also complained that eliminating the tax on stock dividends -- the centerpiece of President Bush's $674 billion economic-stimulus plan -- would drain $1 billion to $1.5 billion from California's coffers unless the state figures out a way to tax dividends separately.

Idea:

DRILL FOR OIL OFF THE COAST OF CALIFORNIA !!!