Spokesman: Schwarzenegger Won't raise taxes

In a place like Calif, where your taxes are so high already, nothing whatsoever could justify a tax hike. Not an earthquake, not a terrorist attack, nothing.

If you're serious about spending cuts, you can start by laying off the entire Labor and Workforce Development Agency, which cost 9.5 billion last year to no apparent effect. Then sell their office buildings land for a profit. Then cut education spending to the minimum allowed by Prop 98, by laying off half the administrative staff. Then have an anti-welfare ballot measure next March to give only the minimum amount required by federal law--Calif. gives its own way-too-generous amounts to people who would not qualify in other states. That will save a couple billion more.

But most important to the tax base is repeal of regulations and fees. That's what gets the economy growing so that revenues keep up with expenses.

Even in the event of a terrorist attack, the state government should set its priorities straight, NOT tax devastated citizens who have just lost loved ones or property.

We can also enforce all of 187 by going back to court to get it fully implemented which gets us 10 billion back a year probably.

I agree with all that and only suggest no one swear to no new taxes because for Republicans, that can come back and bite you.

I agree with all that and only suggest no one swear to no new taxes because for Republicans, that can come back and bite you.

It doesn't if you stick by your principles. President Bush is no rock-ribbed conservative, but he's promised his own death before he'll allow a tax hike. That's pretty strong, isn't it?

John Campbell, David Dreier, Ann Coulter, etc. are saying let's get behind Arnold so at least we could possibly get SOME of what we want instead of NOTHING from Bustamove.

If I remember the conversation correctly, Ann Coulter's position was that the state is going to hell and we might as well let a non-conservative drive it off the cliff. That's what she said on H&C the night Ahnuld announced on Jay Leno, anyway.

Anyone to swear not to raise taxes would be a fool and I think there are some foolish ones in this race.

I as watching Kudlow & Cramer yesterday and they had one of Arnie's advisors on who also served President Reagan. He suggested that what Arnie really needed to do was to go in and immediatly establish a flat tax with a 6% corporate level and a 5.5% personal level. All other taxes would be wiped from the books, resulting in a budget surplus for the state, and a tax reduction for everyone residing in California. Sounded pretty good to me. Sorry I didn't catch his name.

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