Posted on 07/31/2004 10:04:12 AM PDT by calif_reaganite
Aren't you a sweetheart?
And no, I don't think you make Conservatives look COMPLETELY deranged.
The further you are removed from influence, the sooner that will occur. Keep bitching, amidst your foolish tantrums and counter-productive capers Arnold has saved billions of taxpayer dollars because of the upgraded credit rating he's secured.
Sorry, it's August 2 of the most important election year in our lifetime. The benefit of doubt is hitherto suspended. You Arnold jihadists have no clue how to improve your situation. Freepers of integrity need to start acknowledging that there is a profound and discernable difference between rank stupidity and rare inspiration.
Your 'facts' are lacking and your personal attacks are unbecoming. Good day.
The budget passed in a veto-proof 28-11 vote.
Governor Schwarzanegger has no obligation to make a gesture of spectacular failure, even if it makes anonymous internet "calcowgirls" all flush and gooey.
>>The budget passed in a veto-proof 28-11 vote.
And 24 of the 28 were Dems... 10 of the 11 were Republicans.
I notice who you have aligned yourself with... the Dems.
It was apparent, but this makes it crystal clear. Thank you.
Again... I will not dignify the personal insults with a response.
I see from your "In Forum" previous posts that you are singularly obsessed with sliming Schwarzenegger. Do you post on ANY other subject? You McClintock cultists need a mass intervention, and subsequent institutionalization.
You really need to stop with the ad hominem attacks. That's what the loonies over at DU excel at. Or have you run out of substantive arguments?
He is not very conversant in California politics and especially the current subject: the FY2004/2005 budget.
Republican Party shills come and go frequently on our topic. Their hallmarks are ignorance of the details of the subject and repeated personal attacks.
Who are you a retread of? Mojo?
McClintock bump.
I guess I was clueless then as to how bad it could get!!!
Well the article on the national budget was touting the fact that the budget was small in relation to GDP. I was just wondering how the state stands up. These are the important numbers and we seem to be missing them.
Last I heard, we'd dropped back to 6th largest, well before the Recall.
California Fast Facts- $1.4 Trillion Gross State Product
- Fifth largest economy in the world
- Largest state economy in the U.S.
- State's economy is 13% of GDP
commerce.ca.gov/state/ttca/ttca_homepage.jsp
Stop the importing of poverty.
Make the feds deport the illegal aliens.
Not all but some of the cost will be aleviated.
Ok this is a start. What percentage is the budget and more importantly how does it relate to previous years? We need someone who is better at crunching numbers than I.
Just divide the 104 Billion Dollar Budget by 1.4 Trillion Dollar Economy. However, those numbers are obsolete. We've shunk and fallen behing FRANCE!!! The thing to find out is if France squanders the equivalent of 104 Billion dollars on Socialistic Social Engineering and EnvironMentalism, turning the Revenue Stream into the Waste Stream like CA's legislators have been doing!!!
I'm not sure where you're trying to go with this, FF. About the only thing you can determine conclusively (after crunching numbers) is if the relationship is increasing or decreasing over time. Without even crunching the numbers, I would bet they the budget is increasing as a percentage of GSP. Comparison of State percentages relative to Federal percentages aren't meaningful, as the nature of the expenses are much different (e.g. States have no national defense expenditures) and GSP is derived differently than GDP with respect to inclusion/exclusion of government employees.
I'm an old number cruncher from way back.... but what are you trying to demonstrate?
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