Arnold caved in on pensions and other labor issues (such as restoring $4 million in funding to a union-run "university thinktank"), borrowing heavily rather than cutting spending, especially to agencies that duplicate services provided by others. This would be undoubtedly difficult to achieve, but under the CA Constitution the Governor has line-item veto in budgetary matters, which Arnold has been unwilling to use thus far. The Dems would not be able to override his line-item vetoes.
SO WHAT IS ARNOLD THINKING????
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Hmmmmmm Sad. Has he been hanging around tooooooo many DIMRATS tooooo long or is it really that he doesn't quite have sufficient clout, yet.
SEEMS TO ME that the line item veto should have done it. Why is he not using it? Trying to stay on everyone's good side enough to keep em pulling with him until he has enough raw power on his Republican or MORE conservative [vs conservative] side of things?
Disappointing.
Especially for unions to still pull so much corrupt clout.
Not that industry isn't corrupt in plenty of spots, too.