indeed (not that my fellow residents of NY would be any better mind you).
hit the people with broad based taxes to wake them up - gasoline, cable TV as someone else mentioned, car fees. Arnold is essentially a "sacrificial" governor, its not his fault, but he is stuck in the middle of this fantasy land. give the people a dose of the medicine they want, and maybe they will wake up.
It was like NYC under Dinkins. for years, the liberals screamed about the city needing a "mayor of color" to heal the city. they got one - and then got 2000 murders a year, riots, mayhem, etc. after 4 years of that, they didn't go back. 2 terms of Rudy, and 2 terms for Bloomberg.
"Hit the people with broad-based taxes ..."
I agree that's what the people who voted against us deserve. And I agree that it could help us in future elections.
There's just one little problem: The governor would have to agree to these taxes. And if he does, it will blur the differences between the parties, reduce turnout among the sorts of Republicans who don't understand political realities, and jeopardize both Arnold and whatever proposition battles we have next year.
---hit the people with broad based taxes to wake them up - gasoline, cable TV as someone else mentioned, car fees.---
Davis doubled the car tax to pay the bills, which is what sent him to his doom. People were really upset about the car tax! The thing that's so discouraging is that the time line on this just stretched into the indefinite future. They had a good shot and they blew it.