[Mojave]

Any reductions in the state's debt since then, he said, have resulted from the billions of dollars in borrowing brought on by Proposition 57 in 2004

Arnold cultists would have no problem with such "reasoning".

[calcowgirl]

I wish I could reduce my debt by borrowing.
[still scratching head as to how that can happen, lol]

I'm still having a problem with the math, too.
There was $15 Billion in debt when Gray Davis left; now we have $25 Billion.
Yet debt has reduced?

Does not compute.