Schwarzenegger: Illegal immigrants not to blame for budget mess

Sacramento Bee ^ | Wednesday, March 26, 2008 | Kevin Yamamura

[ElkGroveDan]

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, responding to the mother of a Republican state legislator, said Wednesday it would be a "big mistake" to blame illegal immigrants for the state's looming $8 billion budget problem.

The Republican governor was in San Luis Obispo to pitch his budget proposal to local officials and business leaders when he was asked by Diane Blakeslee, mother of Assemblyman Sam Blakeslee, R-San Luis Obispo, how the state should handle fiscal burdens created by illegal immigrants.

"There is, you know, always a time like this where you start pointing the finger at various different elements of what creates the budget mess, and, you know, some may point the finger at illegal immigrants," Schwarzenegger said. "I can guarantee you, I have been now four years in office in Sacramento, I don't think that illegal immigration has created the mess that we are in."

[ElkGroveDan]

Wow.

[ElkGroveDan]

ping

[BurbankKarl]

what an idiot rhino

[Hoffer Rand]

OK, how about we blame greedy politicians with their hands on taxpayers’ wallets, pandering to illegals, Arnie? Is that more accurate?

[ConservaTexan]

Putting a 50% fee on wiring money out of the country would help address the shortfall. It would also send a lot of crimmigrants elsewhere.

[avacado]

Schwarzenegger needs to quit calling himself a Republican. He isn't even a RINO. He's married to a frikin’ Kennedy for Pete's sake! He's a raging-flamming-libtard to the core.

[KenHorse]

The Stupinator strikes again...

[Redcloak]

To be fair, the mess started in the legislature. And since there are no illegal aliens in the CA legislature, Aaaaahnold is correct.

[SF Republican]

it would be a "big mistake" to blame illegal immigrants for the state's looming $8 billion budget problem. - Thats true, Arnold is a legal immigrant

[misterrob]

Illegals are not the problem...

It's the entitlement mentality and mandatory spending proposals that keep getting passed. Illegals just fall under that umbrella.

[Travis McGee]

There you have it. The millions of illegal invaders in Cali are not to blame for the budget mess.

[OCCASparky]

It sure as hell hasn't helped it, Arnie. Look at how much illegals in Los Angeles county get in WELFARE. JUST welfare--not education, not hospitals, not jails, not overcrowded roads and freeways, not...you get the idea.

Oh wait--no you don't.

[Osage Orange]

Based on his words...I agree with him.

The mess isn't solely because of illegal aliens. It's a FACTOR though....How large is anyone's guess.....

IMO, Liberal Democrat domination in the state government..is a far greater cause of the fiscal mess they find themselves in.

Glad I'm long gone from there...

[A CA Guy]

F’ing bull$h!t Arnold.

Let's look at the cost of education alone.
I was told it is $7,000 for a regular citizen kid and $14,000 for an illegal kid.

After you do the math of $14,000 times the millions of illegal kids you get probably near 3 billion of debt a year right there.

We ban illegals in school without payment from their countries and we save 8 billion in a couple of years.

Add to that the cost of medical, the lack of tax payments a year and probably the state goes 5 or more billion a year in debt with illegals without a doubt.

Educate the kids in a tent city or make the illegals go pay for baby sitters.

[Mr. Jeeves]

Technically, he's right. It was the Legislature spending ridiculous amounts of money in an attempt to win the favor and future votes of the shiftless, the indigent, the criminal, and illegal immigrants which has caused the problem.

[meandog]

Ahrnald has turned into a girlie man!

[DoughtyOne]

Crimmigrants... very good. Why didn’t we come up with that before?

[boomop1]

He is, what a maroon.

[Proud_USA_Republican]

HOw much does medi-cal pay out a year to reimburse california hospitals for illegals using them as free birthing centers and emergency rooms as their healthcare provider?

How much does the state have to pay each year for the public education and bi-lingual instruction of illegals?

How much does the state have to pay each year for the housing of illegal immigrants in prisons and jails?

[edcoil]

A person does not pay into a system yet, takes advantage of that service.

A person does not pay into a system yet, receives money or in-kind benefits

According to our Governor, they are not to blame for budget problems.

So if you are spending more then you are taking it, that is not the problem, according to our Governor, the problem is you are not taking enough from those paying into a system they do not use.

I got all that right?