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How could he know without having a complete study of the CA mess as you call it done..... That's where his business sense comes in. He wants the situation analyzed, studies completed of what's wrong, what are the options, what impact will each have upon the other,...... It's just not well lets do this, cut this, and it's fixed..... Lots of things are tied by interaction, laws governing what can be done, etc.

As far as taxes, here is a couple...

...Seeking to reassure California Republicans who have questioned whether he's conservative enough to merit their support, gubernatorial candidate Arnold Schwarzenegger hit the talk radio circuit on Monday, telling two California radio hosts that he would hold the line on taxes and plans to cut at least one key tax.

...."I would not increase taxes in order to get the financial situation improved because I think it's the wrong way to go," he told KOGO's Roger Hedgecock in San Diego, according to the Associated Press.

....."The first thing I will do when I go into office is to get rid of the car tax," he told Hewitt, in audio posted to KRLA's Web site.

......"The people have been taxed enough," he proclaimed. "The legislators in Sacramento and the governor, they have to understand: stop spending!"

Now you have a good one, ya here... I'm outta here.

Except that what Arnold said is wrong. Not that I hold it against him. But Arnold is the most clearly wrong, because he has taken cutting educational spending off the table, which makes him indubitably, ineluctably wrong (even with educational cuts on the table, it is wrong). There is no way in that instance of balancing the budget no matter what absent tax increases. None. And California's budget just be balanced next year, because it has looted all its trust funds, and has no more borrowing power. None.

Even a fiscal scorce the Earth cutting jihad, signed off by the legislature (LOL), and even if all adopted by a package of about 8 intiatives, all passed, would require temporary tax increases to cover the black (red) hole for about two years. Why is this so hard for folks to get a grasp on? California's revenues are about 70 billion, and the outflow is about 100 billion. Write that down.