It's time to kick Arnold in the nutz!

[Zkribbler]

Originally posted by Lancer
Ya, kick a terminator in the nuts. You got a plan B?

Uh....bleed all over him??

He's actually hasn't been as bad as I thought he would be when he first got elected. I thought he would be much more conservative after he reformed workers comp on the backs of workers, and let the big insurance companies make out.

He tried to be with a special election for four right-wing initiatives. His favorablity rating dropped ~ 40 points and all four initiatives were defeated. At that point, he ousted most of Pete Wilson's former cronies and started listening more to Maria.

He's right in saying this budget won't fix California's systemic budget problems. But it would give us a budget. Then we can work on the systemic problems.

[SlowwHand]

No budget kind of makes OneFootInTheGrave's observation invalid. You can't stick to something not there.

[OneFootInTheGrave]

what is he sticking to than.... or better to say why is he not approving a budget that is overspending in case he is not sticking to a budget?

[Zkribbler]

Originally posted by OneFootInTheGrave
what is he sticking to than.... or better to say why is he not approving a budget that is overspending in case he is not sticking to a budget?

Overspending isn't the problem. Education and healthcare are already being slashed.

The problem is that most of the state's revenues come from things like income tax, corporate tax etc, which decline during a bad economy. There's just not enough money coming in to pay the bills.

[Kidlicious]

It's cutbacks like these that can really hurt in a recession. State cutbacks will probably hurt more than federal cutbacks if there are any.

[rmsharpe]

Originally posted by Kidicious




Hey! No new taxes on the wealthy though. As usual the budget is balanced in a way that will do the most harm to people.

Any republican would be proud.

Will the last person with a net worth of $100,000 or more in California please lock the door tight and shut off the lights? Also, try to avoid Compton on the way out.

[Kidlicious]

Originally posted by rmsharpe

Will the last person with a net worth of $100,000 or more in California please lock the door tight and shut off the lights? Also, try to avoid Compton on the way out.

Haven't you heard? There aren't any rich people left in CA because of high taxes. They all moved to Kansas.

I heard that on Limbaugh or something.

[Zkribbler]

Originally posted by Kidicious


Haven't you heard? There aren't any rich people left in CA because of high taxes. They all moved to Kansas.

I heard that on Limbaugh or something.

Obama was just in Beverly Hills, collecting millions in additional donations from the rich people who no longer exist.

[Theben]

Originally posted by Kidicious
Haven't you heard? There aren't any rich people left in CA because of high taxes. They all moved to Kansas.

I heard that on Limbaugh or something.

There never were. Everyone in California is a socialist in sharpie's universe, and socialists hate money. Ergo, there are no rich people.

[Joseph]

those guards make 80,000 a year and they want a 37% pay increase. Screw them.

[David Floyd]

Everyone in California is a socialist in sharpie's universe, and socialists hate money.

Theben, that's just not true. Socialists love money. Other people's money, that is. What socialists hate is WORKING for their money, you know, earning it.

[David Floyd]

those guards make 80,000 a year and they want a 37% pay increase. Screw them.

Yeah, it's like the poor, underpaid police officers and firefighters here in Austin. Their wages are pretty much the highest in the nation, the public safety budget is threatening to create a fiscal crisis, and still these ******* unions are trying to squeeze more out of us.

You know, I've never belonged to a union, and I feel neither unpaid, mistreated, or held back. I also don't feel that I've ever been treated unfairly at raise/promotion time. Unions They may have had their place once, but now they need to be broken. Hard.

[SlowwHand]

Originally posted by OneFootInTheGrave
what is he sticking to than.... or better to say why is he not approving a budget that is overspending in case he is not sticking to a budget?

I need an interpreter over here.

[Kidlicious]

Originally posted by Zkribbler


Obama was just in Beverly Hills, collecting millions in additional donations from the rich people who no longer exist.

You do know I was joking, right?

[Kidlicious]

Originally posted by David Floyd


Theben, that's just not true. Socialists love money. Other people's money, that is. What socialists hate is WORKING for their money, you know, earning it.

As opposed to conservatives who get their rocks off working in prisons for minimum wage, right?