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Posted: **Thu Jul 30, 2009 1:37 pm**

Ahhnold's less popular now than when he made "Junior." But there's a priceless line or two in here ...

Ironically, Schwarzenegger had attempted to appeal to populist sentiment by refusing to consider taxes as a way to climb out of the budget hole, using a combination of cuts, fund shifts and borrowing instead.

Yeah, damn him for not raising taxes.

"A lot of the cuts being made were not popular, and he really took the lead and was out front on what he said was needed — staying firm on not raising taxes...," said Melissa Michelson, a political science professor at Cal State East Bay. "I hear from a lot of people who would have understood if some taxes were raised. Raising taxes on the wealthy sure would have been more palatable than cuts on students, elderly and children."

Fuck you, bitch. THAT'S the sort of logic that marks you an economic mongoloid. It's nice to cherrypick from the wealthy until they all move out of your country because there's no fucking reason to earn cash anymore; it's all taxed away & redistributed to the corrupt & those who didn't earn it. Fuck you, you commie twat.

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Posted: **Thu Jul 30, 2009 9:51 pm**

There is such a thing as a fiscal conservative. California sent out IOU's instead of tax refunds. Raise taxes or live within the budget. You figure it out.

Posted: **Thu Jul 30, 2009 9:53 pm**

Mommy Dearest wrote:There is such a thing as a fiscal conservative. California sent out IOU's instead of tax refunds. Raise taxes or live within the budget. You figure it out.

There's not enough of a negative reaction if they overspend. There's no check whatsoever. It sure as fuck ain't the voting public.

Posted: **Thu Jul 30, 2009 10:55 pm**

Malcolm wrote:
Mommy Dearest wrote:There is such a thing as a fiscal conservative. California sent out IOU's instead of tax refunds. Raise taxes or live within the budget. You figure it out.
There's not enough of a negative reaction if they overspend. There's no check whatsoever. It sure as fuck ain't the voting public.

They just come out with "raise these taxes or we have to cut programs for kids and old people" and not call attention to the other 75% of the budget that is their pet projects and bloat.

Posted: **Fri Jul 31, 2009 2:20 pm**

The problem: California's budget and debt are out of control. The state is close to filing bankruptcy.

Republican solution: Cut spending.

Democrat solution: Increase taxes.

(This doesn't even need a smart ass comment to go along with it.)

Posted: **Fri Jul 31, 2009 3:03 pm**

What happens if the state does file bankruptcy? Are all public assets seized and auctioned off to pay public debts?

Maybe they could use sponsorship deals to raise some money. For example, Gatorade might be interested in sponsoring a fire department to better market their "quenching" factor. Or how about a police department being sponsored by Smith & Wesson?

In areas where 911 ends up with hold times, they could sell audio ad space for the hold, "Emergency services will be with you shortly. While you wait, have you considered what ADT security services could do to help with your current situation? With our fire and theft monitoring package, emergency services would already be on their way."

Posted: **Fri Jul 31, 2009 5:24 pm**

TPRJones wrote:In areas where 911 ends up with hold times, they could sell audio ad space for the hold, "Emergency services will be with you shortly. While you wait, have you considered what ADT security services could do to help with your current situation? With our fire and theft monitoring package, emergency services would already be on their way."

I'd laugh my ass off.

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