http://www.salon.com/opinion/scheer/2004/01/14/schwarzenegger/
"The aged, the blind, the disabled and poor women with children are paying for a big chunk of the loss of revenue from the vehicle tax," state Senate leader John Burton told me Monday. "Them and college students and people needing medical assistance. The reality is the only way to balance this budget without exploiting these groups is to raise taxes on the wealthy, and the governor doesn't want to do that."
The General called this one some time ago. I'll say it again, because it's worth repeating (until people get smarter and realize: Rich people don't like you.):
That's right: Screw education, farmers, drivers, and welfare recipients. I can just hear him in his Austrian accent prattling on about how they are "veek" and just need to do some chin-ups to get back on their "veet." So Schwarzenegger is going to frame all of these social programs as the real problem that has put California in such a desperate situation, when meanwhile Schwarzenegger is an accomplice of Enron CEO Ken Lay and they plotted to have Californians pay for the mess Enron created, two years before the recall election.
How much did Enron (and the companies who mimicked it in bilking the state by manipulating energy prices) cost the state of California? $70 billion. How much will the state save by Schwarzenegger's "spending cuts" (which, of course, entail that California not go after Enron to recover the ill-gotten gains)? $150 million. You do the math.
Once again deregulation screws the general public, and so-called "liberal" policies like social programs for welfare recipients get the blame.
God help us all if Scwarzenegger gains the right to run for president. Americans are already voting by name recognition alone, and they've shown in the past that an actor is a prime candidate to be recognized. Oh, please, Average American, please wake up and realize that people like George Bush and Arnold Schwarzenegger are destroying your country, and they're hiding behind the twin towers of conservative thought -- blind patriotism and "fiscal responsibility" -- to do it.
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