Schwarzenegger says governorship cost him $200 mln
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Lol
I guess it was a box office bomb
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Oh come on, put down the partisan talking sticks.
Niki, that was uncalled for. Wulf made an appreciative comment, and it was humorous, and also on your side. And he did it the way he always does. And you attacked him. I gotta think that this was because he was wulf, and not because of the content.
If you make it impossible for the opposition to ever support you you will never have outside support, no?
I'm not taking sides, I'm just pointing out the self defeating quality of just blatantly attacking people because they carry a red or blue banner.
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HUZZAH! Now THAT’s what I call communicating, Wulf (referring to your response to my last post). Came here first, haven’t read beyond that post, so what I respond may be duplicative of others. I see it got SOME sort of discussion going; in my opinion, that’s the important part. And you actually asked some good, valid questions and made good points. 
Wulf!
Okay, to respond. To start with, the following speaks for most Californians:Quote:
That’s a start. No, of course I didn’t vote for him; I couldn’t believe we were going to do it AGAIN (vote an actor into the governorship)! About the only good thing I can say for him is he didn’t tow the party line, he was somewhat independent at times. But his independence didn’t do us any good. Jerry Brown—yes, MoonWhatever---is back in office; we know we’ve got tough times ahead, but he got/kept us in the black last time, and knows what he’s doing.
HE stormed on to the stage as an action hero determined to save debt-ridden California from destruction in 2003.
But staunch Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger was replaced as Governor yesterday by a Democrat, after the most expensive non-presidential race in US history.
Democrat Jerry Brown, who ran the state in the 1970s and 1980s, is back in the California Governor's office after surviving more than $160 million in campaign spending against him.
Re: “The Govenator’s failings:
He looked out for his own interests rather than brokering compromises beneficial to California. As a result of his ineffective leadership, the California budget crisis deteriorated into a three-way battle, where neither Democratic nor Republican lawmakers respect Schwarzenegger.
He had all kinds of weird ideas to raise money: He poposed a plan to tax veterinary services, which would have raised our vet bills by 9%. He mismanaged our economy so badly that in 2009 he held a "garage sale" at the end of August, which sold off state cars and office supplies. Some of his measures ended up requiring early release of prisoners, among other things.
He held an incredibly expensive pet special-election ballot initiative package which was decisively repudiated at the polls which nobody wanted and which we fought not to have.
He was firmly in the pocket of the Chamber of Commerce and any number of other private enterprises, and his actions reflected same.
He was given to spending money on fancy affairs, sponsored by those interests:Quote:
http://www.caltrade.com/news/category/california/governor-schwarzenegg
In the most recent in a series of endless reports about Corporate gifts being given to our Governor and his associates – ostensibly in the “public interest”, the LA Times has reported that General Electric will be sponsoring a glitzy Governors Conference this August at Universal Studios in Hollywood. The event could cost more than $3 million between GE and other private sponsors.
“It’s a governmental conference, with governmental officials,” said Robert Stern, president of the Center for Governmental Studies in Los Angeles. “If GE is paying for it, the question is what does GE expect for their contribution? And they are certainly going to expect good will.” Schwarzenegger’s office has accepted millions of dollars in private gifts for things such as state dinners, international travel and ornaments on state Christmas trees..
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Yeah, they weren’t paid for by the taxpayers (he couldn’t have gotten away with that, given our situation), but they definitely compromised the administration’s independence from corporate interests.Quote:
He vetoed two bills that could have helped employees who earn their money through hourly work, by making it a misdemeanor crime for employers that fail to pay all wages within 90 days after a worker leaves, and by increasing the maximum amount of damages that a worker could be awarded in a wage-related
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damned computer froze. Sorry for the dbl post.
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Originally posted by Wulfenstar:
PS.
No matter what you or I say.
You can't argue with a winner.
Someone should quote this every time you whine about Obama.
"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."
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Or when you and your kind whine about Bush.
"Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies"
P.S I'm all out of fuken bubblegum.
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Originally posted by Niki2:
Gee, if only he'd used some of that to keep from raping our educational system...and so much more!
(I love that: "lost income from acting in Hollywood films". Shees...the things I could say...)
The Gov personally " raped " your already bloated educational system... HOW, exactly ?
" I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend. "
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HUZZAH! Now THAT’s what I call communicating, Wulf (referring to your response to my last post). Came here first, haven’t read beyond that post, so what I respond may be duplicative of others. I see it got SOME sort of discussion going; in my opinion, that’s the important part. And you actually asked some good, valid questions and made good points. Wulf!
Wow, that is the greatest patronizing I have ever seen.....you are a complete ass, hole and all.......
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How has the Govenator raped our educational system? By systematically cutting its budget to the point where it is now a total mess. We once had one of the premier educational systems in not just the country, but the world. That is now completely reversed:Quote:
http://articles.latimes.com/2009/dec/05/opinion/la-oe-rutten5-2009dec0
In 1960, a committee of educators working under the leadership of the visionary University of California President Clark Kerr handed Pat Brown, an equally farsighted governor, something he'd long hoped for: a master plan for higher education in California.
Brown and Kerr shared a desire to create a system that would simultaneously encourage academic excellence and equality of opportunity for students of every class and background. They succeeded beyond even their expansive dreams and, in the process, created not simply a network of world-class academic institutions but also a great engine of social progress and prosperity for the California economy.
The plan guaranteed the top 12.5% of the state's high school graduates places in the UC system; the top one-third of graduates were assured places in the state colleges; and free community colleges were open to all. A graduate of the latter's two-year programs was guaranteed admission as a transfer student to a university or state college. Fees and books at those institutions amounted to a few hundred dollars a year. It served as a blueprint for public systems across the country
Within short order, slightly more than half of all California high school graduates were attending college -- in an era when less than a third of all Americans went on to higher education. The public universities' burgeoning web of affordable professional schools amplified the system's effect. Its contribution to the decades of unparalleled prosperity that followed can't be calculated.
Of all the damage that has been done in recent years by Sacramento's habitual flight from fiscal responsibility -- particularly during the disastrous Schwarzenegger years -- none has been more injurious or perverse than the budgetary mistreatment of the state's universities and community colleges. Starved for adequate funds, what was once California's greatest guarantor of social mobility based on merit has become, in fact, a force for the growing inequality that threatens this state's future.
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http://www.childrennow.org/index.php/learn/education/
Due to chronic underfunding and inadequate governance, California’s once-premier education system now trails behind most of the nation. For more than 25 years, California has spent less per student than the national average. As a result, California’s children rank lowest on several key national measures of academic achievement. To make matters worse, California made painful and far-reaching budget cuts to its K-12 system in 2009, placing even more pressure on already underfunded schools, threatening the quality of children’s educational opportunities and undermining California’s chances for long-term economic growth.
It’s getting progressively worse, thanx to The Govenator’s insistence on cutting social services again and again, more than anything else, and his refusal to raise taxes. Just the past two years:
2008:Quote:
The proposed $4.8 billion cut from secondary education and $1.3 billion from higher education are the result of the governor’s proposed 10 percent across-the-board cuts in state social programs.
Many analysts have projected a sharp decline in property tax revenue, which would only intensify the current budget crisis and perhaps lead to even greater spending cuts. Schwarzenegger has adamantly refused to raise taxes of any kind, particularly on the state’s wealthiest residents, whom he cynically claims simply don’t have the ability to make any additional contributions to the state’s coffers.
Schwarzenegger’s proposals have already led to layoff notices for more than 20,000 teachers and school employees in the K-12 (kindergarten through h
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Niki - the teacher's unions and too many illegals drained your education system.
You reap what you sow.
Not Arnie's fault, it's all you Leftie's fault.
All of you.
" I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend. "
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