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California Senate Nixes Schwarzenegger PlansThe California Senate, late in the evening on Dec 6, by a 34-0 vote nixed Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's plan to cap spending, and a second $15 billion dollar bond measure to borrow money to cover the shortfall in this year's budget also failed with just five Democrats and no Republicans supporting it, the AP reported today. The Assembly also failed to approve any of Schwarzenegger's proposals. Schwarzenegger had attempted to take his cause directly to the California voters, this week racing up and down the state to speak at public gatherings. Democrats in the State's Capitol said the time could have been better spent negotiating with the legislature. The new governor's plan to borrow money to pay for the deficit is similar to a plan by former governor Gray Davis, who had gotten approval last summer from the legislature to borrow $10.7 billion. Schwarzenegger needed the extra $5 billion to cover revenue lost by the vehicle tax rollback, which he instated immediately upon becoming governor. Schwarzenegger also plans to make drastic cuts in social spending. Denying he will create hardships such as taking government paid dog food away from those with seeing-eye dogs, Schwarzenegger has suggested cutting out therapy for the disabled and home care and travel help for the elderly. The governor is attempting to depend on the people, not the legislature to push through his plans, but with his policies seeming to be little different than those of Gray Davis, who he highly criticized during the Recall campaign, and with his own party appearing at least as obstructionist as the Democrats, Schwarzenegger may find little public enthusiasm for his programs. Schwarzenegger had avoided public debates and had purposely withheld his plan to solve the budget crisis until he had secured the election, providing an appearance of expertise by a displaying of a panel of "experts" that presumably would have resolved the budget problem painlessly and without raising taxes. This panel of experts merely pushed off this years debt on us, our children, and grandchildren. Schwarzenegger may still find a miracle, if the economy takes off in strong force, and perhaps may ride out a recovery Bill Clinton style, taking credit for a wealth of new prosperity by being in the right place and time. States' Liberty Party, Dec 7, 2003 |
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