Arnold: I'll take govs' money

[getthefacts]

Source: Politico

Fresh off a grueling budget battle in his state, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Saturday that if fellow Republican governors threatening to turn down stimulus funds follow through on their pledge, he'd be happy to have their share.

"Everyone has their own way of thinking," Schwarzenegger said of those governors in an interview with POLITICO at the National Governors Association's annual meeting. "I just hope they give me their funding."

Schwarzenegger supports President Barack Obama's $778 billion stimulus, but four Republican governors have said they may reject some of the stimulus funds

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0209/19121.html

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I'd sure do the same thing. People have to stop putting party over people.

[Patchuli]

1. That is tooooooooo funny!

I just told my co-worker yesterday (a Repub with eyes newly opening) that I wish we could take the $ those uppity Repub govs are disdainful of! CA needs it and I need to keep my job! You go Ahnie! heheheee

[Politicalboi]

2. Talk to the Hand!

[Cha]

3. Rec'd~ Are the govs who

are rejecting the stimulus money..going to run for president next?

[clixtox]

9. We can only hope that one such deep thinker is honored...

by the Thuglicants with inclusion as their 2012 prez nomination.

Like sure!

What posturing clowns!

I am sure that their constituents are thrilled about this self-righteous poppycock!

Seriously, will the Thugs have a chance again to prevail in a non-rigged election in our lifetimes? I hope that the Greens or Peace and Freedom or a coalition of the more progressive parties become the the other major American political party while the Thugs go the way of the Whigs and the Know Nothing parties, into deserved oblivion.

If people only realized that the Thugs of today are the political descendants of the despised "Tories" or the Tory Party that wanted the original 13 American "states" to continue to be dependent colonies of England, basically to be controlled fiefdoms ripe for exploitation by the super rich of the 18th Century.

The Tories philosophy was similar to the Thugs of today. The workers and "middle class" supported and obeyed their masters without question and paid taxes at the their whim.

[Cha]

12. We're not obeying very

well and they're Pissed.

[Quiz Master]

4. Of course he will.

Arnold's no favorite of mine, but he knows which side his bread is buttered on (note his quick scurry to the center after he lost his hard-right proposition slate a few years back). And so, whatever else is true, at least he's not one of the idiots Repubs. spreading the anti-stimulus lies on the tube we've been seeing.

[harry_pothead]

5. I hope this is serious

Being someone who is going into the SFSU credential program this fall to a CA teacher, I really hope it's serious.

[w4rma]

6. He's just talk. Because, as far as I can tell, he can't take the extra money. (nt)

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

15. You're right, but I love that he's saying it...

Arnold isn't the worst Republican in the room. And when he talks like that, he makes the others look patently foolish by comparison.

[KakistocracyHater]

7. we have to face facts & be willing to operate

"in the red" for awhile-like Fox News & others-& then we will begin to profit. Electrifying the rural areas was considered crazy at the time, who can afford such a luxury during the Depression? The health & wealth of all nations are not soley found in bank accounts, it is also found in dependable transport of goods, medicines & food, & in the availability of clean water to drink & bathe & dwellings that are located in a stable-enough area so people aren't forced to flee or fight for their lives every other day.

[JI7]

8. considering all the money CA Taxpayers give in and how little they get back

he better take and try to get all that he can.

[NeoConsSuck]

11. Same goes for NY

I hope Gov. Paterson gets first dibs on the refused stimulus money :)

[glowing]

10. Arnold can't go any further.. he does have a citizen issue for presidency.

so, he'd rather go out with a bang.. he'd be glad to take some money and make the Ahhhnold Expressway. LOL

[olddad56]

13. he's take it and mismanage it like he has the taxpayers money....

The state would find itself deeper in debt because Arnold would find some majestic ways to waste the money.

[Mz Pip]

14. He doesn't have to

The voters of California share a huge responsibilty for this mess starting with the passage of Prop 13 back in 1978 that changed the proerty tax structure and mandated a 2/3 majority for all budgets. We've passed costly initiatives that sound good without bothering to read the bottom line - how much they will cost. When they pas the state is mandated to fund them.

There is talk of redoing our constitution. Here's an article from today's San Francisco Chronicle.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/02/22/INPC160F09.DTL&hw=constitution&sn=004&sc=793


<<This budget debacle, coupled with the failure to pass several other desperately needed reforms, is a byproduct of the outdated system and rules of governance enshrined in our current Constitution.

Our Constitution has been amended more than 500 times, leaving it more like the Winchester Mystery House - with rooms and stairways leading nowhere - than a well-reasoned structure of governance. In this system nothing can get done. In almost every case, the failure to act costs inordinately more than the proposed solutions from either side of the political aisle, exacting a heavy tax toll on business and residents. Inaction also results in inefficient spending of revenues and, in many cases, real human suffering. We can fix this. Other states do not suffer the fate of California, and it is past time to learn from them.>>

[Raine]

16. You tell them Arnie

us Californians will be glad to have that extra money. :-)