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- AmyVernon, on 10/04/2008, -1/+96OK, Arnold just needs to go back in time, give money to Sarah Connor in the '80s and have her take out a bunch of CDs with 12 percent interest, but take them out before the end of the decade, then invest in the stock market for the '90s and make sure to take it all out before the dot-com bust. That might do it.
- bedlamite23, on 10/04/2008, -5/+75Great...the fifth largest economy in the world is tanking...great, just great.
- beamster, on 10/04/2008, -2/+68Asta la vista, maybe?
- threemagic, on 10/04/2008, -2/+52and so it begins... you bailed them out so you should bail us out too.
who's next? - jcaino, on 10/04/2008, -3/+50Can I get...let's say...just 50 grand? Come on - its just pocket change in comparison to all this *****.
- hwy9nightkid, on 10/04/2008, -1/+45DEFICIT !! GET DAOWWWNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
- Mattwdj, on 10/04/2008, -1/+36WRONG!!! its the house that wont let Arnold balance the budget, arnold said he would veto their new budget but the house said they have enough to over ride it. Arnold is dong the best he can. He is the only person in california who actually cares about balancing the budget.
- TheJimid, on 10/04/2008, -2/+33Didn't the Medical Marijuana Dispensaries offer him a billion to help with this problem? He clearly should of reviewed his options.
- inactive, on 10/04/2008, -0/+28You're correct. It's the eighth largest economy in the world. Still pretty big.
- P1um, on 10/04/2008, -6/+31I say no more loans. Let the economy go where it goes.
- sandman979, on 10/04/2008, -12/+37Maybe it has to do with millions of non taxable illegals having 3-4 kids for the rest of us to maintain... maybe.
- ccb621, on 10/04/2008, -1/+25Since you're offering, I have some college loans that I would like the government to pay off?
Thanks in advance,
ccb621 - stockjones, on 10/04/2008, -1/+22Good God people the loans, vouchers all this borrowing with the promise to pay back later crap has got to go. Its time to face reality, stop living beyond your means and pay off this debt. That unfortunately means cutbacks (yes democrat cutbacks) and taxes (yes mr republican taxes).
I usually agree with the terminator but sometimes I think we need to go through this pain to reap some lessons. Fact is California is bankrupt and people dont get it. - SilverBlade2k, on 10/04/2008, -3/+24This is how the great American Empire dies....by bailing out banks and businesses and letting the working people pay for it.
Hope you like socialism, because that is where the U.S is headed. - Richandler, on 10/04/2008, -5/+24He should have never approved the budget until it had been cut way more dramatically. Too many democrats have been sitting too comfortably in the California legislature. This is why we can't just borrow and spend, it doesn't work. Either tax the people or cut the program.
- kismetropolis, on 10/04/2008, -0/+19Sorry, California. Wall Street beat you to it.
all we got now is pocket lint. - algaeturd, on 10/04/2008, -1/+19Does anyone else find it ironic that we're getting this news from the U.K.? I'm not saying it's bad, but it's strange that this isn't on the front page of every American media outlet.
- citruspastels, on 10/04/2008, -2/+17Raise taxes or cut programs like the rest of the country you ***** idiots.
- Mankrik, on 10/04/2008, -1/+15DO IT. DO IT NOOOOW.
- lukedamonkey, on 10/04/2008, -4/+17I agree, California is too great to be in the union. I'm tired of you guys!
- tnoy, on 10/04/2008, -2/+14California is not asking for a bailout.
The normal credit channels they go through have been frozen, so they cant get the cash from the banks. Since the banks are not lending the money, California is going to the feds. If this $700B bailout "works," then California will just get the money from the banks, and not need the money from the feds.
Many states pay for many services through credit until the money from taxes start to roll in. The only reason you're hearing about it is because of the credit crunch. There are a dozen states that are likely to be in the same situation if the banks dont start lending again. - Ne007, on 10/04/2008, -2/+14I'm gonna have to warn yah....I'm going to need a 110.5 billion dollar bailout also...
- Richandler, on 10/04/2008, -5/+16It hasn't been the 5th largest economy in the world in a long time.
- inactive, on 10/04/2008, -2/+13Hey, I need a loan too! All my money is being spent on oil, war, and the bonuses of CEO's who could not be responsible with their businesses
- steelaman, on 10/04/2008, -0/+11no no, you heard the man right...opera
- fuzzybeard, on 10/05/2008, -0/+11The Terminator: I need your clothes, your boots, your motorcycle, and seven billion dollars.
Cigar Biker: You forgot to say please... - idavidtang, on 10/05/2008, -0/+10NAAAOOOWWWWW
- hwy9nightkid, on 10/04/2008, -0/+10Oprah?
- splorpdotorg, on 10/05/2008, -0/+10It's so simple! How did we miss it!
- yacks, on 10/04/2008, -1/+11We wouldn't being breaking families apart if they just took their families back with them.. ;)
- MalDON, on 10/04/2008, -1/+11I can't wait for socialism ... as long as I get my free healthcare.
- macrodot, on 10/04/2008, -3/+13As Thomas Jefferson pointed out so well, “A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine.” It’s called Democratic Socialism today.
Jefferson warned, “I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.” - tflowholdings, on 10/05/2008, -0/+10dude i love arnold
- fabkebab, on 10/04/2008, -9/+18Have you guys any idea what this actually means - If they dont get the money, they dont pay
teachers
policemen
fire fighters
courts
until 2009
It might be easy to sit in the comfort of the bedroom of your parents house and say "let the market correct itself" but get a clue!! - b0rna, on 10/04/2008, -0/+9opera is our last hope...
- macman2k, on 10/04/2008, -1/+9This is how the states will lose what little remaining independence they have from Washington... a bailout loan with strings attached. The states were foolish enough to allow the Federal Reserve to print money.. this puts the state governments in the same situation as all businesses and individuals... their money can be devalued out from under them and the economies can be destroyed first by inflation and then by deflation.
- Harboggles, on 10/04/2008, -0/+8It's okay, this guy in my inbox just told me he can pay if we send him a 5.000$ check to pay for the wire transfer...
- cadmiumpaint, on 10/04/2008, -2/+10maybe you should read the article. they need the cash to pay police and firefighters. no paycheck no state services.
the problem with that hands off view of yours is that its based in blind idealism and doesn't account for actual people or day to day scenarios called reality. - inactive, on 10/04/2008, -1/+9You do know who pays for these bailout plans, right?
- basye, on 10/04/2008, -0/+8The solution is as simple as the end of his nose. :D
- inactive, on 10/04/2008, -0/+8end the war on stuff that's natural
I'm glad to have this chance to stop stupidity
;~}
and NO I don't care how much it hurts - lukedamonkey, on 10/04/2008, -0/+7http://stopthedrugwar.org/in_the_trenches/2007/aug ...
I'm sure this would help :) - j.carcinogen, on 10/05/2008, -0/+7Poor states like Mississippi never get bailed out, and they have to live within their means. You dug your own hole.
- inactive, on 10/05/2008, -4/+11Go ***** in your hat California! I don't want to loan you jack. Try balancing your budget. Lay off some state workers. Cut some pension benefits. Deport some Mexicans. Lets get some fiscal discipline going!
- yacks, on 10/04/2008, -2/+9Tell that to Arnold as welll.. He's been borrowing and spending as well ala Bush. It's a new breed of Republicans.. ;) Atleast the Democrats will raise taxes to fund their projects.
- sockpuppets, on 10/04/2008, -4/+11That's what she said.
- inactive, on 10/05/2008, -0/+7California taxes contribute more to the nation than any other state.
- Shaman760, on 10/04/2008, -2/+9Time to legalize weed
Oh and jail those who mismanage California's budget. If politicians faced serious retribution for their actions, OPM would be respected so much more. - skeetmuffin, on 10/04/2008, -1/+8ill be set with 50 grand
but all im asking is for treefity - MindTrigger, on 10/04/2008, -7/+14I live in southern California (or Mexico, I can't tell for sure), and I say let this this place die. Maybe if the economy caves in someone will step up and end the illegal immigration that is sucking it dry.
I have exactly ZERO problem with legal immigration. If you come into the country legally, I welcome you. If not, go home. -
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