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2010-01-10 Economy
California Requests Billions From U.S. .
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Posted by Fred 2010-01-10 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11130 views ]  Top

#1 The governor said California deserved the federal help because the state sends far more tax money to Washington than it receives in return. Federal mandates, he added, "force us to spend money that we do not have."
He should have asked the Senators from California to hold out on voting for ObamaCare until they got the same deal as Ben Nelson did.
Posted by Rambler in Virginia  2010-01-10 01:08||   2010-01-10 01:08|| Front Page Top

#2 warned that state health and welfare programs would be threatened without the emergency help.

Thoughtful of the Terminator to identify the root of the problem, along with his request for money.
Posted by Besoeker 2010-01-10 02:32||   2010-01-10 02:32|| Front Page Top

#3 First of all Arnold, you are a Republican, so as far as the Chicago mob is concerned, you do not deserver any cash, Democrats in DC only pay off supporters. Never was that way until now.
Secondly Arnold, your representative, Pelosi cares nothing about the people of California, she is too busy bringing in "Socialism", another name for nationalist power grabbing and has no interest in representing the people in her state.
Posted by Don Vito Glorong2098 2010-01-10 02:46||   2010-01-10 02:46|| Front Page Top

#4 good Luck.

Give us a big Hollywood smile.
Posted by Angleton9 2010-01-10 04:49||   2010-01-10 04:49|| Front Page Top

#5 Oh Hell NO!
Posted by newc  2010-01-10 05:16||   2010-01-10 05:16|| Front Page Top

#6  and warned threatened that state health and welfare programs would be threatened without the emergency help.

Fixed it for ya - no charge.

Not that they would ever would cut down on spending on Illegal Aliens (such as education and non-life-threatening medical).
Posted by CrazyFool 2010-01-10 07:53||   2010-01-10 07:53|| Front Page Top

#7 ...well, some of that is because a federally appointed social engineer in the guise of a judge orders expenditures by the state to cover illegals. Make a note that in Constitution V.2 that the judiciary to be told in no uncertain terms that any decrees involving expenditures by state or federal agency is the basis of immediate impeachment. The purse strings are the sole power of the legislative branch.
Posted by Procopius2k 2010-01-10 07:59||   2010-01-10 07:59|| Front Page Top

#8 ...I have said this before, and I shall say it again: if California gets a bailout, they will have defaulted on being a state - that is; they are incapable of having a legislature that can produce a budget. I WISH somebody would pick up on this.

Mike
Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2010-01-10 09:10||   2010-01-10 09:10|| Front Page Top

#9 Mike, would it become part of Nevada? Would you really wish that fate on those poor people to the east?

As a born and raised Californian, I insist that the Feds don't give us any money. It only encourages a continuation of bad behavior. Kind of like giving crack to an addict going through withdrawal.
Posted by AuburnTom 2010-01-10 10:57||   2010-01-10 10:57|| Front Page Top

#10 would it become part of Nevada?

Make it Michigan's Western peninsula.
Posted by SteveS 2010-01-10 12:30||   2010-01-10 12:30|| Front Page Top

#11 NO!

Next question.

Break California up into territories. It is no longer a functional state. Liberals have ruined it.
Posted by OldSpook 2010-01-10 12:33||   2010-01-10 12:33|| Front Page Top

#12 Aid is concitional: suspends all the pollution limits stricter than federal standards, open up offshore and inshore drilling, suspend any and all environmental regulations that are more strict than federal ones, institute ID and citizenship confirmations for all welfare and medicaid/medicare, deport all illegals when they are convicted of breaking any law, cap all lawsuit non-economic damages to triple the economic proven damages, go to loser pays for civil suits, declare bankjruptcy and use that to abrogate ALL public union contracts and retirement agreements to bring them in line wiht national levels, and do not allow any retirement benefit payouts prior to age 60, and reduce retirement payments to double and triple dippers.

Do that and CA might not need the help.
Posted by OldSpook 2010-01-10 12:38||   2010-01-10 12:38|| Front Page Top

#13 I like the way you think OS. However, it is too sensible and I won't hold my breath waiting for sanity in the giant sucking black money hole called CA.
Posted by JohnQC 2010-01-10 15:52||   2010-01-10 15:52|| Front Page Top

#14 Hopefully I speak for GolfBravo as well in saying that CA should NOT be bailed out...What's the definition of insanity again? The amount of fraud, waste, graft and mis-management is rampant in our state.

On another note...1 hr. special tonight on Capt. Sullenberger (proud resident of the town GBMC and I call home..
Posted by Warthog 2010-01-10 16:37||   2010-01-10 16:37|| Front Page Top

#15 Where's the special airing?
Posted by JohnQC 2010-01-10 16:50||   2010-01-10 16:50|| Front Page Top

#16 IIRC WAFF > US STATES IN REBELLION AGAINST OBAMACARE/UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE LEGISLATION, ARGUE THEY CAN'T AFFORD IT. Obamacare will make their various STATE-SPECIFIC BUDGET CRISES-DEFICITS WORSE THAN EVER???

As for DA ARNUUULD > FOX NEWS + CNBC > the Governator is indir asking the Fed for massive Fed assistance calc in PRE-DETERMINED/FIXED RATIO TO CALIFORNIA'S SINGULAR POLECON IMPORTANCE TO THE NATION = COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES VEE OTHER US STATES [e.g. approxi
24% of US Population, percentage of US GDP, "Fifth largest economy in the World", Not just the USA, etc.].

IMO the USA could face another "BIG STATE VS. SMALL STATE" DEEP CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS [interstate egalitarianism] NOT SEEN IN MANY DECADES.
Posted by JosephMendiola 2010-01-10 19:33|| na  2010-01-10 19:33|| Front Page Top

#17 So let me get this straight. You want me to pay for your mistakes like services to illegals and other hare-brained policies so you can continue them? I think not.

I like OS's idea, except I would sieze all assets of all illegals here past 1/1/11, and then deport them. I would make sure anyone who pays rent, goes to a doctor, gets a job, etc. has to prove their legal residency status. And penalize the crap out of anyone who is a serial offender of these policies.
Posted by gorb 2010-01-10 20:12||   2010-01-10 20:12|| Front Page Top

#18 California has run out of all its own peoples' money and so now they are coming after YOUR money.
Posted by crosspatch 2010-01-10 21:01||   2010-01-10 21:01|| Front Page Top

#19 The sad fact is.... Obumble is quite likely to grant the bailout.... without restrictions.


Well perhaps a I'll be back! from the Terminator...
Posted by CrazyFool 2010-01-10 22:30||   2010-01-10 22:30|| Front Page Top

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