What do Californians think of their governer?

[bhcompy]

Originally Posted by Merl Elton

Athough not from CA, I can tell you many people in the USA think his policies have not helped CA. As a conservative person, regarding budgets, I know that you cannot have more money going out than coming in; and expect to make a profit; ie; have enough to save and invest; that is simple Finance/Econ 101; and common sense. Conservatives suggest that he hire a team of conservative financial/fiscal experts who have run very successful businsses; and who have had to make payroll for many years. These very wise business persons could best advise him on how to rescue his near terminal budget. Basically, stay away from any type of subprime loans; no matter how the Dems in Washington are pushing them. Protect the citizens of your state. Find out where the leaks are and plug them up; even if it means not always being politically correct. To run a profitable business, you need to think more with your mind: value logic, common sense, conservative business practices; and follow your heart only where it turns a profit.

I don't think you understand how the budget works in CA. The governor has very little control over the budget, especially since the Democrats control the state congress with an iron fist, and since we go months and months without a budget year after year because the state congress cannot settle on a budget, Arnold has to make concessions when they finally bring one to him because the state is out of money to pay it's own employees and operate services. Still, he secured hard fought cuts this year because of the current crisis and in the end I don't think he's done about as good as anyone else would have done given the circumstances in the state this decade.

And that is not mentioning the initiative system that institutes 10s of billions of new spending every election cycle from crap like 20 billion for a railroad from LA to SF to creating another environmental safety panel staffed by a dozen board members making a few hundred thousand a year and further muddying ability for business to operate in this state. The governor has no control over the initiative system and has no veto power over any approved initiatives.

[NorCal Dude]

I like him better than the last dingbat union nanny

[mysticaltyger]

Originally Posted by moved

Ahnold has now cut the funding to the Domestic Violence programs. Plus he's cutting Welfare to Work, and Health Families. Shame on him, maybe he could part with some of HIS hard earned money to help people. He doesn't know what it's like to live paycheck to paycheck, or currently in my case, unemployment check to unemployment check. He needs either a big wakeup call, or a big kick in the butt to get out! Can we do any worse than him?

Moved....the guy is a multi millionaire, not a billionaire. And California's problems run well into the BILLIONS. Bill Gates, the richest guy in the US, would have to give ALL his wealth to solve CAs financial problems, but that would only fix them for a year or two at most.

California's main problems are on the spending side.

It's time for the state to reform our ineffective health care and education systems instead of just throwing more money at them (since those 2 areas are where the bulk of the money is spent). And secondly, we need to make the state less attractive to illegal immigrants, since they use more in state services than they pay in taxes (ie--don't give them welfare, or put them on MediCal, no bilingual ed, deport them more aggressively, etc.).