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“This administration is populated by people who’ve spent their careers bashing government. They’re not just small-government conservatives—they’re Grover Norquist, strangle-it-in-the-bathtub conservatives. It’s a cognitive disconnect for them to be able to do something well in an arena that they have so derided and reviled all these years.”

Senator Hillary Clinton

Monday, February 21, 2005

Arnold's special interests

I know I've mentioned it a few times here before, but the LA Times has an article on Arnold's quest for big special interest money even as he speaks out against it.

I think this issue would do some damage to Arnold if he runs again, as it would help turn him from a likeable actor who is going to reform the government into a misleading politician who is out for his own wealthy benefactors.

Also a potential issue:
A study last year found that Californians are shouldering an increasing share of the state's general fund. The report by the nonprofit California Budget Project determined that the burden of paying for public services has shifted from businesses to individuals. Income taxes paid by individuals now make up half of the state's revenues, while corporate taxes have fallen to about 10 percent.

But at least Californians got their car tax back, huh, Arnold?