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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

Sunday, September 25, 2005

Angelides rips Schwarzenegger initatives

The Mercury News:
The governor claims his special election is urgently needed to bring critical "reforms" to California. But, like President Bush's "No Child Left Behind," "Healthy Forests" and "Clear Skies" initiatives, Schwarzenegger's "Put the Kids First" and "Live Within Our Means" initiatives are dishonestly labeled proposals that do nothing to enrich California's future or prepare our state to meet the challenges of the 21st century.

From the day he took office, Schwarzenegger has consistently tried to force the Bush agenda on California. President Bush and Schwarzenegger both want to privatize retirement security, burden our kids with massive new debt, and restrict our ability to make crucial investments in education and transportation. And the governor's initiatives reflect that shared agenda.

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