Another reminder

AP:

It was just three months ago that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger asked California voters to approve a budget-reform measure he termed the "Live Within Our Means" act.

In releasing his state budget last week, the governor himself admitted that achieving such a goal was easier said that done. He succumbed to the state's chronic fiscal imbalance by offering a plan that spends more money than the state is expected to take in next fiscal year. In doing so, he admitted that balancing the budget was harder than he imagined when he took office.

It's clear that the focus of Arnold's new budget has less to do with "Living Within Our Means" and more to do with Arnold continuing to "Live Within the Governor's Mansion."