Schwarzenegger's Red State Budget Isn't "Moderate"

[courtesy of The California Majority Report]

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's May budget proposal has been universally panned by editorial boards up and down the state. But the Governor is still trying to put lipstick on this pig, judging by his comments at the Sacramento Host Breakfast yesterday.

According to the Associated Press, "Schwarzenegger said his $144.3 billion budget is a moderate plan that could be supported by legislators of both political parties.

'Deep down inside, the legislators know that this is the way to go because the Democrats want to raise taxes, the Republicans want to make all cuts. I think that we have to meet somewhere in the middle. That's exactly what our budget does. It's using revenues and using cuts in order to solve the problem.'"

Actually, Governor, Democrats don't want to raise taxes. Democrats do believe, however, they have to be part of a balanced solution. You know, the kind of solution that Gov. Pete Wilson (a Republican who actually had the guts to be straight with Californians about taxes) proposed the last time we had a budget headache like this one.

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