[calcowgirl]

"If they don't pass, we will be facing a $50 billion problem," Schwarzenegger said at a meeting with Daily News editors and reporters. "It will mean massive cuts in education, hospitals, prisons. These are things people don't want to see cut."

"When we are able to explain to the people, they get it," Schwarzenegger said. "We know people are furious. But once we explain to them what we are trying to do, they support it."

"None of us like raising taxes," Schwarzenegger said. "(But) anyone who says you can solve this without raising taxes is hallucinating, is on drugs or has a math problem."

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[fieldmarshaldj]

"None of us like raising taxes,"

No, like is too mild a word. Taxes to liberals are like pornography to a teenage boy. They'd die without it.

[dalereed]

“It will mean massive cuts in education, hospitals, prisons. These are things people don’t want to see cut.”

Just eliminate them all and solve the problem!

[tubebender]

I’m taking 2 aspirin, please don’t call me in the morning...

[DoughtyOne]

The state budget doubled in ten years. Now we can’t cut a thing without decimating every important service.

Sure Arnold. Someone doesn’t understand math indeed.

These bills are going to crash and burn. The populace is not happy right now.

The governor and the legislature are public enemies number one and two these days.

[PapaBear3625]

"None of us like raising taxes," Schwarzenegger said. "(But) anyone who says you can solve this without raising taxes is hallucinating, is on drugs or has a math problem."

The only way out for California is to abolish welfare entirely, engage in a massive program to identify and expel illegal aliens, and do massive layoffs among the "social service" bureaucracy. Good luck seeing it happen.