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     Ashton Comedian Username: Ashton Post Number: 1181 Registered: 05-2008 Posted From: 208.53.157.30 Rating: N/A |
Well, "As goes California, so goes the nation." We'd better hope not. According to this grim little piece from the London Times, Cali will implement at least the following, for starters: -Hundreds or thousands of Policemen, firemen laid off -Parks closed -All university educational financial aid terminated immediately. -Billions yanked from educational budget in general, with a SHORTER school year -All strays killed after 3 days -No money to treat infants exposed to drugs -No more absentee ballots And words from the big man himsel: "Mr Schwarzenegger, whose popularity has plunged to levels that George W. Bush would recognise, told lawmakers in Sacramento, the state capital: “California’s day of reckoning is here. Our wallet is empty. Our bank is closed. Our credit is dried up.” | ||
| Ashton Comedian Username: Ashton Post Number: 1177 Registered: 05-2008 Posted From: 208.53.157.30 Rating: N/A |
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/ article6489325.ece "The state of California is in crisis and time has almost run out...The state’s top finance officials warned that unless an emergency austerity plan is agreed by Monday — and there is little chance that it will be — they will not be able to borrow the billions of dollars needed to keep the current government functioning. one in the state, not even its dozens of billionaires, will be unaffected..." |
