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To: American Spirit who wrote (482450)	10/27/2003 9:01:14 PM
From: Original Mad Dog	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Maybe you don't underdstand about 90% of California spending is mandatory and the rest Arnold has vowed not to cut. I challenged you on that number earlier and you said you "heard" it somewhere: Message 19390169 (you saying you "heard" the 90 percent number but citing only Prop. 13, which controls revenue but not spending). Message 19389538 For you, that is the equivalent of "I made it up and if I can find some suckers maybe they will believe it." Well, guess what, 90 percent of the California budget is not "mandatory" in the sense that it cannot be changed by the legislature and the governor. The governor has a line item veto which can cut all sorts of spending. Four years back, when California had tens of thousands fewer state employees, it didn't let its prisoners out of jail. Are you trying to tell us that all those new employees California hired during the Davis years were prison guards, and without them the convicts must be allowed to roam free? You expect people to believe that? From you, the king (or is it queen?) of truthfulness and factual accuracy?

To: American Spirit who wrote (482450)	10/27/2003 9:03:25 PM
From: DavesM	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

While 90% of the budget may be mandatory, if he declares a state of emergency, the Governor would no longer be tied to spending mandates. Governor Davis could have done this with the budget, and he could have done it sooner with the Energy Crisis.