(CNN) – Meg Whitman, a Republican candidate for governor in California, is not a fan of the new budget just passed by the state’s legislature.
The budget “is not the solution,” Whitman said in a statement Thursday. “Instead of respecting taxpayers and championing job creation, Sacramento is increasing taxes on the middle class. The proposed budget will kill jobs, hurt families and make future deficits even worse."
Whitman, the former President and CEO of eBay, also opposed the nearly $800 billion stimulus bill recently passed by Congress and signed into law by the President.
If successful in her gubernatorial bid, Whitman will succeed fellow Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who praised the California legislature’s passage of the state’s budget.
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Ooooh Arnold, you in trouble......
Ah! Now you want to be heard and noticed, Meg, eh? Can you restore the "goldenness" for California, so it can shine with its pristine glory, unlike you, lady? It's one thing to be diametrically opposin' and yet another to be reasonably polemical in a sotto voce manner.
Political rhetoric from our newbie gubernatorial candidate who has no realistic alternative plan, and NO political future.
A TIP: Try to be a constructive leader not a blatent panderer!
I live in California, WHAT DOES MEG WHITMAN HAVE TO DO WITH THIS BUDGET????
SOME OF THESE REPUBLICANS NEED TO SHUT UP IF THEY HAVE NO SOLUTIONS!! THE MEDIA SHOULD STOP GIVING THEM A FREE RIDE WHILE WE ALL SINK!!!!!!!!!
She is a Rushlican; did you really expect her to say anything positive!
Dear Meg,
Your party are a bunch of obstructionist/complainers who are putting their political careers first and California second. If you were Governor now you could have done no better because as we see here and in Washington, Republicans want things to go bad so they become a relevant party again.
Why don't you lay out some solutions instead of just poo pooing on everything. Then we can see if you know any better.
WHO?
Whitman is an Obstructionist. She endorses the "Do Nothing' method: Let's not do anything but argue and bicker and never get anything done. Whitman would be a disaster for california!
This idiot voted against the stimulus when her state is the one that needs it the most. What a class act she is. I'm not from Cali, but I'd vote for the Governator before this numbskull.
Ummm...and what else did you expect her to say? Might as well write an article about the sky being blue as write one about a GOPer who ardently supported McCain taking umbrage with something Democrats did...and doing so under the guise of concern for the middle-class. Lying sack...
Of course, she does.
OK...so you had a great idea to open up "stores" on Ebay...
that does not qualify you to be governor...
besides, California has had enough of the Republican solution...which is... NO SOLUTION!
You'll lose big time, Meg!
OMG! Do Republicans know any other song?
Before the libs cry and whine over this... I'll bet the folks in California (Dems and Repubs) who actually have had their taxes increased would love their taxes cut right about now!
What's your solution, Meg?
More tax cuts for the wealthy?
Well... makes you wonder...
The Stim Bill passed... and today the DOW hits a six year low...
Great job guys!
Well, looks like Ms. Whitman has got the poltical posturing down. Take a compromise and ridicule it as if you could have come up with a better, more timely solution. Sure.
Lady, you're full of it and you are simply taking potshots from the sidelines where things are easy. Talk about exploiting things for your own benefit. Don't be fooled by another politician telling you what you want to hear.
I hate it when people who are running for office think they need to label everything as "all bad" or "all good". No one bothers to pick the bad and good and explain why. California had to either raise taxes or cut services. And some services you can't cut. So boo hoo, taxes had to be raised. Repubs complained the $13 tax cut in the stimulous was too small and people wouldn't notice it. I agree. We should increase taxes by $13 dollars. People wouldn't notice it and we could use the $$$ to help pay down our debt.
Who cares what Meg Whitman says about anything?! She has about as much of a chance to become California's next governor as Arnold Schwarzenegger does of resurrecting his role of the Terminator. A democrat will easily win the governor seat in the next election. No contest!
REPUBLICANS(just say no), that's all they know.
It's easy to throw stones when you're not in a position to have to make any real decisions.
pliz shutup!
Yes, why don't all California eBay our way out of deficit? Let's eBay Golden Gate Bridge, Hollywood sign, costal beaches... etc. That should solve our economic issue really quick. By the way, we should all ask the lay-off eBay workers what they think of Meg.
I'm an Independant who lives in California....I HATE THIS NEW BUDGET!!
California JUST FINISHED raising our car license fees....now they are going up AGAIN! We were all supposed to get a $13/week increase in our paychecks...well Californians are turning right around and giving that stimulus money to the state of California!! That's THEFT! There are people in California prisons who have stolen a lot less!! (i.e. the man that was sentenced to 25 to life for stealing a pizza!!)
the California ship is going down, it needs total reconstruction