8/15/2003

The Low property tax in California is the Blessed Sacrament and you have to be a long time resident and homeowner here to understand. Arnold has made a major mistake in pulling in Warren Buffett, a guy who has advocated high property taxes for years. Millionaires can pay them. Working families get killed by them. You have to understand the history of Prop 13, the act that rolled back the taxes. Back in whatever year it was I was paying around $450 for my home. A tax bill showed up for $3,000 and I joined every Californian in the tax revolt. At that time we had the rudest nastiest government workers telling us off, treating us like shit, and behaving like....well like snotty union assholes who can't get fired. This could cost Arnold. You have to live here to appreciate it. Raise taxes and rents will go up (renters pay the tax not the landlord), food prices go up, everything goes up. This is a very dumb move by a guy who is supposed to be smart. Prop 13 is a bead on the rosary, a prayer at Temple, an atheists substitute for God. This is totally emotional and you can't screw with it.
Rob Lowe??? added to Arnold's staff?? This guy was involved in a video taped sex with a minor scandal back in the 80's. What the hell is Arnold thinking? I know what I am thinking.

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