[DC_Targa]

Thanks for the great news. Glad we finally have a govenor that is not one of those spend and spend and then tax us make up for the stupidity type of professional polititions.

A state economy should be run like any other business. And Arny's history has demonstrated he is a good business man.

If I were king for a day I would dump ALL the career politicians onto a desert island and let them screw it up as they did my state's economy and leave those who really care to fix things up.

If our governator does as well as I think he will, I'd be pleased to toss him my vote next time he runs. If he doesn't, I'll vote for the next NON-career politician that has good business sense.

Since Arny can't run for President, and the current crop all seems to be professional jerks, I guess I keep hoping Bill Gates will run for president before long. I'll bet just the leverage that would create would bolster the economy to new heights. And if he screwed something up, he could just donate the money to pay for the mistake. He could probably even add some backdoor code to Windows that would automatically forward all terrorist-type communication straight to the FBI and CIA.

I recall we once had a previous actor as governor. He eventually became president. Seems he led us into an era I never imagined I would see in my lifetime. The Berlin wall was torn down. He somehow leveraged the USSR into giving up weapons programs that existed for fear we would build one that was still vaporware (aka "Star Wars"). What ended the fear of communism and nuclear war that was rampant during my childhood? It was something much more down to earth. It can be summed up in a single word. ECONOMICS.

Perhaps I have seemed to stray a bit off of the $200K thread. But then again, fiscal responsibility works both at home and for government...