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Newsjock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 08:59 PM Original message |
(Schwarzenegger) facing budget impasse, plans minimum wage for (ALL hourly) state workers |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
1. You First, Arnie |
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MrModerate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 09:02 PM Original message |
He's a smart enough politician, he might just do that . . . |
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HowHasItComeToThis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 12:36 AM Response to Original message |
30. WHERE CAN I GET A RECALL PETITION??????????????? |
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Truth4Justice (806 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 05:26 AM Response to Reply #30 |
36. Where is John Conner and his 40 gigawatt plasma rifle when you need him? |
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musette_sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 06:22 PM Response to Reply #30 |
51. ask Darrell Issa |
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beyurslf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 10:06 PM Response to Reply #1 |
15. Didn't he forego his pay as Govenor? When you make millions from the movies |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 10:11 AM Response to Reply #15 |
40. That's correct, he's getting paid $1 per year |
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MrModerate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
2. But Californians Luuuuuuuv Arnie . . . |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 09:54 PM Response to Reply #2 |
12. No we don't and never did ~ |
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BuddhaGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 10:10 PM Response to Reply #2 |
17. absofuckinglutely NOT!!! |
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JeanGrey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 10:21 PM Response to Reply #2 |
19. Hey they aren't the only ones who love him. If not for that little |
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Popol Vuh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 11:14 PM Response to Reply #2 |
25. Nope! And never did. |
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cyclezealot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 12:34 PM Response to Reply #2 |
42. Check out the polls. |
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WhiteTara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 10:22 PM Response to Reply #2 |
53. we got him through electoral fraud |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
3. What an economic girlie man! |
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billyoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
4. Nice job, California. |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 09:49 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. You're Preaching to the Choir. Nobody On DU Voted For the Gropernator |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 10:37 PM Response to Reply #4 |
23. You know, we here on DU didn't vote for him. |
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billyoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 01:00 AM Response to Reply #23 |
32. Yes, I know, nobody from DU voted for him. Since DU members don't amount to even a rounding error, |
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Truth4Justice (806 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 05:14 AM Response to Reply #4 |
34. Kaleeforkneeya is going down the drain. Thats why we left there when the Terminator was selected. |
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Patchuli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 12:45 PM Response to Reply #34 |
43. Yeah, thanks for that |
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Truth4Justice (806 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 05:44 PM Response to Reply #43 |
50. We simply got tired of the stagnent wages, high electrical costs and all the laws passed each year.. |
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Patchuli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 10:41 PM Response to Reply #50 |
55. I'm thrilled they passed the cellphone ban |
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Truth4Justice (806 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 12:21 AM Response to Reply #55 |
56. Drivers like that will have accidents no matter what. The DMV tests are way too easy. Anyone can.... |
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nebenaube (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
5. Gee... |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 09:21 PM Response to Original message |
6. Eh. |
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comtec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 03:47 AM Response to Reply #6 |
33. So dispite being fucked up... he's actually helping people? |
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Truth4Justice (806 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 05:21 AM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Alnold has dual citizenship so he could go back to Austria for universal healthcare if needed, so... |
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comtec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 06:43 AM Response to Reply #35 |
37. sad but true... but I dont think Austria wants him ;) |
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Merlot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 10:09 AM Response to Reply #33 |
39. I don't think "he's not as bad as pete wilson" is a glowing endorsement |
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Jim__ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
7. Why would any working person ever vote for a repuke? |
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not fooled (553 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 09:45 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Especially this one... |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 09:56 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. No more Arnie please ~ we can not take him |
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billyoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 09:51 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Racism. |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 09:57 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. the cult of celebrity |
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Trajan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 11:41 PM Response to Reply #7 |
28. Famous quote by JC Watts father .... ( I think ...) |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
11. knr |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
16. That sucks |
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Trillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 10:15 PM Response to Original message |
18. My question is which state workers aren't "hourly"? n/t |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 10:31 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Teachers. n/t |
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olddad56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 10:33 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. lots of them are not hourly employees... |
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Trillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 10:46 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. That's about what I thought. |
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MurrayDelph (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 04:04 PM Response to Reply #24 |
47. Unfortunately, it's not just Republican |
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olddad56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 05:27 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. that pay raise that Brown rescinded was reinstated after the union won a lawsuit regarding it. |
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tismyself (501 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 11:23 PM Response to Reply #18 |
26. interesting question that |
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olddad56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 05:29 PM Response to Reply #26 |
49. I have worked for the State of Ca. too long to take any of this crap seriously. |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 12:50 AM Response to Reply #49 |
58. right, it's won't happen |
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Just-plain-Kathy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
20. No one could live on $6.55 an hour. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 12:28 AM Response to Reply #20 |
57. Min, wage in CA is $7.75, I think. |
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Megahurtz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 11:10 AM Response to Reply #57 |
60. Doesn't matter. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 11:26 AM Response to Reply #60 |
61. Is that even legal? |
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Megahurtz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 04:46 PM Response to Reply #61 |
63. I wouldn't think so |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 02:35 PM Response to Reply #20 |
62. ESPECIALLY NOT in CA! |
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MisterP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 11:36 PM Response to Original message |
27. dribbling, orange embarrassment to Austria AND California |
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bluesmail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 12:02 AM Response to Original message |
29. I have an idea: RECALL VOTE!! |
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SahaleArm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 12:38 AM Response to Original message |
31. That's what you get thanks to Prop-13... n/t |
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The Croquist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 06:52 AM Response to Original message |
38. So why is the state allowed to pay below the State minimum wage |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 10:12 AM Response to Reply #38 |
41. The state, as an employer, is exempt from most of its own labor laws |
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The Croquist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 01:50 PM Response to Reply #41 |
46. Why should the state be able to exempt themselves? |
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Patchuli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
44. They don't look out |
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Retrograde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
45. credit where credit is due |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 08:34 PM Response to Original message |
52. If not for the Dems, they'd be getting even less than that |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
54. fuck him and the Democrats that supported him |
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Megahurtz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-25-08 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
59. Well Seig Fucking Heil! |
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