California wants the rest of the United States to send it $7 BILLION because the state is a bit over extended...

Here are a couple of suggested responses:

1.  Send a bill to Mexico and the other Central and South American countries that have sent you a stream of illegal aliens.  Estimates on the cost of providing social services to illegal aliens in California:

• Dec, 2004- U.S. Govt estimated annual cost of illegal immigration in California over $10 Billion
• Fair (Federation for American Immigration Reform) estimates the cost of illegal aliens to be at $10.5 Billion per year with a prediction that amount will swell to $30 Billion by 2020

2.  California is one of, if not THE, most liberal states in the country. There is a reason that California is in this mess- and to be sure other liberal states will follow, as will everyone else who wants to jump on the Give Us Money Bandwagon...

Before California turns to the average American taxpayer to bail it out of this mess of its own making, the state should turn to those within the state who support the system.  Gov. Arnold should ask the liberals around California to pay in- maybe create a program for the Left to send in donations to pay off this debt.  He could even have a telethon where Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg et al could answer phones and gush to those on the other end about how special they are and then give them a designer, diamond studded T-Shirt that says "I Gave More Than My Share"...

Before one federal dollar that has been taken from hard-working people all over this country gets sent to California, California should shake down its own.  Here is a list of some of the people to whom Arnold should send the hat first:

• Steve Jobs- Liberal with a net worth over $5 billion
• Eric Schmidt- Liberal with a net worth over $5 billion
• George Lucas- Liberal with net worth over $3 billion
• Haim Saban- Liberal with net worth over $3 billion
• Steven Spielberg- Liberal with a net worth over $3 billion

Other Far Left Liberal Californians (or entertainers/ media types who make a living off their Hollywood connections) who have accumulated millions of dollars that they could pony up to pay for the programs they so vocally support:

• Barbra Streisand
• Tom Hanks
• Alec Baldwin
• Herb Alpert
• Ben Affleck
  
• Warren Beatty
• Candace Bergen
• James Brooks
• Les Charles
• Chevy Chase
• George Clooney
• Matt Damon
• Ted Danson
• Larry David
• Laurie David
• Michael Douglas
• Richard Dreyfuss
• Peter Farrelly
• Sally Field
• Jane Fonda
• Harrison Ford
• Barry Gordy
• Dustin Hoffman
• Alan Horn
• Ron Howard
• Quincy Jones
• Steven King
• Garry Marshall
• Bette Midler
• Ed Norton
• Rhea Perlman
• David Hyde Pierce
• Rob Reiner
• Denise Rich
• Russell Simmons
• Kevin Spacey
• Jerry Springer
• Sharon Stone
• Bob Weinstein
• Harvey Weinstein
• Bradley Whitford
• Robin Williams

Anyone interested in learning about how much money celebrities throw at candidates rather than solutions can click here to get the info.

We do live in a Republic that allows and encourages states to experiment with government services and programs.  The key here is that there is (or should be) a corresponding responsibility for those states to actually pay for the programs they put in place.  California's experiment has failed and now it wants everyone in the country to pay.

Sadly, our government may not say "No" or even "We'll help you this time but..." We have seemingly hit a point at which there seems to be an inevitability of government expansion.

We have become the frog that is swimming in an increasingly hot pot of water with no idea it is time to jump...