Schwarzeneggar Proposes to End HIV/AIDS Services
 

It's interesting to postulate just where Arnold would be today if he had contracted AIDS back during his bodybuiliding days by sharing a needle with other bodybuilders using illegal steroids (and they often did and still do). Makes you wonder where his career could have gone or even if he would have survived long enough to have one.

Come join us Friday, June 5 to protest the inhumane cuts of AIDS and HIV Services: http://stopthehivcuts.wordpress.com/

35,000 lives are at stake.

Who knows? You may not need these services yourself today, but you certainly could tomorrow.

Despicable !!

What the hell! California, y'all need to re-boot your state! (Of course, I'm saying this from reactionary Florida)

God, this is bull****. This ****ing state. I know we're in a budget crisis, but this is not the way to solve it.

Shaking my head....this is ridiculous! Arnold seems to want to cut the things we need the most.

I'm not saying this is a good idea.

But I want to ask, what should be cut?

I have been debating posting this because I'm going to get slammed unmercifully, I'm sure.....but why is this the responsibility of government?

Oh dear God, this is wrong.

I think the gov is going thru a petulant stage after the abject failure of the faux-budge-easing ballot measures a few weeks ago, and will be suggesting the most appalling and mean-spirited cuts for a little while till he regains adulthood.

I haven't looked at the specifics of the service provided so don't know how I feel specifically yet.

But since the budget shortfall is about 40% (I think that was the number I found when I last looked) of the entire discretionary budget and since every item in the budget has some group who thinks that item is among the 5 most important things the government does and since it is essentially impossible to raise taxes in this state, as CP asks, what should be cut?

That said, I have no doubt that picking some of the highest profile most-likely-to-outrage things to cut is part of the game. That is always part of the game. If a city needs to cut $100 because they can't raise taxes then it will come out of the police or fire department budget, not the secretarial Christmas party budget. You cut the things that piss off the most people because that is how you get them to give permission to increase revenues.