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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6TH , 2008
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1. GOVERNOR ON SPECIAL SESSION VO/SOT
2. SPECIAL SESSION OF LEGISLATURE VO/SOT
3. UNCOUNTED BALLOTS VO/SOT
4. LIGHT BROWN APPLE MOTH SPRAYS VO/SOT
1. GOVERNOR ON SPECIAL SESSION VO/SOT
LIVE:
GOVERNOR SCHWARZENEGGER TODAY PROPOSED MORE THAN FIVE BILLION DOLLARS IN ANNUAL TAX INCREASES TO CLOSE THE STATE'S BUDGET GAP. THE GOVERNOR ALSO PROPOSED MORE THAN FIVE BILLIONS DOLLARS IN STATE SPENDING CUTS, INCLUDING TWO BILLION IN CUTS TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND PROPOSED STATE EMPLOYEES TAKE OFF ONE DAY PER MONTH WITHOUT PAY.
SUPER: TODAY/STATE CAPITOL
VO: (:30)
THE GOVERNOR SAYS STATE TAX REVENUES HAVE DROPPED MORE THAN EXPECTED BECAUSE OF THE WORSENING ECONOMY, CREATING A 11.2 BILLION DOLLAR BUDGET DEFICIT. HIS TAX INCREASE PROPOSALS INCLUDE A NEW TAX ON OIL PUMPED FROM WELLS IN CALIFORNIA, A NICKEL PER DRINK TAX INCREASE ON ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, A TWELVE DOLLAR PER CAR INCREASE IN CAR REGISTRATION FEES, AND A THREE-YEAR, ONE-AND-A-HALF CENT SALES TAX INCREASE. SCHWARZENEGGER SAYS HE HOPES LAWMAKERS WILL AGREE TO ENACT HIS PROPOSALS DURING THE SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE SESSION HE CALLED TODAY. THE SPECIAL SESSION WILL END NO LATER THAN NOVEMBER 30TH, BECAUSE ON DECEMBER 1ST, NEW LAWMAKERS ELECTED EARLIER THIS WEEK WILL START A NEW LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
SUPER: GOVERNOR ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER/NO FONT
SOT: (:24)
SAYS: "BEFORE ELECTIONS I THINK THAT IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR SOME TO PEOPLE MAKE DECISIONS BECAUSE REMEMBER WE ARE STILL IN A PROFESSION HERE WHERE GETTING ELECTED SOMETIMES IS MORE IMPORTANT THAT REALLY DOING SOMETHING, WHAT IS RIGHT, SO I MEAN, IT'S JUST THE WAY IT WORKS, IN POLITICS, SADLY, BUT THAT'S THE WAY IT IS. AND SO AFTER THE ELECTION I THINK THERE'S MORE WILL THERE AND UH THEREFORE WE COULD BE UH, A MUCH BETTER SHOT OF GETTING THIS DONE."
SUPER:SENATOR TOM MCCLINTOCK/R-THOUSAND OAKS
SOT: (:14)
SAYS: "OH, I AM SURE HE'S DANGLING ALL SORTS OF GOODIES IN FRONT OF THEM BUT THEY NEED TO REMEMBER THEIR PRINCIPLE RESPONSIBILITY IS TO THEIR CONSTITUENCY. UH, AND MORE THAN TWO-THEM UH MORE THAN ONE THIRD IN BOTH HOUSES HAVE PLEDGED NOT TO RAISE TAXES."
VO TAG:
STATE SENATOR TOM MCCLINTOCK SAYS THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSED TAX INCREASES WILL COST THE AVERAGE FAMILY IN CALIFORNIA ABOU6T 700 DOLLARS PER YEAR. HE SAYS THE LAST TIME THE STATE PASSED SO LARGE A TAX INCREASE, IT DROVE THE STATE'S ECONOMY FROM A RECESSION TO A NEAR DEPRESSION, AND CAUSED STATE TAX REVENUES TO DROP EVEN MORE.
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SUPER: GOVERNOR ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER/NO FONT
SOT: (:26)
SAYS: "WE SAY MANY TIMES THAT WE HAVE A SPENDING PROBLEM NOT A REVENUE PROBLEM. IT JUST HAS HAPPENED THIS YEAR THAT IT ACTUALLY HAS SWITCHED. THAT BECAUSE OF THIS TREMENDOUS DROP IN REVENUES, IT IS NOW A REVENUE PROBLEM, RATHER THAN A REVENUE PROBLEM, BECAUSE OUR SPENDING IN THIS STATE HAS NOT INCREASED NOW FOR YEARS. WE HAVE BEN VERY, VERY STEADY AND WE HAVE BENN VERY FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE IN THIS STATE."
SOT: (:22)
SAYS: "THERE IS VARIOUS DIFFERENT THINGS THAT MIKE (MIKE GENEST-DIRECTOR OF DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE) WILL BE TALKING ABOUT ALSO, BUT A FURLOUGH AND UH, WHERE WE HAVE ONE DAY A MONTH OF STATE EMPLOYEES, THEY WILL NOT WORK, AND UH, DIFFERENT IDEAS LIKE THAT WERE WE CAN CUT DOWN THE COSTS OF GOVERNMENT AND ALSO IN THE VARIOUS DIFFERENT AGENCIES. SO WE ARE LOOKING AT A WHOLE VARIETY OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE WANT TO WORK TOGETHER WITH THE LEGISLATO4RS IN ORDER TO GET THIS DONE."
ON A SALES TAX INCREASE IMPACT ON LOWER INCOME RESIDENTS: (BECAUSE A SALES TAX IS A TAX ON DISPOSABLE INCOME, AND BECAUSE DISPOSABLE INCOME IS SMALLEST AMONG LOWER-INCOME WORKERS, A SALES TAX IS CONSIDERED BY MANY ECONOMISTS TO BE THE MOST REGRESSIVE OF TAXES)
SOT: (:37)
SAYS: "WE FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE THAT THIS IS THE BEST TAX TO USE, AND THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL FEES AND TAXES, THAT MIKE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT, BUT LIKE I SAID, THIS IS THE BEST WAY TO GO, AND WE HAVE TO UH, NOT UH DELAY IT. I THINK NOW IS THE TIME FOR ACTION. I THIN THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE IN CALIFORNIA THAT ARE HURTING, PEOPLE NEED JOBS, WE NEED TO PROTECT EDUCATION AND WE NEED TO PROTECT ALSO LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SOME OF THOSE PROGRAMS, THIS IS WHY I WILL NOT RECOMMEND TO UH, TAKE THIS 11,2 BILLION DOLLARS AND MAKE IT ALL IN REDUCTIONS OF PROGRAMS, BUT WE NEED TO RAISE OUR REVENUES."
SUPER: SENATOR TOM MCCLINTOCK/R-THOUSAND OAKS
SOT: (:019)
SAYS: "THE REVENUE PROBLEM HE'S REFERRING TO IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OUR ACTUAL REVENUES AND WHAT THEY FANTASIZED WOULD BE OUR REVENUES WHEN THEY BUILT A BUDGET ON UH HAPPY THOUGHTS AND PIXIE DIST. OUR 12 MONTHS REVENUES ARE ACTUALLY ABOUT THE SAME AS THEY WERE DURING THE PREVIOUS 12 MONTH PERIOD ACCORDING TO THE STATE CONTROLLER'S OFFICE."
SOT: (:20)
SAYS: "THE LAST TIME WE INCREASED TAXES BY THE AMOUNT THE GOVERNOR HAS PROPOSED IT BROKE THE BACK OF OUR ECONOMY, IT TURNED, WE WERE COMING OUR OF RECESSION, IT PUT US INTO A NEAR DEPRESSION, AND IT CREATED TWO CONSECUTIVE YEARS OF BILLION DOLLAR DECLINES IN STATE REVENUES, AS THAT DAMAGE WAS REFLECTED IN THE ECONOMY CONTRACTION."
