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Give Nazi Schwarzenegger a General Strike

by California Voter
The ubermensch (male chauvinist) Gov. Schwarzenegger refers to his labor opponents as "girlie men," demonstrating that Schwarzenegger is just another stinking anti-women, anti-gay fascist who deserves a general strike.
The ubermensch (male chauvinist) Gov. Schwarzenegger refers to his labor opponents as "girlie men," demonstrating that Schwarzenegger is just another stinking anti-women, anti-gay fascist who deserves a general strike.

This is the talk of fascist goons, as existed in Nazi Austria. In fact, the fascists were stronger in Austria, and the anti-Semitism more virulent than in Germany at the time Hitler took over Austria. This is the heritage of that proud Austrian descendant of Nazis, California's current idiot governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger. He has called for his supporters to be terminators of "girlie men." This is not just rhetoric in the heat of a budget battle or locker room stupidity. This is the talk of the genocidal thugs whom Schwarzenegger clearly admires.

The best response to this fascist idiot is a GENERAL STRIKE. Then it will be obvious that it is Schwarzenegger who has neither brains nor muscles, and is in fact, just a stupid puppet of the capitalist class. We workers are gay and straight, men and women, and black, brown, yellow, red and white, and if we unite for a general strike, we can not only teach this Nazi a lesson, we can raise the income tax on those who make over $200,000 a year to pay all our bills while we eliminate all sales takes, shut down the prison-concentration camp system and transfer that money to the starving school and healthcare systems, with plenty left over for affordable housing, public transportation, and all other social services.

We can and must have Pride at Work, the gay labor organization, in the leadership of a general strike, which we should have as soon as possible. The quality of life is getting worse daily, geometrically.

Now is the time to get off the dime and shut down this state. Time to teach the capitalist class and its fascist governors that when labor withdraws its hand, nothing moves!

GENERAL STRIKE NOW!
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by Rolling Laughing
This has got to be the stupidest and THE funniest reason to call for a general strike – because AS called Democrats “girlie men”. Oh no – boohoo – what an insult.

Hey while you are at it – go protest SNL and NBC for coining the term and doing skits about “girlie men”.
by someone not so outta touch
So how many are going to risk their jobs to participate in this general strike? And though i am certainly no fan of Arnold myself, and his capitulation (subservience, or maybe groveling at the feet of) the special interests of lobbyists in Sacramento, (especially the criminal Prison Guard Union, and rich people who refuse to pay their fair share of taxes), he still has widespread support. So my advice is get real, start organizing, but don't call a general strike until there is widespread support.
by sfres
Please! AS is doing a fine job, and it is the girlie-men in Sacramento who are the problem. As for "the rich", for the left that means anybody who has a job and own a house. And for your information, the top 1% of taxpayers in CA pay over one third of all state income taxes. The top 10% pay 70% of them, and the bottom 30% pay essentially nothing at all. To those of you on the bottom, well, you get what you pay for.
by cp
From the California Budget Project:
http://www.cbp.org/2002/qh020415.pdf
The wealthy pay a lower percentage of their income in state and city taxes than the poor. In addition, wealthy people who can itemize their federal taxes can deduct their state taxes, while regular people who have to do the standard deduction can't deduct sales and state income tax.

also http://sanfrancisco.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2004/04/12/daily35.html
by Seen the numbers before
Anyone can itemize their taxes – not just the rich. Why do people choose a standard deduction over itemization – because their deductions are greater doing a standard deduction than an itemize deduction. Maybe if you left your little bubble you will realize that TRUE regular people do itemize their taxes.

Also you must have a good accountant because I didn’t know that Sales Tax was deductable – can you cite that on IRS code books?

And a little secret on CBP – they massage a lot of numbers to get the results they want. A lot of their “conclusions” are based upon models not facts and they use the sales tax and other hard numbers to manipulate the numbers to get the results they are looking for. They don't factor in that lifestyle into their equations.

Also SFres is correct - from a pure dollar standpoint - wealthy people pay more into the system than poor people.
by John Conners
It didn't take too many people to oust Davis... Turnabout's fair play!

AT LEAST CHECK OUT THIS SITE FOR A GOOD LAUGH AT THE IDIOT'S EXPENSE :)


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