Arnold Goes Out of His Way to Insult Workers

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) is an embarrasingly subpar actor and a tool of his big corporate backers - there's no surprise there. Still, it is a rare person who will actually go out of his way to insult ordinary working people just for the fun of it.

But that's what Schwarzenegger did today. While signing a massive, $117 billion budget, Schwarzenegger used his line-item veto power to eliminate $3.8 million for the University of California's Center for Labor Research and Education, a cut that will effectively cripple the program. That's right - out of all the programs in this massive budget, Schwarzenegger chose to eliminate a program smaller than the budget's rounding error just to stick it to unions.

Clearly, Schwarzenegger hates ordinary hardworking people. He's spent so much time at his ritzy Hollywood parties he thinks everyone lives the glamorous life, and likely looks down on people who have to get their hands dirty to make a living. Sooner or later, his arrogant out-of-touch attitude is going to catch up with him - and turn Governor Schwarzenegger into former Governor and once-again bad movie actor Arnold Schwarzenegger.

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