Fact-checking Arnold

California's spending spree

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"The May Revision continues the Governor's commitment to restraining the growth in spending, pre-paying debt, eliminating the net operating deficit, not raising taxes and maintaining an adequate reserve." Or so says the introductory paragraph of the Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's updated budget plan.

Just for fun, let's run that through the old fact-checker ...

John Adams said, "Facts are stubborn things."

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