Schwarzenegger to Fire Thousands

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Updated Apr. 25, 2017 3:06PM EDT / Published May 14, 2009 3:04PM EDT

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is getting in touch with his old character, the Terminator, as he prepares to cut 5000 state workers in order to rein in California’s $15.4 billion budget shortfall. The governor’s most drastic plan includes cutting 225,000 children from state health-care rolls, turning out thousands of undocumented immigrants from state prisons and handing them over to federal authorities, and borrowing $6 billion to pay bills. Schwarzenegger also plans to cut $3 billion from schools, and to sell the Los Angeles Coliseum and Sports Arena. Ouch.

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Schwarzenegger to Fire Thousands