Schwarzenegger: Being Governor Cost Me $200 Million And Damage To My Family

VIENNA (Reuters) -- Serving as California governor cost Arnold Schwarzenegger at least $200 million, the bodybuilding star turned actor and politician told a newspaper in his native Austria, insisting 'it was more than worth it."

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Comments

[TaiJi2]

06:07 PM on 01/18/2011

Cost HIM $200MM? That's nothing compare to what it cost our state.

[Rick12]

05:23 PM on 01/18/2011

And it has cost the California taxpayers $25 Billion!

[contradiction]

03:33 PM on 01/18/2011

What was much worse was the damage your time as governor did to the state.

[oscar420]

07:02 PM on 01/17/2011

It cost you $200 million, but it cost California billions to have you as a Governor!

[inspjoe]

05:09 PM on 01/17/2011

Poor baby i bleed for him but i cant say what bleeds for him

[LuLou Murder]

05:01 PM on 01/17/2011

No one put a gun to your head and said "Run for governor, if you want to live."

[WhatWereTheyThinking]

04:52 PM on 01/17/2011

Where is WikiLeaks when you need them?
Transcripts/recordings from Schwarzenegger/Enron meeting.

[Professorofdesire]

03:29 PM on 01/17/2011

California is facing a $28 billion deficit at the end of Arnold\'s second term. It was about 6 billion when he became governor. We didn't need a recall, and we sure as hell didn't need Arnold.

[TeeSC]

02:24 PM on 01/17/2011

I dare say HE cost California a good bit more.

[bgofca]

01:36 PM on 01/17/2011

yeah, and all of his horrible repug mistakes he made while he was the governator cost CA billions. it would've been better if he had just donated the money to help out some part of the state he cared about (which he used to say was schools, but then he made classes larger and raised tuition at the state colleges, from the cc to state to university of..... the special election he held, trying to push through selfish agenda, of which none thankfully passed, cost the state many millions. he helped the rich and hurt everyone else, just as repugs always do.

[WestofLosAngeles]

12:39 PM on 01/17/2011

What did his tenure COST California?

[southingtonian]

11:49 PM on 01/16/2011

And he shares this with us why? at 27,000/yr between the 2 of us, my heart bleeds for him. NOT!

[DA A Man]

10:45 PM on 01/16/2011

Hasta Lavista Girlie Man and Show off

[Kenright]

06:44 PM on 01/16/2011

Even the Terminator cannot fix California­. The state is the most messed up example of social progressiv­e theology that even a w_acko like Jerry B will be frustrated by next year.
Jerry's first action, eliminate 90,000 state issued phones, savings $20mil. Wow.
$24,980,00­0,000 to go.
Ca. just needs to get on it's knee's and beg for mercy.

[lbsaltzman]

07:24 PM on 01/16/2011

No we just need to do several simple things. Raise the taxes slightly on wealthy people. Revise the part of prop 13 that is letting large corporations get away with paying very little taxes on real estate. And keep supporting the green economy and that will bring many new jobs to California. We will soon be leading the nation again now that we have decent liberal government.

[REDSTATEREFUGEE]

10:49 PM on 01/16/2011

Not to disagree with you, KR, but as a Texas ex-pat and Californian now, I have to remind you that the Lone Star State has as large a deficit as CA and, furthermore, per capita, it is even larger. We Californians are in for some tough times for the next few years, but we will emerge leaner and with a robust economy, IMHO.

Aside from beautiful Austin, where I have lived twice in my long life, I would rather remain in Cali under economic stress, than return to Texas. Yet, there are those who feel just the opposite. Finally, Jerry Brown is taking some sobering, realistic actions to reduce the deficit, but he did not cause it and he will need the cooperation of both Dems and Repubs to cure it....

[Kenright]

10:09 AM on 01/17/2011

As an Austin resident for the past 35 yrs, also in my long life, I feel your personal opinion of California is heroic, to say the least. As for Texas, Texas has a $10 Bil. surplus rainy day fund that they probably will not touch in this crisis, leaning to the thought that Texas feels it can cut to some manageable value. We could only hope that California had the same options. No matter what, as we slap back and forth the critiques of our states, the point is, we have all overspend our welcome and need to find a way to live within our means. Good luck in your goals to salvage California.

[lil11]

05:54 PM on 01/16/2011

What is the point in having a picture taken with a snake?

[contradiction]

03:35 PM on 01/18/2011

It's a mirror image of himself.