Schwarzenegger Gets Tough on Deficit

" As the nation struggles to come to terms with its own deficit and breathtaking unemployment rates, at least one state is taking matters into its own hands. Governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger has told state lawmakers he will lay off up to 10,000 government employees if the legislature was unable to pass a suitable budget to counter a staggering deficit and growing unemployment rate, which was at 8.4 percent as early as November, according to the governor’s statements."