Big government is corrupt, inefficient, wasteful and unsustainable. Our state government is too big, taxes are too high and our debt is increasing with every new bond measure that is passed. Now the governor and the legislature want to make government even bigger. Their main disagreement is on how to pay for bigger government, higher taxes or more debt. Republican politicians choose more debt. They like to cut taxes to stimulate the economy in order to increase government revenues. Unfortunately they increase spending at the same time they cut taxes, leading to massive deficits. All of that borrowing requires a large percentage of future budgets be dedicated to paying off the debt, leading to tax increases. Democrats prefer raising current taxes. Both parties prefer to raise the taxes of some despised group. Whether it is smokers, the rich, property owners or people that drive SUV's, they want you to believe that there is always someone else out there that can pay for their big government programs.

This never ending cycle of borrowing and raising taxes has to stop. Art Olivier is a proven tax fighter. He does not believe it is the job of the governor to get along with the legislature and the special interest groups. What California needs is a governor that can steer a steady ship towards reducing the size of government, not one that has his staff check the polls every morning and changes course accordingly. Starting with the most corrupt programs, Art Olivier will steadfastly reduce the size of our state government.