“From the time they get up in the morning and flush the toilet, they’re taxed. When they go get a coffee, they’re taxed. When they get in their car, they’re taxed. When they go to the gas station, they’re taxed. When they go to lunch, they’re taxed. This goes on all day long. Tax. Tax. Tax. Tax. Tax.”

- Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2003

The Governator, who ran as a Republican and governed like a Kennedy, finally gets hoist on his own petard as California voters reject bailing him out of governmental excesses and unemployed citizens flip the bird at legislators who think they should be able to vote themselves a raise while the state is crumbling from the weight of entitlements.

http://projects.latimes.com/elections/2009-05-19/california/results/

Governator on taxes: before and after