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The Arnold wants to help people whose homes are in foreclosure danger avoid this situation.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/11/05/BUEP13V1MH.DTL

A couple of the comments echoed my sentiments - what about those of us who lived within our means and acted fiscally responsible to avoid being in this situation in the first place? Those of us who didn’t buy into the creative refinancing to pay off massive credit card debt incurred from buying things we can’t afford, for example.

In addition to helping families in dire debt, I’d like to see more done to reward good behavior. Positive reinforcement has been shown time and again in social experiment after social experiment to bring better effective long lasting results than punishment of wrong doing. Here we have positive reinforcement of many bad behaviors, and we wonder why this country is in as much debt as it is.

“Spend as little money as possible and send a message to banks, businesses and brokerage houses that you expect them to act ethically or to wither and die. Anyone and everyone who voted for this absurd bailout should be voted out of office. Anyone who opposes a transparent and complete investigation of misdeeds that created this economic chaos ought to be voted out until we get answers.” by HMCS(SS) Richard T. MacDonald, USN, Retired on Dr. Helen’s blog:

http://drhelen.blogspot.com/2008/10/going-john-galt.html

California Election Results, by Proposition (Y / N) -

1A Y Safe, Reliable High-Speed Train Bond Act
2 Y Standards for Confining Farm Animals
3 Y Children’s Hospital Bond Act. Grant Program
4 N Parent Notif. Before Terminating Minor’s Pregnancy
5 N Nonviolent Drug Offense. Sentencing, Parole, Rehab
6 N Police, Law Enforcement Funding. Criminal Laws
7 N Renewable Energy Generation
8 Y Eliminates Right of Same-Sex Couples to Marry
9 Y Criminal Justice System. Victims’ Rights. Parole.
10 N Altern. Fuel Vehicles and Renewable Energy Bonds
11 Y Redistricting
12 Y Veterans’ Bond