03/01/2004   English German
  Edition # 49  
San Francisco, 03-01-2004

The Governator
Figure [1]: Arnie lowers the motor vehicle tax again and refunds the difference.

Michael As we all know, we are currently dealing with the new "Governator," as Arnie Schwarzenegger is called in the newspapers. This neologism is a combination of "Governor" and "Terminator" (the movie). One of his first actions in office was to roll back the vehicle registration fee increase implemented by his predecessor, Gray Davis. In America, this fee is hardly worth mentioning, and for our 13-year-old "PERL MAN," we paid about $80 a year after the increase, whereas it was $40 before. Recently, we received a refund check from the Department of Motor Vehicles to reimburse us for the $41.07 we overpaid.

The downside, of course, is that these funds are now missing for quite reasonable projects, such as schools. But for Arnie's Republican sponsors, who drive gas-guzzling "Hummer" SUVs and shout "Environment? Nonsense!", this action was probably important. It doesn't get any dumber than this.

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