"What person in their right mind would spend $140 million to run for governor to save $15 million?"

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Whitman says personal gain from eliminating tax outweighed by her $140-million stake in campaign
October 18, 2010 | 3:31 pm

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/california-politics/2010/10/whitman-says-personal-gain-from-eliminating-tax-outweighed-by-her-140-million-stake-in-campaign.html

Republican gubernatorial nominee Meg Whitman mocked rival Jerry Brown’s contention that she would benefit financially if she can enact a key plank of her economic proposal, saying Monday that any potential savings would be offset many times by the massive amount of her personal wealth that she is spending on her campaign.

Whitman said she did not know if Brown’s estimate that she would save $15 million annually is accurate but said the reasoning behind her rival’s line of inquiry was “crazy.”

“What person in their right mind would spend $140 million to run for governor to save $15 million? I mean it just shows Jerry Brown does not understand math,” Whitman told reporters after speaking to employees at a Garden Grove facility that makes environmentally friendly cleaning products. “The fact that I would run for governor to enrich myself is ridiculous -- all you have to do is look at how much money I have spent versus how much money I would save. He is so off-base on this. It’s a political stunt. It’s class warfare.”

Whitman and Brown have been sparring over the Republican candidate’s proposal to eliminate the state tax on capital gains. Whitman argues that this would make California more competitive with other states and would spur job creation; Brown says such a move would cost the state billions and that it would largely benefit millionaires and billionaires such as Whitman, the former head of EBay.

[Catshrink]

1. Government to the highest bidder?

I sure hope not.

[Johonny]

2. I enjoy Whitman's new anti-union ads

Jerry Brown made unions in California stronger. Now the people in those Unions live better lives. Her point hate the Unions and don't vote for Jerry Brown. That makes sense if you don't want a better life like the one Jerry Brown apparently created with his support of Unions. The funny thing is these anti-union ads work. People are like why can't these Union people live as crappy a life as me, instead of thinking hey those Unions don't sound like a good idea. I don't get it?

[TheCowsCameHome]

3. "Right mind" and "Meg Whitman" do not belong in the same sentence.

[Sherman A1]

5. Agreed

But, on the bright side that level of spending certainly helped create or perhaps maintain a few jobs for folks that certainly needed them.

[beac]

14. With one exception...

"No one in their right mind would vote for Meg Whitman."

[TheCowsCameHome]

15. You got me there.

hehe.

[county worker]

4. Why does trickle down still have so much traction?

With someone is as wealthy as Queen Meg the more tax savings they have the more they save, or invest overseas.

If you want more jobs, give the money to people who will spend it and who will create demand. There is no consumer confidence so why would someone hire people now?

[gulliver]

6. Backfire: "Jerry Brown does not understand math"

Republican appeal is about not understanding math. Whitman might as well have said "If you understand math, vote for me." Major gaffe.

[Cirque du So-What]

7. Look deeper for a reason behind NutMeg spending her personal fortune to become guv

She could benefit handsomely from handing the keys to the state pension kingdom over to Wall Street. She's performing political sleight-of-hand with these statements; keep an eye on her other, hidden hand.

[marmar]

11. Exactly.....She's running for herself and her class.

nt

[JI7]

8. a corrupt whore

[JI7]

9. a corrupt whore

[JI7]

10. a corrupt whore

[Scuba]

12. Who said anything about her being in her "right mind"?

[Cal Carpenter]

13. They only call it class war

when you fight back.