Everything must go! Calif. holds giant garage sale

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Ya come vun come all to Ahnuld's garage sale.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is hoping that the "Great California Garage Sale" will turn government clutter like surplus prison uniforms and office furniture into cash to bulk up the state's depleted finances.

On offer as the state clears out clutter are nearly 600 state-owned vehicles and thousands of pieces of office furniture, computers, electronics, jewelry, pianos, even a surf board, a food saver and an Xbox 360 gaming system.

State officials estimate the giant two-day yard sale being held at a state warehouse will bring in hundreds of thousands of dollars. In addition to clearing out office products, the state is also selling unclaimed property from state parks and items confiscated by law enforcement, said California Department of General Services spokesman Eric Lamoureux.

The prison department contributed dental chairs and surplus prison shirts and jeans.

"This is a win-win for the state and for shoppers," Schwarzenegger said in a statement Tuesday announcing that a selection of items also would be sold on eBay and Craigslist. "Together we are eliminating waste and providing great deals in this tough economy."

http://tech.yahoo.com/news/ap/20090828/ap_on_hi_te/us_california_garage_sale

[Buzz Clik]

1. Hundreds of thousands of dollars? He's missing about 4 zeros.

What a charade.

[lapfog_1]

7. Check your math again

100,000 X 10000 = 1,000,000,000 or $1B.

try for 5 or 6 orders of magnitude... or $10B to $100B.

Another way to put it, if Arnold holds a "everything must go" sale that raised $100,000 for state coffers EVERY DAY for 273 YEARS he would have enough money to cut in HALF the state budget deficit.

Of course, the state doesn't have the crap to sell for even a small fraction of that time... so this is a complete waste of time.

[Buzz Clik]

9. True enough. 5 zeros. That's about 4.

:shrug: :silly:

[JeanGrey]

2. They have to try everything. California is broke.

[Greyhound]

11. How much you want to bet that they spend more money having this sale than

they bring in?

The estimated revenue from this is a molecule in a drop in a very big bucket. Just more theater for the morons.

[JeanGrey]

15. It wouldn't surprise me.

[ddeclue]

3. Any single engine aircraft in that yard sale?

:shrug:

[Buzz Clik]

10. Check ebay.

[ddeclue]

14. Ebay sales the sale is already over on line,

as does the State of California website. Apparently all that's left is the on site sale in Sacramento on Saturday.

[Dennis Donovan]

4. Umm... how about legalizing/taxing WEED???

And, can NYS follow suit? ;)

[ChiciB1]

5. Down Here In Florida, I've Never Seen So Many Garage Sales In My Life!!!

I LOVE to go to them and now would be a perfect time because there are some REALLY GOOD DEALS, but I told myself NO!!!

I've decided I don't want to spend any money unless it's something I need. Until I see a better economy, I'm saving all the money I can! Two people who live on my street just lost their jobs, and it's still pretty bad around here!

[aquart]

6. Jewelry? Whose jewelry?

[omega minimo]

8. State of CA does this every year.

[zbdent]

12. but will there be a prison uniform big enough to fit Rove's fat ass?

[lunatica]

13. Oh Good! I need me some prison shirts and jeans!

I wonder if I can get him autograph them for me!!

:bounce:

I'll write 'The Gobernator sold me this to make up for the furlough days he's making me take' across the back

[Javaman]

16. This just in: Arn-old to hold bake sale. nt

[dixiegrrrrl]

17. Ca. is so deperate for money they sent me a letter

this year, 5 years after I moved from there, asking me why I had not filed Tax forms IN ca.
for the year AFTER I moved out of state.

Why did I not file a state/Federal form IN Ca. for 2006 taxes???

MUST FILL OUT THIS FORM OR ELSE, they said.