Everytime money is on the ballot – especially your money – it seems that big-government unions and big-government supporters threaten to take away our police service, fire protection and parks unless a massive tax hike or government borrowing binge is approved.

The latest is Arnold Schwarzenegger, who has been going up and down California urging voters to approve his and the Legislature’s tax-raising, debt-increasing, fake-reform propositions. Schwarzenegger says failure to approve Props. 1A through 1F will be “devastating” to emergency rooms, fire departments, and public school teachers.

But don’t be fooled. There are TENS OF BILLIONS of unnecessary government spending that can be slashed EACH AND EVERY YEAR. Money to completely erase the budget deficit and much, much more could be “found” if Schwarzenegger, the majority Democrats and the minority Republicans would target the waste.

SaveCalifornia.com has identified 10 ways to cut tens of billions in government waste in California. Once you realize all the fat that can and should be cut, send these solutions to your state legislators. Challenge them to cut the fat and flush the waste now, and stop forcing hard-working families to foot the bill for a disgustingly wasteful government.

But first, vote NO on Propositions 1A through 1F. Don’t be fooled by the Legislature’s last-gasp effort to live in fantasyland and to make you pay. Voting NO on Tuesday, May 19 will be a well-deserved rebuke to Schwarzenegger and the Legislature, who wrongly raised taxes on families. Visit the SaveCalifornia.com Election Center.