Phil Angelides

Phil Angelides
Phillip Nicholas "Phil" Angelidesis an American politician who was California State Treasurer and the unsuccessful Democratic nominee for Governor of California in the 2006 elections. Angelides served as the Chair of the Apollo Alliance and of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission...
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At every turn he has favored the corporate special interests over the interests of working families. I will offer a very different version for our future.
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This is the kind of self-serving manipulation that undermines the faith and confidence of ordinary working Californians, ... There is simply no justification for these excessive payouts.
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The Bush panel's recommendations are a double-barreled blast aimed squarely at California and the middle class, ... These recommendations are good for Texas, but bad for California.
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This is especially egregious because at the very time when these HMO executives are getting these huge paydays - whether or not the merger does well for shareholders or consumers - 6 million Californians have no health insurance and millions of working families are just struggling to pay their health care premiums,
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This is the foot in the door, ... I can see the authority is getting a whole new wave of dairy applications.
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This is not rocket science. You don't need initiatives. What you need to do is present a balanced budget,
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Just as Wallace, Thurmond and many other segregationists came to regret their errors, I hope that Gov. Schwarzenegger will come to change his views,
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Our inner-city neighborhoods have been written off as places of great risks, but they are also places of great opportunities and great possibilities,
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I think voters are seeing each and every day that this governor just doesn't have the competence and the credibility to govern.
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Our urban neighborhoods were being overlooked by traditional investors. Too often these inner-city markets were being written off as places of risk, ... The private markets and private capital shunned these areas.
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He has been less than truthful with the people of California about what it's going to take to restore fiscal integrity and get the economy going, ... I'm going to fight for what I think is right for rebuilding this economy. I will give no quarter in that respect.
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has come down on the wrong side of history.
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People making under $100,000 are going to be paying more,
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California's level of debt is far greater than when the governor took office 23 months ago. And the state is facing deficits as far as the eye can see,