July 26, 2008 (LPAC)--When briefed on the statement by California Controller John Chiang that he would ignore an executive order issued by California's fascist Governor Schwarzenegger to reduce the wages of more than 200,000 state workers to the federal minimum wage next week, to "preserve cash," as the California budget stalemate continues, Lyndon LaRouche said that Chiang is doing the right thing.

"This is the time for a confrontation," he said. "Break it open - this is the time to get militant, you can't duck this fight, you welcome it." People will only wake up, he added, "when they are in a fight, against an injustice, like this fascist nonsense from Schwarzenegger. It's an arbitrary action. Maybe he should just admit he's not competent, or maybe he should change his policies, or quit --- because this is a catastrophe HE has created.

"He wants everything his way, like a bad little boy, or like the son of an Austrian Nazi. He's been coasting on the fact that he's gotten away with murder so far. But now, we are reaching a critical point. He created this problem, now he must pay the political price for it." LaRouche continued: "He was able to coast, because of the treachery of the Kennedy machine, of Pelosi. This action dumps the crisis into Obama's lap, and Pelosi's lap. Do they have the guts to stand up for those who will be the next victims of Schwarzenegger's fascist austerity?"