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# Venice The rich get richer and poor get poorer
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/venice-the-rich-get-richer-and-poor-get-poorer-editor/
- Published: 2004-01-14T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T03:32:21.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Venice, #archive-import

*By John Marciano*

A story in the Los Angeles Times stated that the “Budget Ax Would Fall Heavily on the Poor,” (Jan. 10). The governor said that the cuts are “very difficult decisions that I do not take lightly.”

The pain will be felt by the middle and lower classes, however, not corporations and millionaires like Schwarzenegger. It’s the same old politics and outrage: The rich and powerful created the budget crisis; others will now pay the price and suffer.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on January 14, 2004.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/011404.pdf?ref=smdp.com)