People who live in southern California don't think today is better than yesterday. Yesterday it was possible to send one's children to the public schools and actually have them learn something. Yesterday, half the population wasn't receiving government checks, having babies on the taxpayer or collecting AFDF. Yesterday, you didn't have to pay $700,000 to buy a three bedroom tract house. Yesterday, it was actually possible to get around on city streets without having to wait two or three light changes to get through an intersection. Yesterday, when you dialed a government office, it was possible to understand the person who answered.