[labard1]

Excellent post. It's all too true.

[mvpel]

What an outstanding essay. I'm so glad that my wife and I had the opportunity to vote for this man before we escaped to New Hampshire.

[rellimpank]

--unfortunately, along with the "era of limits", came near unlimited growth of public payrolls, along with record pay, pension, and medical benefits for state and other government workers.

It would be interesting to know what over all this cost Commiefornia as compared to other factors in the states indebtedness.

[Route101]

The politicians of all three states on the West Coast are killing any chance for anyone to earn a decent living and not be burdened by heavy taxes....Everything you said is the same for Washington State...but I fear the difference here it...they don't mind paying heavy taxes....This is one reason Eastern Washington wants to split from Western Washington along the Cascade Mountain range.....If Dino Rossi does not win this re-vote effort...good luck to anyone other than state
workers and union members in trying to make a living in Washington State.....home of the statue of Lenin in Fremont!

[SZonian]

Sadly, all too true.

Cheers!

[GVnana]

There is no reason why we can't have balanced budgets, lower taxes and a renewed commitment to public works -- because that's what we had just a generation ago. But doing so requires a dramatic change in the most liberal legislature in the United States and that, in turn, requires political action.

That means us.

[Steve Van Doorn]

most likely will dismantling the freeways this time around.