total state tax collections as a percentage of personal income are expected to reach an all-time high this year (05-06) of $8.39 per $100 of personal income.
Those pesky little facts. Ruins a good argument based on blindly, loyal feelings every time.
But, your negations read like "blind, loyal feelings every time," also. Just from the polar opposite perspective.
CA GOP has a lot of problems. Among them, chiefly, is that the voting Republicans in the state cannot coalesce. There just is no unity of purpose in CA among self-assessed "conservatives" at this point, and it really, really, really needs to be improved upon. Because it loses elections every time.