I'm of course being facetious regarding this last part but it does tend to illustrate where times like this might lead if we don't gain control over the people we elect to make our lives better, and they wind up doing just the opposite.
The Founders warned against granting the Franchise to non freeholders and those under 21.
Over the past 90 years their advice went unheeded and it is these very groups that are responsible for the election of the socialists who have destroyed the country a State at a time.
This doesn't get solved at the ballot box.
This doesn't get solved by continuing to allow imbeciles, welfare recipients, convicts, children,and most importantly, PEOPLE WHO DON'T PAY TAXES, to vote.
When it hits the fan its going to be bloody, quick, and a real shock to the marxists riding high today.
There will be a provisional military government and homosexual socialist crooks like Barney Frank will be SOL.
A simple law that prohibits withholding tax would go a long way toward solving the mess. All citizens would have to send one whopper check to the feds and state govt on April 15. Problem solved. People wouldn’t stand for big government after that.
Oh, man, I'd love to see the day when those self indulgent public retirees are the only ones left in the state. They'd all be staring at each other wondering how they're going to pay the taxes to fund their pensions! And their answer would be: increase their pension payments! LOL!
(I left Cal in the '94 downturn. Unlike others, I was walking away from a very lucrative job. But I've never missed it a bit.)