Uh, what do you expect when you let your state be overrun by parasitic foreigners, who chase out the middle class and leave only the parasites and the very wealthy? California is taxing its middle class out of existence. Proposition 13 indeed. No wonder that paper is circling the drain.
The cumulative effect on the state, over the last 40 years, has been devastating.
I had an interesting exchange with someone this afternoon. Regarding the impending state budget crisis (and the issuance of “IOU” slips in lieu of regular checks) he began chanting “If only the Republicans weren’t in deadlock over this, we need to get some revenue-generating legislation enacted.” I asked him, “When was the last time the state was solvent? What were the conditions that made that possible?” He had no answer for me. I almost felt like getting up and grabbing him by the lapels, yelling “And where do you think the money is going to come from?” but I did not. I think he—and many others like him—have not given these matters a great deal of thought.