I don't agree with that at all. That totally absolves the idiot legislators who populate this state, and the governors who can't say "no." Direct democracy, in fact, has put a leash on these guys. No tax money, no spending. Unfortunately, the problem with this State is that they gave the legislature too much money, and it took about 20 years before the leash became tight. They should have given them 1/2 the taxes they did. If they had, then this problem would have been confronted and resolved much sooner, and would not now be a $26 billion problem, but only a $13 billion problem.
Sorry, but I do agree with this.
Why even have legislators if people are going to override them with Propositions?
The author nailed it. CA is suffering from the old political axiom: I want more gov't services, but I ain't gonna pay for them. People need to take responsibility for themselves.
“What about the children?” ran the headline over the letters section of the San Francisco Chronicle, as if the important divide in the state’s politics were between those who “care” and those who do not.
They don’t seem to worry about the millions of babys aborted and throw into dumpsters.