[Carry_Okie]

I would also add that the reason they get so much tax money out here is because those Bay Area liberals make so damn much money. Housing prices are high, and so are education levels. Silicon Valley technology companies and venture capital PRODUCE enough wealth to push the bulk of its residents into higher tax brackets. As a proportion of total income, we get hosed.

You know all that.

[Dog Gone]

Yes, and I'm not sure what to do about it. Bush considered federal grants to the states to help out with their budget problems and rejected it. Rightly so, in my opinion, for a variety of reasons.