IMO, California’s financial picture is better under Brown, because he took over when it was in the absolute pits. He would have had to work very hard to make things worse.
He is however increasing spending now based on the upturn, which will mean that we’ll continue build more debt and not pay off what we have.
Then when things turn down again, there will be massive pain, and things that shouldn’t be cut will be rather than the Leftist crap they’re increasing spending on now.
As for you comments about the Republican Party in California..., what Republican Party in California? Which is basically the point you were making. I agree with you.
You’ve got it wrong. We were headed for financial disaster. That is not disputed and he is not headed to a wild spending spree. He has a very frustrated legislature that would like to spend. He’s focused on building reserves and getting the pension problem addressed (btw, did you see that the number of state retirees just surpassed the number of people paying into the PERS retirement system last week?)
The rest of it I’m sure you and I agree and I always respect your viewpoints. But on the state’s finances there just is no other way to look at it other than Brown stopped a financial train wreck.