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RE: California is full of idiots?
By Nutzo on 5/12/2011 10:54:09 AM , Rating: 3
If they where to just roll back spending to the same level as back in 2000 (even adjusting the numbers for inflation and population growth), California would be running a surplus of a few billion.

It is not down to a choice between raising tuition again or releasing prisoners early.
The problem is political and will not be fixed as long as the same people are still in charge of the senate/assembly (i.e. Democrats) There's little a govenor can do (assuming he even wanted to fix the problem) to override the garbage comming out of the state assembly.

RE: California is full of idiots?
By Jalek on 5/13/2011 1:21:41 AM , Rating: 2
Rolling back to some earlier date always seemed the sensible thing to do. Sure, some programs might be more costly for the same service it had then, but that would have to be considered at the old service levels.

Washington State ran budget surpluses for several years.
The governor's been driving new taxes through consistently through two terms so far, and even tried raiding unemployment for more general funds since it's still running at a deficit. From a surplus to an unresolvable deficit in 20 years, obviously the state's expanded spending into new areas since even new tax areas are insufficient.

