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Mean Street: The Sorry State of Our Sorriest State, California
Wall Street Journal ^ | 5/21/9 | Evan Newmark
Posted on Thursday, May 21, 2009 10:50:55 AM by SmithL
You live, you learn. Right?
Well, not in America. Here we live, screw up and then go back to doing the same stupid things we did before.
Apparently, it is just too hard for us to make the tough, necessary choices.
Look at the sorry state of our sorriest state, California. It may be the sixth or eighth largest economy in the world, but it isn’t just broke, it’s broken.
And who broke it? The voters will blame the governor. And the Democrats will blame the Republicans and vice versa. But the real culprits, of course, are the people of California themselves.
By defeating the five propositions designed to close the $21.3 billion budget deficit, the citizens of California have richly earned their state’s abysmal credit rating, the worst of any state in the union.
There is no doubt California’s awkward political system hasn’t helped matters. Special ballot votes are a tough way to govern any state. Especially one that requires a two-thirds vote in the state Legislature to pass a budget.
So when Gov. Schwarzenegger said Wednesday that “…I respect the will of the people who are frustrated with the dysfunction in our budget system” he was right in noting that the system is messed up.
But he was wrong to just the fault the system. It really is the fault of the people of California, who live beyond their means–and the laws of economics.
You cannot pay police officers $190,000 a year in salary and benefits or pay your school employees 35% more than the national average and keep your state solvent.
You cannot provide three million illegal immigrants with social services–spending 70% more per capita on social services....
And you cannot tax your state into solvency with the highest personal income tax rates in the country.
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The reckless spending of liberal states is coming home to roost. This is the same in NY, CT, MI, MA, and all the other states that have run away welfare.
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Notice that Texas,which has cut taxes is flourishing?I wonder why?
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I agree... It is by far the voters who have caused this problem.