[quote=Eugene][quote=SD Realtor]I think that it is very telling that those in power view the solution to be increasing tax revenue rather then decreasing spending.
Lets all be honest here, do we really think that increasing tax revenues to the state will benefit in the long run? Sure the increased revenues will help reduce the current state budget woes but will it cure the disease? Didn’t we JUST have a state income tax increase?[/quote]
Didn’t we also cut spending across the board at least three years in a row?
There’s not much room to reduce spending even further, unless you want to compete with Texas for the largest percentage of poor people without health insurance (cut Medi-Cal), with Mississippi for the lowest K-12 spending per pupil and lowest school test scores (cut K-12), or to dismantle/cripple/cut loose the best public university system in the country (cut UC subsidies).[/quote]
Perhaps the problem is just that. CA can’t afford to house so many people who can’ sustain themselves. Maybe CA needs to do what private sector has been doing for a long time. Downsize…..That and short of cutting pensions…..The choices seem pretty obvious to me…Continue to reduce and make crappier service for everyone or stop providing service to everyone to keep current level of services…Can’t have it both ways.
