I can’t right now but later this evening I want to show examples where in all of those states I mentioned, in-state university tuition is currently the same or lower than in CA. The last 10 fee hikes at CSU (abt 4-5 in the same time frame at UC) have equalized CA’s university “tuition” to other, less populous states. Those states also have illegal immigrants, TANF, people collecting UI, etc.
I vote we end the ~exorbitant~ attorney, court, jail and prison bills for non-violent “three-strikers” and also abolish CA’s death penalty (which is a bad joke unto itself, IMHO) by voting “yes” on Props 32 and 34.
I’m all for lobbying to repeal Prop 13 for all affected property owners except for the “original” owners who still occupy their affected properties which they have resided in since April 1978, until their deaths. However, my (or anyone else’s) “lobbying” won’t do any good due to our fine legislature allowing this perk (originally passed to keep senior citizens in their primary residences until their deaths) to be passed down to other family members via the (later-enacted) Props 58 and 193. There are now too many younger voters in CA who stand to be unjustly enriched from this (very expensive for the rest of us) perk for life and into perpetuity after they die. Prop 13 has now been allowed to feed on itself for nearly 35 years and for that reason it isn’t going anywhere.
If you’ve got any other ideas to put more money in CA’s coffers besides imploring your congressperson to lobby their brethren ad infinitum for more funds to reimburse CA for the effects of illegal immigration (which has been done and is being done, with mixed results), I’m all ears :=]
