[quote=poorgradstudent]
I’m still torn on Brown’s specific proposal, although I agree that “We can’t balance this budget with cuts alone”. I think aspects of it reek of mediocre compromise, but I don’t hate it overall.[/quote]
Yes, we can balance the budget with cuts. Cut pensions, benefits for public employees NOW. Break the stranglehold public employee unions have on this state. California public employees/unions have bankrupted California.
Start privatizing state/local gov’t jobs wherever possible.
“California is exceptional in many ways when it comes to taxing its residents. The state has the highest statewide sales tax in the country, currently 8.25%. It also has the highest tax on gas, charging 46.6 cents per gallon. ”
