[quote=sdduuuude]…I betcha schools, military, police would have all the money they need and a whole bunch of stuff the government does now would, appropriately, go unfunded. We would realize exactly what the people want from their government.[/quote]
This would all be fine if some of these programs weren’t “Federally mandated.” Unfortunately, CA jurisdictions have historically never received near enough from the Federal govm’t to run their “mandated” programs (personnel costs, mainly) as most of the money they DO recieve is passed thru to the eligible beneficiaries in the form of benefits. There are far more “needy” individuals and families here in CA than the Federal govm’t cares to acknowledge.
This problem is particularly pronounced in historically lower-income agricultural cities such as Stockton.
