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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (473595)4/20/2009 7:54:15 PM
From: SilentZ1 Recommendation  Read Replies (2) of 1576004
 
>Ted, at least SilentZ is bothering to find out the truth for himself.

Done. From someone who knows much more about CA politics than you or I ever will:

First of all, California has the second-lowest number of state workers per capita in the entire country.

sacbee.com

Population should never be the only factor in determining increases in spending. You must factor inflation into the picture. And when you do, these are the numbers you get:

Total state spending over the decade 1998-99 through 2008-09 ... Total spending grows over this period from $72.6 billion to $128.8 billion-an average annual growth rate of roughly 6 percent...

* After adjusting for inflation, real spending has grown by roughly 18 percent over the entire period, or an annual average growth rate of roughly 1.7 percent.

* Real per-capita spending-which adjusts for both inflation and population growth-would increase by about 2.2 percent over the period, for an average annual rate of 0.2 percent.

And if you've followed the news about the way that the consumer price index has been understated by federal agencies, it could easily be argued that there has been no real growth in state spending during the last decade.

What increases exist can be accounted for by the insane growth in spending on our overcrowded, failing prisons.
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