You're a liberal, right? Yes? You're among friends, you can confess. We'll hang you before the draw and quarter step.
You come up with that NOW? ON ELECTION DAY???? Why not a month ago when I could have popped it off to Ahnie and it would have done some good?
Some population figures:
1996 32,383,000
1997 32,957,000
1998 33,494,000
1999 34,036,000
2000 34,818,000
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That's an average of 609,000 people added each year, or 1.9% growth rate. Assuming that continued through 2002 (which it didn't - population has declined), CA would now have a population of 36,035,000, or 11.3% more people than in 1996 when Davis was elected. That means a budget of $100.4 billion at the same cost per person. Using that inflation calculator, that means a budget of $103.4B. Instead the budget is $167B- -$64B more, or almost twice the $38B deficit.
No way you can justify this on a "vital services" basis.
Ever notice how, when there's a budget problem, the tax-and-spenders FIRST step is to cut vital services instead of frivolities? Funniest thing. You'd think it would the other way around. |
