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To: tejek who wrote (283386)	4/7/2006 5:36:43 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) of 1572122

Returning spending to 1978 levels did nothing to stop the infrastructure crisis in CA. Because there are so many people living in CA and visiting CA as tourists, the wear and tear on infrastructure is much greater than it is in most other parts of the country. The spending measurement was as a percentage of the economy. There are so many people in CA, and largely as a result of that it has a bigger economy. I'm not sure if real per capita spending was lower in CA in 1979 than it was in 1978. If it was it didn't take long to increase over the 1978 levels. Real per capita spending already accounts for "so many people" as well as adjustment for inflation. The measure the web page I linked to used was "as a percentage of personal income". Spending can go up even after adjusting for population increase and inflation, but go down "as a percentage of personal income". The fact that it is now noticeably larger as a percentage of personal income than it was in 1978, and that it has been greater for close to 20 years, suggest that revenue generation wasn't the source of the problem. It is possible that to little, even far to little, was spent on certain critical areas, but if so its because too much was spent on less critical areas, not because the government's revenue shrunk. CA government revenue has grown by leaps and bounds since 1978, and once again that is after adjusting for inflation and for "so many people". Ask Ten about his freeway commute. What about it. The area where I live doesn't have anything like Prop 13 but it has some of the worst commute times in the country. Tim

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