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To: American Spirit who wrote (422993)	7/4/2003 2:03:39 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

How big is CA's army, stoopid? Or Navy? Or Air Force? Or Social Security Admin? The national gov't has major responsibilities the states don't. Which means less money to give to states. That's perfectly fine with me. Why not have the national gov't raise money for national needs and the states support state needs? We used to do it that way. The only reason it changed is because you thieves found it was easier to steal from a more distant national gov't and harder to do so if the people affected had more influence on the outcome. puts the burden ON them Where it belongs. your FERC keeps the state from getting any reimbursements or justice. Had the idiot in the CA guv's mansion not put the state treasury in the middle, this would not be an issue.

To: American Spirit who wrote (422993)	7/4/2003 3:39:46 PM
From: Diane	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

The problem CA has that the fed's don't have is that it is fairly simple for the rich to move their residency to neighboring Nevada and pay no state income tax. I heard recently that there are a few thousand taxpayers that pay something like half of CA's income taxes. If they decide to change their residency (and they don't necessarily have to move to do that), CA will be even more desperate. Some are already doing it. Raising taxes in a dying economy is not a smart thing. CA needs to cut the bureaucracy. During Davis' reign, the state budget has grown at something like double the rate of population growth + inflation. If the budget had simply grown at something close to the population/inflation rate, CA would be in fine shape right now. The other thing CA needs to do is become more business friendly. Worker's comp reform would be a great place to start. Worker's comp premiums in CA have tripled in the last 3 years, and they were outrageous before that. I work for a company in CA with 240 employees. The amount we pay in worker's comp insurance (despite our excellent safety record) would pay for complete medical and dental insurance for every employee, but with our high costs of doing business, we can only give coverage to management employees, which is a fraction of the total. I can't help but think that our employees would be far better off with medical insurance than they are with a corrupt, expensive worker's comp system.