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To: tejek who wrote (231125)	4/29/2005 2:52:20 PM
From: steve harris	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572209

To say CA doesn't have a revenue problem is like saying a homeless person doesn't have a housing problem. right out of the liberal playbook.... social programs fail because we aren't wasting enough money on them yet.... sure...

To: tejek who wrote (231125)	4/29/2005 3:07:17 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572209

Ted, If your tax revenues are not sufficient to pay operating costs, then you have a budget problem whether its from rising costs and lowered revenues and/or both. My statement was solely in regards to Prop. 13, which only addresses the revenue side of the equation. You say Prop. 13 is part of the revenue problem, but Prop. 13 didn't stop CA from having budget surpluses in the late 90's, which helped fuel the huge increases in expenses. CA's costs are rising for all the reasons I cited in my last post. And most of them are legitimate. Its a reality that certain elements within the state do not want to face. I've already agreed with you WRT costs, except for the "legitimate" part, because that seems to suggest that sticking one's head in the sand is a legitimate state of mind. (That probably wasn't what you meant, but oh well.) Tenchusatsu