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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (473595)	4/20/2009 6:50:17 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576178

Ted, at least SilentZ is bothering to find out the truth for himself. And he doesn't even live in California. You used to live here, but you don't even bother to find out the truth about ever expanding state government. All you do is blame Prop 13 for all of CA's woes. Its you making the accusations, not Z nor I. Plus, you live in CA but you want Z and me to do the homework. What part of this sounds like sht? Quick answer: all of it. When Gray Davis was governor, the state's woes were his fault. Now that Arnold is the governor, its the Dems' fault. Sounds to me like you have a bad case of the blame game. And its always the dems who are at fault. And if an R dares to side with the dems: " Six state Republican lawmakers in California in February helped the state avert a budget disaster by agreeing to a plan crafted by the state's GOP governor and Democratic majority. The state party has already agreed to cut off campaign funding for these six, and now conservative activists in the state are launching a recall initiative." What's next for the Rs....eating their young?

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (473595)	4/20/2009 7:54:15 PM
From: SilentZ	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1576178

>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.