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My good friend Tom Elias makes the right point, we have only ourselves to blame for the collapse of California.
"It was us. We did it. We the voters elected lawmakers and governors who pushed programs and okayed public employee union contracts and pensions that now have us strapped. We the voters changed state government's priorities by mandating high levels of public school spending. We the voters believed get-tough-on-crime rhetoric and passed things like the "three-strikes-and-you're-out" law.
We the voters OK'd bond issues for everything from park expansions to high-speed rail (OK, the $9.9 billion in bonds for that project have not yet been sold). We the voters passed initiatives demanding higher water quality and coastal protection and mass transit. We the voters reduced property taxes at the same time we demanded more public services. We thought we could do all these laudable things without providing at new tax dollars to pay for all we wanted."
We need to say no to new bonds, get rid of everybody who voted for higher taxes, fees and AB 32.
Until we do, we should be yelling at ourselves for our stupidity.
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"It was us. We did it. We the voters elected lawmakers and governors who pushed programs and okayed public employee union contracts and pensions that now have us strapped. We the voters changed state government's priorities by mandating high levels of public school spending. We the voters believed get-tough-on-crime rhetoric and passed things like the "three-strikes-and-you're-out" law.
We the voters OK'd bond issues for everything from park expansions to high-speed rail (OK, the $9.9 billion in bonds for that project have not yet been sold). We the voters passed initiatives demanding higher water quality and coastal protection and mass transit. We the voters reduced property taxes at the same time we demanded more public services. We thought we could do all these laudable things without providing at new tax dollars to pay for all we wanted."
We need to say no to new bonds, get rid of everybody who voted for higher taxes, fees and AB 32.
Until we do, we should be yelling at ourselves for our stupidity.
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