re: #108 windsagio

I explained part of it above, at least the taxing angle. Beyond that, you’re the one making the accusations, so you’re the one that has more of the burden of proof.

However the simple version:

There are 2 reasons that California has worse problems than other states;

1) Their population is substantially higher than almost anywhere else, and thus their costs are much higher.

2) The ‘direct democracy’ of the initiative process has made it almost impossible to raise money for the treasury.

Otherwise, its not that much different than the rest of the country. Its only different from OR and WA in terms of scale (oversimplifying some, but you could do a thesis, or several on the economy of CA)

who decides the costs?…the politicians do..and who passed the ‘direct democracy’ initiative?…why do the spend more than they can raise in taxes?…why are businesses flocking out of the state along with ordinary citizens?…you blame it on circumstances, well how did they get there?….liberal politicians….you have explained nothing