re: #370 JordanRules

California Gov. Jerry Brown took office in 2011 with a $27 billion deficit. He won voter support for huge tax hikes on the rich in 2012, and voters reauthorized them in 2016. Brown leaves office w/a $6.1 billion surplus.
Take a note: Taxing the rich works.

I remember back under Clinton when he had a budget surplus and Rush Limbaugh came on to tell us that it is immoral for the government to take more money from us in taxes than it needs to operate and therefore surpluses are bad.