Who Killed California?

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by rglovejoy • 17 years ago

10 5 17 years ago

Novash• 17 years ago

Obligatory joke. It was The Terminator.

Tangurena• 17 years ago

California is too big. It really needs to be broken up into more meaningful pieces. The various regions are so widely disparate that there is very little common ground for them to be in the same state.

In some regards, CA is a microcosm of the troubles the US is going through. But at least the federal government doesn't have their hands tied as badly as CA does with the incessant ballot initiatives and super-majority needed to pass budgets. Letting Enron write the "energy deregulation law" was supremely stupid and is one reason for the blackouts and tens of billions of dollars in debt.

xsmasher• 17 years ago

> But at least the federal government doesn't have their hands tied as badly as CA does with the incessant ballot initiatives and super-majority needed to pass budgets.

Add Proposition 13 to the list of the ways that California's hands are tied.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Proposition_13_%2819...

MaysonL• 17 years ago

Howard Jarvis.

miked• 17 years ago

The Democratic Party has controlled the legislature for several decades now, and the governor's mansion for much of that time. God forbid they take a little of the blame.

Who Killed California?

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