[garbageseeker]

There really isn't much more revenue to soak out over the long term, except through economic growth.

What economic growth? You can make a state float where most of the population is working a service related field and most of the workforce has little or no education.

[Torie]

The revenues have increased handsomely, 14% in the last year. I sent in a large check myself, just to help out.

[staytrue]

What economic growth?

google, yahoo, HP, varian labs, apple computer, sun microsystems, oracle, genentech, Asia/China import/export to the lower 48 states, tourism, hollywood films

You don't know your own state very well.