[paul51]

It’s only as complicated as one wants to make it. Cut programs, spend less and don’t spend money you don’t have. All the rest is just noise to cloud the basics

[Alberta's Child]

I'll echo the sentiments of an astute Freeper who pointed out a few weeks ago that the biggest problem California faces is the unrealistic expectations of its residents.

That entire state (and many others) lives in a delusional state of existence in which they expect government to do (A), (B), (C), etc. -- but also expect those things to cost them nothing.

[Goreknowshowtocheat]

These brilliant demoncrats don’t get it. People are folding up their tents and leaving for greener pastures.. More taxes mean more people will fold and leave. We are on the back side of the tax curve, the more you tax the less you get.

[pogo101]

CA: How did we get here?

The state government spent too much (and, I might add, not even on capital improvements like infrastructure, but on welfare programs and burgeoning bureaucracy).