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It terms of total taxes paid to the state, California is #1, but it is also #1 in population. In terms of taxes per capita, it ranks tenth. SourceSo, who's right? Neither one. California needs to raise taxes, at least temporarily, and cut spending in order to balance its budget.The problem is that the big urban areas, San Francisco and Los Angeles, are big on big, expensive, government. Those areas have most of the population, and therefore most of the votes.And those state workers will be paid their back wages. The nonsense of paying them the federal minimum wage is just political posturing at the expense of some hard working people. The ones who should be sanctioned are in the state assembly and senate. Sometimes, I wonder whether this state is even governable.
It terms of total taxes paid to the state, California is #1, but it is also #1 in population. In terms of taxes per capita, it ranks tenth.
Source
So, who's right? Neither one. California needs to raise taxes, at least temporarily, and cut spending in order to balance its budget.
The problem is that the big urban areas, San Francisco and Los Angeles, are big on big, expensive, government. Those areas have most of the population, and therefore most of the votes.
And those state workers will be paid their back wages. The nonsense of paying them the federal minimum wage is just political posturing at the expense of some hard working people. The ones who should be sanctioned are in the state assembly and senate.
Sometimes, I wonder whether this state is even governable.
