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union_maid

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3. Didn't CA get there by way of an anti-tax movement?

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Thu Jan 10, 2013, 10:23 AM

Jan 2013

I'm no economist, but CA has been fascinating to watch with their unusual system of government by proposition. The recession has hit all the states hard, but CA's woes in particular seem to some extent self-inflicted. Of course, here in NY, Governor Cuomo didn't want to make up shortfalls by increasing taxes on the rich, so there's that, too.

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Blue States� Fiscal Woes Test Obama [View all] xchrom Jan 2013 OP

one of the very worst articles I've ever read. the contortions of the author cali Jan 2013 #1

i've posted several articles about the cities going bankrupt and states fiscal woes. xchrom Jan 2013 #2

Didn't CA get there by way of an anti-tax movement? union_maid Jan 2013 #3

absolutely. xchrom Jan 2013 #5

Blue states also get less for their tax dollar than the red ones do. JoePhilly Jan 2013 #4

i'd love for that to happen. xchrom Jan 2013 #6

Connecticut gets $2 for every $3 it pays to the federal treasury krispos42 Jan 2013 #7

+1 xchrom Jan 2013 #8