I never cared too much for Schwarzenegger as governor; I felt he ran too far to the center and abandoned a lot of fiscally responsible ideas. That said, this is a pretty good article that highlights exactly what he was up against.
California remains the most dysfunctional state I've had the displeasure of knowing (followed closely by New York, but thankfully I never lived there). The referendum process, which I respect a great deal, is clearly out of control. The unions are unrepentant, entrenched, and politically powerful, and the right is able to block anything they don't like from a position of extreme weakness (although God only knows where the state income taxes would be if they couldn't).
I do hope the convene a constitutional convention, and I do hope they change things. The "white flight" Egan refers to is real; outmigration from CA has been on the rise for years, and the people (and businesses) that are leaving are the ones who are getting crushed by the already sky-high taxes. When the Dems/Progressives are finally able to push through the revenue (tax-grab) bills that they wan to finance their Utopian la-la land initiatives, the people fleeing the newly founded Socialist Republic of California will escalate quickly.
Let's see where they are when there's nobody left to tax - except immigrants (illegal and otherwise), and teachers and prison guards.
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Opinion on Arnold's twilight as governor
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