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PUBLISHED 9/21/08 ---- Gov. Schwarzenegger claims California government doesn’t have a “revenue” problem. It has a “spending” problem. Guess what! It has both. There is a disconnect between Californians’ expectations for government services — law enforcement, fire protection, education, roads, you name it — and their willingness to pay. Since voters’ 1978 passage of Proposition 13, which set limits on property tax rates and passed other “revenue” limiting measures in subsequent years, the options for supporting Californians’ voracious appetite for government services have declined. This, combined with the state’s sagging economy and the increased cost of government services, creates the perfect budget storm that now engulfs California. Five years ago, Schwarzenegger came into office in an unprecedented recall election fueled by his promise to curb state deficit spending and reorganize the...
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