1st July
2009
This is actually pretty cool. The LA Times put out an interactive chart that allows you the opportunity to take your stab at balancing the out of control California budget. As you go through the exercise drop some of the numbers and you get a sense of what Arizona is up against. California has a big elephant in the room with their Prop 13 which locked in property taxes on existing homeowners. Arizona has it’s own pesky voter mandated spending which locks in education and other services totaling over 60% of the total budget. The good news is that it’s not going to get much better because the voters also approved automatic annual increases.
Give it a try HERE.
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This is a fun exercise but the modest options offered show that there need to be more robust options. There is no option that empties a substantial amount of prison inmates (where is the “38,000 of 168,000 state prisoners may be released” that Arnold Schwarzenegger said may be released if their propositions to increase taxes failed?)
No mention of legalizing cannabis and prostitution.
How about an option to abolish parole entirely?
More options are needed beyond meek spending reductions and increased taxes offered.