California's rising standards of living and outstanding public schools
and universities once attracted millions seeking upward economic
mobility. But then something went radically wrong as California
legislatures and governors built a welfare state on high tax rates,
liberal entitlement benefits, and excessive regulation.
The results,
though predictable, are nonetheless striking. From the mid-1980s to
2005, California's population grew by 10 million, while Medicaid
recipients soared by seven million; tax filers paying income taxes rose
by just 150,000; and the prison population swelled by 115,000. More...
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