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David A. Kaye (dk@crl.com) wrote:
: Maurice E. Suhre (suhre@kaiwan.com) wrote:

: : Prop 13 is clearly imperfect, which may point out a defect in the
: : initiative system.  OTOH, without the initiate system, nothing would
: : have been changed.

: And what HAS changed?  Roads are in worse condition, school teachers have
: to go to garage sales to scare up enough supplies for their classes,
: libraries are closing (Butte County a few years ago had to close their
: entire library system), police departments can't afford to keep patrols on
: duty (Yuba County has 2 deupties on duty overnight; they can't afford any
: more)...it goes on from there.  

Welfare costs have skyrocketed as Congress mandates programs that they 
don't provide funding for, crime has skyrocketed (and many believe as a 
direct result of a system that fosters broken families), L.A. requires 
new commercial construction to devote a percentage of the money to 
ART(!) which reduces the money pool availible to other things, the D.A. 
has spent an enormous fortune prosecuting a few (such as Michael 
Jackson, the Menedez brothers, and now Simpson) while the Police 
Commission no longer performs it's duties under P.C. 12050 requiring it 
to issue CCW licenses and while the DA has announced they will no longer 
prosecute misdemeanors.  Illegal immigration is rising, L.A.'s hospitals 
are overwhelmed by illegal births (something over 90% of total births 
are to hispanics in L.A., and illegals are the bulk of those births), 
trauma care centers are closing (most already have) because these people 
aren't insured and we can't afford their care.  

Oh yes - it's clearly because we aren't taxing enough!  Good grief - 
California has one of the highest tax burdens of any state, way above 
Washington and Nevada, and even above Oregon!  (It's below 
Massachussettes, but they again, they keep re-electing Kennedy and 
re-elected Dukakis several times.)

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