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Thursday, July 2, 2009 12:00 AM

Californians are sinking themselves

An inflexible right wing is allowing the Golden State to drown in debt. But it's not alone
By Gary Kamiya

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  • Wednesday, July 1, 2009 06:54 PM

    Spending > Population growth + inflation = fail

    This is not complicated. The legislature passed budgets every year that increased at a rate greater than population and inflation. You don't need a Caltech degree to know what happens when you do that for to long.

    Math is inconvenient to the political class. It is an absolute reality that does not mix with the relative reality of politics.

    In the end the math will win, the politicians will blame the people, and liberal apologism shall spread across the earth.

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