The ungovernable state  As California ceases to function like a
sensible state, a new constitution looks both necessary and
likely  See article  Readers' comments    You forgot a crucial
element: massive civil-service unions that have created pension
nightmares. People keep tax collection strait-jacketed because
they know that the union-powered politicians would treat the
population as a personal ATM machine to maintain power and move
up in political influence.  Frankly, this article is not even-
handed in that it buys the leftie complaint that CA's problems
are because it's too hard to raise taxes.  cali love  the heck
it isn't a red state blue state issue. CA only gets $0.78 back
for every dollar it pays in federal taxes.  Given that the CA
economy is the 8th largest in the world by itself - that adds up
to a serious amount of money.  red states on average receive
$1.33 in subsidies and pork barreling for every $1 they sent to
washington.  look it up  How could you possibly think that
doesn't matter? Giveits