The state that right wingers love to hate
Tough Times for California Bashers
By Froma Harrop - Providence Journal, February 7, 2013
Something about California sets conservative teeth on edge. In the Republican manual, liberal spending priorities married to an activist government cohabiting with a hedonistic culture can lead only to failure.
So when the Golden State conspicuously succeeds, California bashers find themselves at a loss. Until recently mired in deep budget deficits, California's general fund is set to end next year in a surplus.
Surely deeper evil lies ready to bubble up, the bashers warn. To them, California resembles the phantom Rollo Tomasi from "L.A. Confidential" -- the criminal "who gets away clean."
It must especially pain conservatives that sunnier economic news partly results from voters directly rejecting Republican politicians and their agenda. A simplification here, but California's famously dysfunctional politics have reflected Democrats' desire to spend on certain public goals and Republican resistance to raising revenues needed to fund them.
(More here.)
By Froma Harrop - Providence Journal, February 7, 2013
Something about California sets conservative teeth on edge. In the Republican manual, liberal spending priorities married to an activist government cohabiting with a hedonistic culture can lead only to failure.
So when the Golden State conspicuously succeeds, California bashers find themselves at a loss. Until recently mired in deep budget deficits, California's general fund is set to end next year in a surplus.
Surely deeper evil lies ready to bubble up, the bashers warn. To them, California resembles the phantom Rollo Tomasi from "L.A. Confidential" -- the criminal "who gets away clean."
It must especially pain conservatives that sunnier economic news partly results from voters directly rejecting Republican politicians and their agenda. A simplification here, but California's famously dysfunctional politics have reflected Democrats' desire to spend on certain public goals and Republican resistance to raising revenues needed to fund them.
(More here.)
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