Track tax dollars in public education
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As Californians talk about the recent election results and how we are now going to go about the business of making our state solvent and avoid crushing bankruptcy, I’ve heard many people declare that raising taxes is the only way to get us out of this mess. However, raising taxes is not a solution to the crushing debt problem our state is currently experiencing. We simply must decrease our state and national spending. It’s time to get radical and get serious about this problem.
Over the last 20 years, California has seen over 130 large companies leave the state. Since 2005, 1.3 million private sector jobs were lost in California; in that same time period, 38,000 government jobs were added. It is easy to see why California is struggling and near bankruptcy. We should be able to see that our state budget is unsustainable. Raising taxes is not the answer because we simply only scare more corporations and millions more jobs (and tax revenue) away from the state. Raising taxes is a surefire way of further collapsing our state government.
It’s time to examine our state and national entitlement and public programs and “boldly go forth where no