Then I have absolutely no idea of what your point is. Are you abstracting all democratic leaning states from California? Does Colorado, Connecticut, and Minnesota follow those same lines? And (using the reverse logic from yesterday), are you saying that republican leaning states have none of these problems?
Or are you making some random "liberalism is bad. I have no data to back that up, but I believe it strongly anyway" type of statement? On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 3:04 PM, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It was a mild observation and you're doing an analytical study. > I'm to busy to play along. > > But if you really interested, and have the time... > > > OK, local government. Do you mean state government here? (or can I assume > > this as a set to work from) > > Yes, governors, mayors, state congress, senate > > > And by "lean liberal", what do you mean? elected officials are democrats? > > which officials? state house, legislature, governor? > > Yes. > But as I said Arnold was a conservative republican and the state was > recovering. Then he started leaning away from conservatism and the > state started getting in trouble again. I'm vague because I haven't > followed his policies closely. But the more I hear about Arnold's > shift the more I read about CA's problems. > > > Leadership of the state seems to imply governors? > Yes, Mayors as we drill down. Could even apply to senators and > congress. But I haven't thought that through. > > > And by "budget problems", do you mean budget shortfalls? (less money > > coming in than going out), or do you mean higher budgets, or what? > > I mean we need to raise taxes and cut programs to make up for the new > programs added. > > > To translate into something I can look at, are you saying that: > > States with Democratic governors have more budget shortfalls than > > Republican governors? > > No, it's not just balancing the budget. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:279342 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
