Primarily they spend more than they collect in taxes. Yet California is one of the richest states, and they collect an awful lot of taxes.
John Francis wrote: > On Wed, Oct 24, 2007 at 06:43:36AM +0800, David Savage wrote: > >> On 10/24/07, Igor Roshchin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Some people may have heard about new fires in Southern California. >>> Fires are burning in Malibu, Orange County, and San Diego and county. >>> >>> Here is a very impressive picture: >>> http://www.komkon.org/~igor/CAfires_from_space.jpg >>> >> Very cool (although not if your in it's path) >> >> I was just wondering last night after seeing the latest reports. Do >> they (state land management department) do prescribed burning & cut >> firebreaks earlier in the year before the start of the fire season? >> > > Not a lot - that would take money, and California has budget issues. > > > -- The difference between individual intelligence and group intelligence is the difference between Harvard University and the Harvard University football team. -- P. J. O'Roark -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

