Michael,
I got your post from the PEN-L archives.
A starting point for the arc of CA’s fiscal policy over the past few decades is
the rise of funding for incarceration. There has been something close to the
building of two dozen new prisons and one new state university in the state
during this era. Bars not books, indeed.
CSU and UC students paying increased out-of-pocket fees for their education can
thank the state DP and RP in Sacramento.
Federally, let us not fail to note politicians who fed this trend of locking
down Americans. I mean Sen. Joe Biden, who helped to lengthen prison sentences
for drug convictions two decades ago.
Seth Sandronsky
California Budget Mess
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Subject: [Pen-l] California Budget Mess
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Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2008 20:21:25 -0700
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California still does not have a budget. The Republicans have taken a vow not
to raise taxes. To pass a budget will require a few Republican
votes, but whoever wavers will be severely punished by the Republicans.
The Republicans are holding out to get existing rules trashed, put on permanent
spending caps, and cut spending. Governor Arnold has a "compromise," which is
bad, but the Republicans strongly reject it,
holding out for a complete capitulation. Arnold also proposes to put almost
all state workers on minimum wage. This brilliant idea is put on hold by a
court challenge.
Schumpeter, Joseph A. 1954. "The Economic Crisis of the Tax State."
International Economic Papers, 4; reprinted in Schumpeter, Joseph A. 1991. The
Economics and Sociology of Capitalism, ed. Richard Swedberg (Princeton:
Princeton University Press): pp. 99-140.
101: "The spirit of a people, its cultural level, its social structure, the
deeds its policy may prepare -- all this and more is written in its fiscal
history. ... The public finances are one of the best starting points for an
investigation of society."
--
Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA 95929
Tel. 530-898-5321
E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu
michaelperelman.wordpress.com
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