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[Romanticlover]

Nobody wants to respond to my post above about California, feel free to make it a separate topic if you like. Can't blame those heartless MAGA Republicans on this states problems because the Democrats own it.

https://fortune.com/2023/04/27/how-much-do-corporations-pay-taxes-california-gavin-newsom/

[HighStepper]

Remember that budget surplus? Never mind
By Dan Walters November 21, 2022

https://calmatters.org/commentary/2022/11/remember-that-budget-surplus-never-mind/

Hints that the state's roaring economy might be slowing down surfaced within weeks of the current budget's passage last June and Newsom vetoed dozens of bills for additional off-budget spending, citing economic uncertainty.

Ever since the budget's enactment, state revenues have been running well below expectations, with virtually all of the shortfall in personal income taxes, which generally account for three-quarters of the state's general fund revenues.

[Danno]

The Bush war added $3 trillion