Topical Commentary

I may not be a big player in the California economy, but I have to say that I'm rather concerned about the state's obsession with Big Government. I think just about everyone understands that when times get tough, private industry adjusts its size in accommodation. No so with Big G.

It seems like reducing the size of government is always the very last thing that people try. I'm not sure if it is because of the fact that people are attached to their pet projects that are funded by the state, or if, instead, it is more a matter of an addiction to all the hand-outs from Sacramento.

There's no way around it- the state is Out Of Money. With capitals. Due to all of the wonderfully complex situations in the economy and the vagaries of the tax code, there's just not enough money to fund all of the jobs and programs that currently exist.

Do we even need all of these bells and whistles? Maybe, just maybe, the Big G. will forced to change the way it does buisness, and perhaps people will learn what it's like to make decisions for themselves.