In case you haven’t heard, California in the midst of a state government budget crisis because it cannot finance its current spending levels without forcing more wealth away from Californians (i.e., raising taxes).

The local radio stations are playing advertisements from the California Teachers Association union (CTA) pleading for funding for “our children” to continue. Like modern terrorists who use human shields for cover, the CTA defends its government power and its salaries by purchasing ads featuring children as victims of selfish taxpayers.

The CTA has even spent huge amounts of taxpayer money defending itself against school vouchers to ensure that ALL education tax money goes directly in to the pockets of CTA goons, establishing a monopoly on education.

Unbelievable.

I was wondering what the California state expenses have actually been in recent years. After a difficult search of California state web sites (they are probably pretty ashamed of the figures), I finally found the numbers.

I was astonished that, like a cancer, the California state expenses have DOUBLED in just the last 10 years. I’m sure that there is more than the CTA to blame, but it’s obvious that the state expenses have more than plenty of room to shrink in spite of democratic/union/socialist rhetoric.

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