Wow, California ranks only 23rd with $0.87. Clearly too low, but the crazy right-wing Republicans won't agree to raise any taxes no matter what. Stupid rule requiring a 2/3rds majority of both branches to raise taxes.
That rule is a large part of California's fiscal problems. The Republicans in the state legislature tend to be insane wingnuts. In 2003, they were pourposefully doing nothing, so that Gray Davis would get recalled. Horrible horrible people.
In any case, Republicans in states like New York or Vermont tend to be FAAAAR more liberal. Pataki decided to act all conservative as part of his plans for running for President, and the New York State Senate, which is controlled by the Republicans, unamiously overrode his vetoes a whole bunch of times to raise taxes by $10 billion.
Not to threadjack, but we brought that on ourselves in a way. By gerrymandering, we made the dem seats safe, and the remaining districts in which we stuffed all the solid republican areas were hardcore. It's a normal side effect of gerrymandering. I bet Texas (republican gerrymandered) has some real loonie leftists in the few districts where they stuffed all the solidly democratic voters.
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