Our high-benefit/high-tax model no longer works, especially compared with low-tax states like Texas.
via The Golden State isnt worth it latimes.com.
California and Texas are not perfect representatives of the alternative deals, but they come close. Overall, the Census Bureaus latest data show that state and local government expenditures for all purposes in 2005-06 were 46.8% higher in California than in Texas: $10,070 per person compared with $6,858. Only three states and the District of Colum....

