California Shows Corporate Subsidies Impoverish Us All

[Donnachaidh]

http://www.truth-out.org/tax-subsidies-are-transforming-california-into-third-world-nation67025

As Sacramento prepares to inaugurate governor-elect Jerry Brown next month, the main focus has been on the state’s looming budget deficit and how the legislature and Brown plan to bridge that gap.

For years now, Californians have been told that we must choose between cutting public services and public service employees, or budget Armageddon.

However, this is a false choice that has been driven more by political rhetoric than actual reality, as The Wall Street Journal has observed.

What we must bear in mind instead is that there is a direct relationship between California's quality of life and the quality of its public services and the people who provide those services.

Imagine being unable to walk in a park on a sunny afternoon, or borrow books from the library or hang a picture drawn by your child at school on the refrigerator.

Imagine traversing potholed roadways or waiting hours to catch a train or bus home after work or telling your children that you can't afford to send them to college.

More at the link --

[catabryna]

1. Nice article...

just one thing I'd note about it. The article is dated January 23, 2011 and it states that Brown's inauguration is next month, and he's already been inaugurated.

????? :shrug: ?????