But government programs should be, right?
I realize that this story is specifically about voters in California, but it applies to voters all over the USA...
Californians object to increasing taxes in order to pare the state's massive budget deficit, and instead favor closing the breach through spending cuts. But they oppose cutsâand even prefer more spendingâon programs that make up 85% of the state's general fund obligations, a new Los Angeles Times/USC Poll has found. That paradox rests on Californians' firm belief that the state's deficitâestimated last week at nearly $25 billion over the next 18 monthsâcan be squared through trimming waste and inefficiencies rather than cutting the programs they hold dear.
The land of the freeloaders, home of the crybabies.