According to The New York Times, Chief Justice Ronald George of the California Supreme Court believes our state is "dysfunctional." So far, I agree. He says our overuse of the referenda process makes it impossible for elected officials to properly run things. I wouldn't go that far, but at least he has an arguable point. Finally, we get this from George:
California’s lawmakers, and the state itself, have been placed in a fiscal straitjacket by a steep two-thirds-vote requirement — imposed at the ballot box — for raising taxes.
We have a lot of problems in this state, but one of them isn't being undertaxed.
Great, now I have no faith in our court system either.
The system is unworkable in many ways but taking away the 2/3ds requirement on tax increases would not seem to be the way to fix it. (Maybe limiting the ballots which require spending without containing a correponding revenue item would be a good start)
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