Originally Posted by kane

Well, I think one of California's major problems is that with the recession they have had a huge loss of income for the state. They don't seem to have ever seen a program they didn't want to spend money on so every dollar and then some that comes in goes out and now that there is a lot less coming in they have issues.

You could also say that the heaviest taxed states are also the most populated states. The more people you have, the more problems you have.