Because, as every liberal knows, we need more government!!!
(More accurately, I think liberals believe we need INFINITE government. No liberal has ever really answered my question, 'How much government is too much?' The current '50+ percent of everything we earn' is, obviously, not sufficient in their view.)
The latest on California politics and government
May 23, 2011
Jerry Brown calls prison ruling a reason for taxes
blogs.sacbee.com
A week after increased revenue estimates looked to frustrate Gov. Jerry Brown's case for higher taxes, a Supreme Court ruling requiring California to reduce its prison population may help.
Brown said in a prepared statement that shifting certain offenders from state prisons to county facilities, as Brown proposes in his budget, is "key" to implementing the court's order today that California reduce its prison population by more than 30,000 inmates.
"We must now secure full and constitutionally guaranteed funding to put into effect all the realignment provisions," he said, a reference to his bid for a ballot measure extending higher taxes.
Full article: http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2011/05/jerry-brown-calls-prison-rulin.html#disqus_thread
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