A Cautionary Tale for Colorado-How California Became France: Unable to afford a welfare state and unable to reform it.


Great piece in the Wall Street Journal today that we all should give a quick read. "In the last three decades, California expanded the public sector and regulation to Europe-like dimensions. Schools, state employees, health care, even dog kennels, benefited from largesse in flush times. Government workers got 16 official holidays, everyone else six. The state dabbled with universal health care and adopted strict environmental standards." Are you listening Governor Ritter? Click quote to go to article.