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zzyzzx says

Increasing taxes and throwing more money at the teacher's union isn't a good thing. They will be back at the trough in a couple of months. This budget doesn't deal with CA's biggest problem: Pension liabilities.

Brown’s California shows that Democrats can deliver a fiscally conservative budget that stresses progressive priorities, while asking those who can afford it to contribute a little more.

A 5% budget increase while providing more welfare benefits isn't conservative!

Quigley says

next on the agenda: prop 13. It's time Grandpa and Grandma paid their fair share.

They'll try I'm sure of it. They'll screw everything else if they have to as long as they can keep on stealing public funds and get their pensions paid. Sadly in a state with a very high cost of living driving young people out of it already.

marcus says

Here is something new I was unaware of: California's per student k - 12 spending has dropped to 49th. I hope you right wingers are proud.

https://www.edsource.org/today/2013/california-drops-to-49th-in-school-spending-in-annual-ed-week-report/25379#.UPSyYW8qY1I

California’s per-student spending of $8,482 is still to high, even if it is 47th place. Compared to other countries it's outrageously expensive. More spending is not better (these I think are 2003 numbers which is why they look low).

This old line again?

http://m.dailykos.com/story/2008/10/16/632696/-Debate-Myth-U-S-1-in-Education-Spending

Despite agenda pushers on either side, it turns out that the us is basically average among wealthy nations when it comes to primary education, and unsurpassed when it comes to the upper echelons of higher education (more than half of the top 50 universities are here).

I thinks spend money two much edukashin for peeplz.