The Jerry Brown Solution

California is facing another massive budget deficit because it kowtows too much to unions, subsidizes sloth and drives productive people and businesses out of the state.

Jerry Brown's solution: More of the same.

Brown has said there will be even deeper cuts, mostly to public education, if voters do not improve tax hikes in November. He is seeking a quarter-cent increase in the state sales tax for four years and a seven-year hike on incomes of $250,000 or more that will range from 1 to 3 percentage points. He says the measure would raise $9 billion in the upcoming budget year.